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Just for clarification, although the BBC are covering this story, the ads would not have been shown on the BBC back in the day, but rather on the commercial channel, ITV (Independent Television), which was a network of regional companies. ITV began in 1955 in the London area, finally covering the whole of the UK by 1962, so the earliest of these ads wouldn't have been seen in some areas.
I haven't watched them all but the Topper seems to be the only one that's referred to as a comic. It was common for D.C. Thomson and the likes of Fleetway/IPC to call them "papers", a holdover from the days when text-stories predominated and they published "story papers". The Dandy is a "fun paper", Bimbo is a "picture-story paper", Victor is a "boys' paper." It's an interesting glimpse into the past.
Edited by Robbie Moubert on 29 September 2024 at 9:33pm
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