Ads Infinitum was a British television comedy sketch/archive series, co-written and presented by Victor Lewis-Smith that originally ran on BBC Two, beginning with a 10-minute pilot episode in December 1996 that focused on adverts for Christmas toys, two series would soon follow. A series of 6 episodes in 1998, and a second series of 8 episodes in 2000. The series would look at old TV and cinema adverts, some footage previously unseen on UK TV, which Lewis-Smith would usually make fun of.
Episodes Series No. Episode Air date Pilot 1 "Christmas Presents Past" 19 December 1996 1 2 "Comics and Magazines" 26 October 1998 3 "Consumer Cack" 2 November 1998 4 "Public Information Films" 9 November 1998 5 "Cinema Food Ads" 16 November 1998 6 "Leominster Local Cinema Ads" 23 November 1998 7 "Ads Infinitum Awards 1998" 30 November 1998 2 8 "Airlines" 11 September 2000 9 "Holidays in Britain" 18 September 2000 10 "Holidays Abroad" 25 September 2000 11 "British Kewzeen" 2 October 2000 12 "Superheroes" 9 October 2000 13 "Old-Age Pensioners" 16 October 2000 14 "Buygones" 23 October 2000 15 "Ads Infinitum Awards 2000" 30 October 2000
See also
TV Offal 1998 in British television 2000 in British television
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