03: Buy Some For Lulu | Washes Whiter

Duration: 50'01''

Synopsis

Series on the history of British television advertising looks at the changing face of children and teenagers in adverts, from the vulnerable, cossetted infants of the 1950s to the tough sophisticated kids of the 1980s.

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