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The Hard Sell

Episode 2: Cigarettes and Alcohol

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Phill Jupitus examines the controversy around and quality of the adverts that encouraged people to smoke and drink, how some came to be banned and how they best demonstrated the craft of British advertising. Contributors include Lord Tim Bell, Sir Alan Parker, Jilly Goolden and Melanie Sykes. Show less

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