But for commercial TV channels, adverts have been their main income source for the past 70 years. The first advert on UK television was for Gibbs SR toothpaste, broadcast on September 22, 1955.
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Mike’s Carpets: Tributes pour in for Leeds trader known for 1980s TV ads, who has died aged 79
Tributes have been flooding in following the death of a well-known Leeds carpet trader whose TV adverts made him a household name across Yorkshire. Mike Smith, remembered by many for his colourful ...
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