TV Whirl Terence - 20 Purple Years

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  1. TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2009, Channel 4 (Simpsons) Video:

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  2. And last one for now, I promise. Robbie Coltrane brings us a little bit of opera talent you probably didn't know he had to promote Persil in 1990. TV Whirl Mashup - Persil Washing-Up Liquid - 1990 mashed up with Cornetto - 1992 .

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  3. Advert 3 - Famous band, The Chinheads take a break from their music career and promoting lager to bring us the ITV News At Ten... TV Whirl Mashup - McEwan's Lager - 1990 mashed up with News at Ten - 2001 .

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  4. Advert 2 - The lovely and sorely missed Victoria Wood takes on a more classic LWT voice... TV Whirl Mashup - Maxwell House - 1990 mashed up with ITV (Promo) Christmas 1991.

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  5. This morning I mainly seem to be trying to find UK Ad mashups which work well. There's some real fun trying to find alternative speech for ads with lip movement. Just a few... Maltesers - 1991 mashed up with Horror Channel (FrightFest - Promo) 2018.

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  6. Apr 6

    New to the Archive: Carlton 2001 - "Wait a second", I hear you say, "You already had Carlton on the site". No no, that was Carlton London. This is the VERY DIFFERENT Carlton Central! Video:

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  7. Apr 6

    Given how late at night I randomly posted this, I'm quite impressed at just how many lift-based puns people have been coming up with in response to this since!

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  8. Apr 6

    New in the Archives: When you *really* want to make sure people know about your subscription movie channel. A special 'FilmFour Presents' sting as aired on Channel 4 in 2000. Video:

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  9. Apr 6

    TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2009, Channel 4 (Rollercoaster) Video:

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  10. Apr 6

    One must hope the resulting documentary was not called 'Shafted?' 🤔

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  11. Apr 5

    If you think they scrape the barrel sometimes now, here's what Channel 4's producers were looking for back in July 1995!

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  12. Apr 5

    TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2001, CITV (IVC) Video:

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  13. Apr 4

    Heh, it does work! :D TV Whirl Mashup - Dad's Army mashed up with Carling Black Label 1991.

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  14. Apr 4

    Still a few minor things to smooth out no doubt (mostly in iOS still), but this should make things work better overall.

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  15. Apr 4

    We've pushed live an updated version of the video player today. As well as curing a few niggles in iOS, it also changes the mashups so shared links should now switch directly to the mashed up audio stream rather than needing to do it manually, and there's a manual copy link now.

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  16. Apr 4

    TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2010, ITV1 HD (Bubbles) Video:

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  17. Apr 3

    TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2010, ITV1 HD (Painting) Video:

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  18. Apr 3

    After 25 years at the BBC, the brilliant Beccy Wright does her final announcing shift on tonight. I’ll miss her creativity and her friendship a lot. Listen to her tonight and send some love...

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  19. Apr 2

    Latest Update — GOLD Easter idents and break bumpers added to GOLD : Special Presentation (3)

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  20. Apr 2

    TV Whirl Archive Lookback - Aired today in 2009, Channel 4 (Warning) Video:

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