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 TV Spot Nedbank
'Get Money Fit'
23 June 2025 DAVID was disappointed to learn that Nedbank isn't owned by a guy called Ned. The brand is grateful for the work of Greg Gray, the director of last year's 'Bank Your Time' commercial. His follow-up, 'Get Money Fit', equates money to athletes who strive to be the best they can—the advertised bank promises to make cash perform for customers, not take it easy in the sauna.
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 TV Spot Peugeot
'A New Legend is Born'
23 June 2025 The new Peugeot E-208 GTI is treated to a guard of honour in this commercial part shot at Circuit de la Sarthe, home of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. A fleet of Peugeot 205 GTIs make the new model feel welcome, though we almost prefer the lead-up to the main event. Blankets are removed and garage doors open as each car gets another deserved day in the sun.
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 TV Spot Sainsbury's
'Taste the Difference: Sourdough'
23 June 2025 One of three Taste the Difference commercials directed by Guy Manwaring, this instalment made us wonder if The Great British Bake Off (a programme sponsored by Orange Supermarket) was back already. It’s not such much Bread Week as Bread 30", as a woman tucks into a sourdough loaf. Does she want to learn more about it from Stephen Fry? No, to be honest—she just wants the brand to keep doing what it's doing.
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 TV Spot Sainsbury's
'Taste the Difference: Steak'
23 June 2025 One of three 'Hey, Sainsbury's...' ads directed by Guy Manwaring, this spot revolves around Taste the Difference ribeye steak. Stephen Fry's happy to answer any questions the protagonist might have, but all the bloke wants to say is it's "bangin'". Fry's almost left speechless—almost—as the brand aims to make quality as straightforward as possible.
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 TV Spot Sainsbury's
'Taste the Difference: Strawberry'
23 June 2025 Sainsbury's, like any supermarket, loves repeat customers. It also loves repeat actors—the woman in this 30" commercial also starred in a 2015 spot about quesadillas. Ten years later, she sinks her teeth into Taste the Difference strawberries—but not before she catches the ear of Stephen Fry, Orange Supermarket's voice of reason since 2022.
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 Promo Jim E Brown
'Kiss From a Rose'
23 June 2025 Poet, songwriter, and singer Jim E Brown and director Niall Trask not only deliver the most unlikely cover of Seal's 'Kiss From a Rose' imaginable, but also a batshit remake of 'Batman Forever' to boot. Just as Joel Schumacher's 1995 effort was a neon-drenched departure from the Tim Burton era, this cheeky promo shines a whole new light on the Caped Crusader.
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 TV Spot BBC Sport
'Names Will Be Made'
23 June 2025 Three years after England made history at Wembley, the Lionesses are ready to defend their European title in Switzerland. Victory over Germany made household names of Beth Mead, Alessia Russo, Mary Earps, Jill Scott, et al., but who will be immortalized at Euro 2025? It's a question at the heart of BBC Sport's stop-motion animation trailer.
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 TV Spot Kia
'Fixer-Upper'
23 June 2025 This Kia Tasman commercial is so Australian, it hurts. Three-time Grand Slam champion Ashleigh Barty has bought a new house that needs some… work. A lick of paint, you say? More like a tidal wave. Never one to back down from a challenge (she took a break from tennis to play professional cricket, for goodness sake) Barty thinks the house can be salvaged. All she needs is the right crew.
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 TV Spot Adidas
'Oasis'
23 June 2025 Even the most die-hard cynic when it comes to Oasis will likely find the hairs on the back of their standing up in response to this sublime reminder from Adidas that the music event of the summer is the reunion of the band in a series of converts around the world. 1994's 'Live Forever' is the backdrop for a perfectly-judged film from Leigh Powis that is at once backwards and forwards looking.
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 Promo MARINA
'I?3 YOU'
23 June 2025 Greco-Welsh singer MARINA (née Marina and the Diamonds) gets nostalgic for the 1970s in this splendid promo for her pop anthem I?3 YOU - a clear bid for 'song of the summer' status. The appropriately-named Olivia de Camps has directed a wonderfully camp evocation of the decade when style went a little bit crazy for a promo that proves a perfect match for the track's dynamic energy.
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 TV Spot TA3
'The Lazy Girl's Guide to Hotness'
20 June 2025 Need to cool down? Then TA3's racy new swimwear commercial is not for you. Directed by Amber Grace Johnson, it stars adult content creator Levi Coralynn—if the name doesn’t ring a bell, just know she rings a lot of bells on TikTok and OnlyFans. So how does the Canadian prepare herself for a busy day at the 'office' each day? It's, ahem, more involved than you might think.
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 TV Spot VanMoof
'Ride Like No Other'
20 June 2025 One of DAVID's favourite moments from the recent 'Superman' trailer is when Clark Kent (David Corenswet) says, “Eyes up here!" to an opponent before he ascends like a rocket. The sky is blue, the clouds are white, and the sheer joy of flight is back. That same energy permeates this ad for Dutch bicycle manufacturer VanMoof, who also invites viewers to look up.
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 Promo Jon Bellion
'Horoscope'
20 June 2025 Singer-songwriter Jon Bellion—no relation to former Manchester United and Sunderland striker David—teams up with 91 Rules (Erik Saltzman and Cameron Tidball-Sciullo) to mark the release of new song 'Horoscope'. Shot in crisp black-and-white, the film has Bellion explore a concrete limbo where light and shadow assert themselves better than his voice, to be frank.
