TV Commercials

This is the age of the train Persil Free Rail Tickets We’re Getting There
BR Corporate Advertising InterCity InterCity Pullman
InterCity Sleeper InterCity Savers & Apex Sectorisation


Listed below is a fairly comprehensive selection of the television commercials produced by British Railways between 1977 and 1992. Click on the image to see the commercial. Thanks go to Richard Sharp, Advertising Manager for London & South East/Network SouthEast and National Retail Manager InterCity for making copies of these commercials available. The advertising agency who produced each commercial and the year that it was first transmitted is shown.

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This is the age of the train (1977 - 1984)

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Shopping Ladies
(1121 kbytes)		 Senior Citizen Railcard
(1641 kbytes)		 Business travel
(1462 kbytes)		 London Saver
(1943 kbytes)
This is the age of the train This is the age of the train    
Young Persons Railcard
(1346 kbytes)		 Xmas Shopping
(1384 kbytes)		    

Persil Free Rail Tickets Promotion 1983

Persil      
Persil 1983
(760 Kbyte)		      

We’re Getting There (1985 - 1988)

Songs I’ll be blowed Museum  
Songs 1985
(1450 kbytes)		 I’ll be blowed 1985
(1250 kbytes)		 Museum 1985
(575 bytes)		  

British Rail Corporate Advertising 1988

Britians Railways      
Britian‘s Railways 1988
(3200 kbytes)		      

InterCity

Train Jam Airplane Murder Welcome
Train Jam 1984
(2070 kbyte)		 Airplane 1985
(840 kbyte)		 Murder on the Motorway 1985
(1810 kbyte)		 Welcome to InterCity 1988
Relax Untwist Relax More Introduction of IC225
Relax 1990
(950 kbyte)		 Untwist 1990
(1855 kbyte)		 Relax More 1991
(1945 kbyte)		 Introduction of IC225
in 1991
Nicola      
Nicole! 1992
(1150 kbytes)		      

InterCity Pullman

Prawns Cleaning Ladies    
Prawns 1985
(1320 kbyte)		 Master Cutler 1986
(930 kbytes)		    

InterCity Sleeper

Sleeper Hotel Three Bears Superman
Have a good trip 1976
(1485 kbytes)		 The hotel that moves 1979
(1350 bytes)		 Three Bears 1985
(915 kbytes)		 Superman 1986
(930 kbytes)
Sleepy Time      
Sleepy Time 1990
(1670 kbytes)		      

InterCity Savers & Apex

Savers On Leave InterCity Savers Apex
Saver Returns
(1345 kbyte)		 On Leave 1985
(1130 kbytes)		 Sentimental Journey 1988
(2010 kbytes)		 Apex 1988
(1130 kbytes)
Apex Apex    
Apex 1990
(1148 kbytes)		 Apex 1991
(1517 kbytes)		    

Sectorisation

Scotrail      
Scotrail 1985
(730 kbyte)