0082 - Jam donut

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0082 - Jam donut

Part of the first Post Office Telecommunications television advertising campaign (there had already been campaigns by the postal and savings bank arms of the Post Office), promoting cheap-rate telephone calls. The first adverts, featuring Ronnie Barker, Harry Secombe and Irene Handl, ran in Autumn 1969. A second phase, again featuring Handl, ran in Spring 1970.

Catalogue

Finding Number: BTA-MI1/0082

Date: 1970

Period: 1970s

Level: Item

Distribution: Broadcast

Film function: Advertising

Promotion Subject: Cheap rate, off-peak, evening or weekend calls

Series: It's so cheap to phone your friends

Year: 1970

Repository: BT Archives (ARCHON 1814)

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