Some great nostalgia from 1979 to 2005 with these public information films often shown on the BBC.
00:00
AIDS
In 1987 the British Government launched a major public information campaign with the slogan "AIDS: Don't Die of Ignorance".
A leaflet about AIDS was also delivered to every household in the UK, with the advice - "Anyone can get it, gay or straight, male or female.
Already 30,000 people are infected."
50:27
Climate change - Tomorrows Climate
This film encourages people to think about how they can help to reduce the threat of global climate change.
01:51
Close to the edges
This 1980s update of the Green Cross Code uses vibrantly coloured film, and a variation on the Grandmaster Flash track ‘The Message’, which tells us: "John was a fool who didn't act cool.
He walked on out, he broke every rule.
He should have checked it out, he should have used his head, if he don't watch out he's gonna wind up dead.
02:35
Crime Prevention
The ‘Hyena’ campaign was launched in 1992 - with the long-term objective of making car crime socially unacceptable.
03:23
Drug Misuse - Dummy
Heroin abuse became a high-profile problem in the 80s as anti-drug messages began to appear in fictional programming.
The troubled character Zammo, who appeared in the popular BBC series Grange Hill
04:09
Electricity privatisation
From the 1980s many formerly state-owned industries in the United Kingdom were privatised.
Initiated by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Government, privatisation intended to reduce central government’s role on the national economy.
05:28
Fireworks
The comic duo Hale and Pace insist that “there is nothing more stupiderer… than messing about with fire works on the street!” According to the Explosives Act (1875) it is an offence to throw or set off fireworks in any highway, street, thoroughfare or public place.
06:08
Gimme five a day
This advert made for the Department of Health symbolises the eating of ‘5 A Day’ portions of fruit and vegetables.
06:49
Internet Shopping
Set in the virtual mall, a couple out shopping are advised to get real addresses and phone numbers to be safe when placing orders on the net.
07:20
Mental Health
We sit in on a young man’s interview...all is going well until he tells the interviewer that he used to suffer from depression.
Embarrassingly the interviewer can’t cope with this, and proceeds to humiliate both himself and the man being interviewed with a series of comical guffes.
08:21
Rabbies Advice
The British Isles may have been free of rabies for many decades, but abroad the disease presents a hazard to anyone oblivious to the dangers.
08:42
Right to Buy
Right to Buy was launched in 1980.
Implemented by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, it offered council tenants the right to buy their homes at discounted rates.
09:32
Smoker of the future
In Britain there has been a history of innovative anti-smoking campaigns.
10:31
Stupid Git
Think before you drink before you drive.
This film features a youthful John Altman.
11:02
Think Bubble - Adult and Child
This was a modern version of the ‘say no to strangers’ message, seen most famously in the Charley the cat animations of the1970’s.
12:02
Bullying - Tell Someone
Bullying of children is an issue that has seen much publicity in recent years.
9 мар 2021
