TV's most memorable adverts 70 years after the first telly ad aired

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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9 of the most iconic TV ads Brits will never forget

TV adverts feel like a thing of the past since on-demand streaming success swooped in and disrupted the traditional TV industry. Take Netflix, for instance, with its 282 million paying subscribers ...