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TV ads that drive you crazy

185 replies

cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 11:46

I mean, how many sweets must Haribo sell, to be able to afford to show their irritating ads SO often?

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TheSaltedCaramelPath · 28/09/2025 17:39

Dominic West in the Nationwide ad.
I’m going to have to change my account…

BrownyMousy · 28/09/2025 17:45

Corsodyl advert where the woman screams at the other woman in the mirror. Awful.

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 17:48

All of the bastard Christmas perfume/aftershave ones we'll be getting soon.

Myblueclematis · 28/09/2025 18:00

MasterBeth · 28/09/2025 17:32

It’s not a rip-off, it’s a choice.

No-one is forcing you to buy your groceries from Whoosh or Just Eat. You pay (heavily) for the convenience.

Don’t want it? Don’t buy it.

I had Covid back in July and I used Whoosh as I was pretty low on some essentials. I did the order and it turned up in an Uber within half an hour once I sent the request.

I only needed less than a dozen items but I'd definitely use it again if I was unable to get out and needed food items pretty quickly.

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 28/09/2025 18:18

Vogue Williams..all in white, child all in white painting,all the stains come out.
Aye right!!
Haribo ads.
YSl perfume advert scantily clad woman ✓
Bird of prey ✓
Big fiery word✓
Then scream freedom ✓
What a load of crap.

CosyAutumn · 28/09/2025 18:21

Jamie Redknapp advertising slip on Skechers. 😂

Mama2many73 · 28/09/2025 18:23

CapabilityBrownsHaHa · 28/09/2025 16:01

Tui "Hold my hand". When will it go away??

Pepto Bismol "diarrhoea". Nuff said.

Pesto bismol! Who the fuck thought that idea up??
The detergent where EVERYTHING is white!! Dont bloody paint with your kid with them and yourselves in white clothes!

Tooty78 · 28/09/2025 18:34

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 17:48

All of the bastard Christmas perfume/aftershave ones we'll be getting soon.

Especially the one with Natale Portman where the singer is screaming the accompanying song.

menopausalfart · 28/09/2025 18:37

@Tooty78 The Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, one last year, drove me to distraction.

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 28/09/2025 18:45

Old hat comment, I suppose, but why must we see red on sanitary pads now? What next, brown smears on toilet paper, 😑😝.

Myblueclematis · 28/09/2025 18:47

There is a sponsorship advert for Indeed that comes on with hideous regularity when watching anything on All4. It's actually put me off even starting to watch a series because the ad is so awful. I normally watch a lot of Ch4 stuff on catchup but you can't even fast forward through it as it won't let you.

The sponsorship ads are usually pretty dire but this is one of the worst ones I've ever seen. 😡

cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 19:50

@DarkLion How could I have forgotten the deodorant one?
Talk about playing on people's fears about smelling.. I shout at the tv 'just get a shower, you'll be fine'.. feck's sake..

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cornflakecrunchie · 28/09/2025 19:55

@NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag I've said the same in the past re the TV sanitary pads ads on here & got called out.. I STILL hate them, & the incontinence pads ad.. 'I'm letting it all go'.. dirty bugger, bet she smells..

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IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 29/09/2025 15:29

Abominableday · 28/09/2025 16:29

Never got the Craig David hate - Walking Away was a lovely song. And he was only 17 when his first single came out.

I think it's the unnecessary warbling, and 'Ooooo Craig David' in his songs. Plus the obvious autotune that sounds robotic. He's not very good live.

DonnyDoris · 29/09/2025 16:02

Not TV - but radio .... Trade Centre UK
Bloody awful shouty man - even my other half has to switch off when that comes on and he's usually oblivious!!
Quite often though we'll not switch back on for a while, so did make me wonder if radio stations do any research around listening figures pre / post certain ads....

Nitgel · 29/09/2025 16:04

Molly may being obsessed with washing

Nedeyk · 29/09/2025 16:06

I don't know if this was UK wide or just Scotland, but there was an advert for oxo cubes and the woman in it said "i think your dads been cooking"
Made my blood boil and then my husband started saying it allllll the time arghhhh

Bladderpool · 29/09/2025 16:13

Nedeyk · 29/09/2025 16:06

I don't know if this was UK wide or just Scotland, but there was an advert for oxo cubes and the woman in it said "i think your dads been cooking"
Made my blood boil and then my husband started saying it allllll the time arghhhh

There’s one in Scotland just now for Macintosh foods like stovies and macaroni cheese. It’s horrendous, a family with really bad pseudo posh Glaswegians accents saying shite like “it’s absolutely belting”. Just awful.

Zoopet · 29/09/2025 16:23

Dying donkey/dog/ cat ( insert animal of your choice) begging adverts for charity.
Also that dreadful one where a woman skips down the path to a man on a bench and joyfully talks about planning her funeral.
WTF I'll finish her off now so that her family can claim a refund for her planned funeral etc.

chocolatemademefat · 29/09/2025 16:34

The Super Noodles advert where an old woman has a donkey on her shoulders. Just why???

Merrilydancing · 29/09/2025 18:36

I hate the chewing gum one with the creepy mouth thing on the forehead.

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 29/09/2025 19:31

Bladderpool · 29/09/2025 16:13

There’s one in Scotland just now for Macintosh foods like stovies and macaroni cheese. It’s horrendous, a family with really bad pseudo posh Glaswegians accents saying shite like “it’s absolutely belting”. Just awful.

Hey you want to hear the pseudo teucher one for Inverurie kitchens.
Oh a new bathroom.. that's just what I'm eftrer...🤮

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 29/09/2025 19:32

Teuchter..

CapabilityBrownsHaHa · 29/09/2025 19:34

I forgot the donkey one. My sister and I regularly phone each other and ask if we knew that the worst thing you can do to a donkey is break their heart?? Frankly, I'm going with over-work, lack of food & drink and no vet care, but what do I know?

LikeWhoUsesTypewritersAnyway · 29/09/2025 19:34

DiscoBob · 28/09/2025 11:58

The one with that smarmy banker played by Dominic west. His daughter really rudely asking for money and him calling her an AI.

It's so cringe it makes me feel sick!

I love that one! 😆 You know it's just a laugh/tongue in cheek right?!

I have loads I hate/that annoy me. Will come back to the thread soon!!!