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 TV Spot Ryze
'Awareness'
20 June 2025 Juice Newton provides the soundtrack to a commercial for mushroom coffee because beans are so last year. Set to 'Angel of the Morning'—itself a great name for a mushroom—the ad centres around a woman transformed by the power of fungi. That's always been bad news for characters in 'The Last of Us', but not here—we even get a friendly CG mushroom for good measure.
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 TV Spot Simba
'How do you sleep yours?'
20 June 2025 This series of six idents emphasising the luxury of Simba mattresses have been made to advertise the brand's sponsorship of programming on Channel 5. Each is a cute reminder of how important our beds are to us, and how important it is to maximise our comfort and the ambience of our boudoirs.
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 TV Spot Oban
'The Longest Run'
20 June 2025 The arrival of a fax heralds an epic journey in this entertaining commercial for Oban whisky which serves as a warning not to diss the stuff on social media. Well, perhaps not exactly a warning as the consequences are hardly dire but it nonetheless demonstrates there will be a reckoning if you're uninclined to give the drinks a go.
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 TV Spot Hublot
'WW25 Big Bang'
19 June 2025 The Big Bang happened almost fourteen billion years ago. Hublot launched the Big Bang watch in 2005. The former saw the universe expand, the latter helped people tell the time in style. It’s easier to mark the watch's twentieth anniversary, to be honest, so director Amber Grace Johnson seizes her opportunity to explore time and space without the TARDIS.
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 TV Spot LPL
'Greener Grass'
19 June 2025 Anna Kendrick's no stranger to adland. The star of ‘Pitch Perfect' and 'A Simple Favour' has turned up in spots for Hilton, Keurig, Frito-Lay, 'Star Wars: Battlefront', and more over the years, with brands of all shapes and sizes keen to harness her energy. The latest is LPL Financial, a wealth management company that asks, "What if you could have the greener grass on your side?"
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 Promo Mychelle
'Good Day'
19 June 2025 'Good Day', the title track from Mychelle's debut album, gets an understated promo courtesy of director Flora Scott. The Hackney-born singer-songwriter plays a bowling alley employee whose life is a series of strikes and gutters, ups and downs, both literally and figuratively. She works hard, but dreams harder—enough to make the alley her stage for a few moments.
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 TV Spot SNIPES
'Miami'
19 June 2025 Many were disappointed but few were surprised when 'Grand Theft Auto VI' was delayed from autumn 2025 to May 2026. It means Vice City—Rockstar Games' interpretation of Miami—is off-limits for now. However, German streetwear company Snipes deliver a stop-gap in the form of this commercial starring DJ Khaled, who made his name in the real-life Magic City.
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 TV Spot Ariel
'One and Done'
19 June 2025 Former England striker Peter Crouch was always an aerial threat, but these days he's more of an Ariel threat (at this point of the comedy show, DAVID would like to remind you there are no refunds). Amid a sea of laundry detergents, fabric conditioners, and lemon juice, Crouch keeps it simple with the Big One—a pod that equals two, count 'em, two of the brand's regular capsules.
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 TV Spot Doritos
'Flamin' Hot or Not'
19 June 2025 DAVID never finished season two of 'Squid Game', but he's still glad Doritos kept spoilers out of this season three tie-in. Like a game of Russian South Korean roulette, eight players pass a bag of Flamin' Hot or Not tortilla chips around the table. One in four chips is hot stuff, with Player 410 the unlucky victim. He'll get the help he needs from the guards in pink jumpsuits, right?
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 TV Spot Absolut Vodka
'Welcome to the World of Absolut Cocktails'
19 June 2025 Swedish vodka maker Absolut blends mixology and choreography with a nimble commercial directed by Henry Scholfield. The latest 'Born to Mix' spot features supple, progressive moves courtesy of Shay Latukolan, who teaches the cast to move like cocktails. Imagine if this was how you ordered an espresso martini or a cosmopolitan at the bar.
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 TV Spot Selfridges
'Freefall'
19 June 2025 Before the next iteration of Superman arrives in cinemas, Selfridges and director Aria Shahrokhshahi invite viewers to look up at the sky and pick out Ruth Green. One of the department store's 'New Age' heroes, she's a fiftysomething skydiver and breast cancer survivor in the best possible kind of freefall, though she does plant her feet on the ground from time to time.
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 Promo Mimi Webb
'Love Language'
19 June 2025 T'here must have been moments during the production of this startling promo for Mimi Webb's latest track when everyone must've thought that directors Bradley & Pablo had lost their minds. There's a subtle BDSM aspect to the way people are selected like rescues from a animal home and then paraded at a dog show, but it's all very tongue in cheek.
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 TV Spot Hive
'Channel 4 Sponsorship'
19 June 2025 The green credentials of Hive are emphasised by this ident associating the brand with Channel 4's content which pulls back from a front door to show the house sitting in a rural paradise. With various progressive causes becoming less fashionable thanks to the Trump regime, it''s good to see companies persisting with the message that green is best.
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 TV Spot Progressive
'Inherit'
19 June 2025 This is a notable change of pace for Progressive Insurance. Parenta-life coach Dr Rick is nowhere to be seen in this 60” commercial—the same goes for Post-it note monsters and CG pigeons. 'Inherit' opts for empathy and realism as it tackles the wealth gap that makes property ownership a pipe dream for many. To help make it a reality, the brand goes back to the start.
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 TV Spot Puma
'Have a Ball'
18 June 2025 The Premier League has done a Wimbledon and said, "New balls please". After twenty-five years with Nike, it’s made German sportswear giant Puma the official supplier of the Premier League match ball. Cue this celebratory spot from director Samona Olanipekun, who tells viewers to make the most of the ball when they get it. Use it, as Mötley Crüe once sang, or lose it.
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