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As a long-time Radio 4 listener, it’s fascinating to get a glimpse behind the scenes of the Today programme…

One might argue that a viral video stops being viral when the programme it is promoting has to promote the video itself… Still, fun though.

I just caught this BMW advert, narrated by Donald Sutherland, during the Grand Prix:

Pretty advert, sure, but it’s that last card, the tagline, that annoys me. Any GCSE student – let alone a copywriter at a major agency, working on a huge campaign for a massive client – could tell you that you can’t say [...]

One of the films I’m most looking forward to this summer is WALL-E. Sure, Iron Man looks awesome, Speed Racer looks like, well, speed, and The Dark Knight will be pretty much unmissable. But WALL-E is just, well, you’ll see:

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…the Channel 4 News gets rickrolled:

Bizarre. See also this terribly earnest BBC News report…

Not entirely sure what’s going on here… but it’s worth a watch.

Sergey Brin, utterly bemused, in the background – quality.

For St Patrick’s Day, “Danny Boy”, performed by the Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker. And why not?

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Really weird flashback to cITV, after school, 15 years ago…

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Heh – in America, [...]

Oh yes:

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Silverjet, which is, apparently, a luxury airline, has released this is awfully clever pastiche of a legendary TV advert.

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