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The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man

  • Episode aired Mar 9, 2008
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Ian Fleming and Geoffrey Boothroyd in Timeshift (2002)
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Peter York takes a look at advertising's rise in success from the 1950s to the decline in creativity in present day advertising.Peter York takes a look at advertising's rise in success from the 1950s to the decline in creativity in present day advertising.Peter York takes a look at advertising's rise in success from the 1950s to the decline in creativity in present day advertising.

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    • Alan Parker
    • John Hegarty
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      • Francis Welch
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    Alan Parker
    Alan Parker
    • Self - Film Director and Former Copywriter
    • (as Sir Alan Parker)
    John Hegarty
    • Self - Creative Director, Bartle Bogle Hegarty
    David Puttnam
    David Puttnam
    • Self - Film Producer and Former Ad Executive
    Fay Weldon
    • Self - Author and Former Copywriter
    Frank Lowe
    • Self - Former Chief Executive, Collet Dickenson Pearce
    • (as Sir Frank Lowe)
    Alex Benady
    • Self - Business Journalist
    Peter Marsh
    • Self - Former Chairman, Allen Brady & Marsh
    Tim Bell
    • Self - Former MD, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Chairman, Chime Communications
    • (as Lord Bell)
    Hugh Hudson
    Hugh Hudson
    • Self - Director
    Michael Heseltine
    Michael Heseltine
    • Self - Former Conservative Cabinet Minister
    Martin Sorrell
    • Self - Finance Director, Saatchi & Saatchi, 1977-84
    • (as Sir Martin Sorrell)
    Emma Brailsford
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    Matt Hodges
    • Actor in Background Scenes
    Darin Breitz
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