TOP 10: MOST CONTROVERSIAL UK TV ADVERTS

So many commments of 'UK is soft'. Out of a population of over 60 million, number 1 had 1671 complaints! Most of us weren't the least bit offended

The Volkswagen ad is weird what's it got to do with cars?

I remember most of these as a kid, many just went right over my head - like the Barnardos one but when I look at them now as an adult, understanding it I find it chilling. Different children are affected in different ways though by what they see and hear. At10 none of these would have really bothered me but my high functioning autistic 12 year old daughter is the total opposite. She gets scared extremely easily, even the 1931 Frankenstein movie gave her nightmares which is very tame by todays standards. Many of these adverts would frighten her but not for the right reasons or intended outcomes. So, no, shock adverts are not always appropriate for everyone to be exposed to without warning.

I am extremely weird, Mk? I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY THAT I CAN NOW KNOW HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE WERE AND WHY- if that weren’t there I would probably cry 😭👍

Scaring children so they don't smoke I think is a good thing

People who complained about the Pot Noodle advert must be really fun at parties

I think number 5 would actually be a good story to tell your kids, I mean it does teach you about climate change.

"The advert with the ghost was scary" Yes, ghosts seem to be awfully scary that's their whole gig mate

But... But... But... That Pot Noodle one was funny, for weeks we kinda re-enacted it at school (obvs without being too invasive of privacy)

that too violent one was too badass, that they had to take it away

If “Engineer” was considered “too violent” for some viewers then I can only imagine what would happen if they saw a page of Berserk

These are meant to be hard hitting right? The people that complained don't even make up 1percent of the UK population, and probably people that complain about the neighbours overgrown tree to the police lol.

I don't understand why people allow their children to watch non kids tv

Wasn't there a Banned TalkTalk advert?

The complaints about the flood/storm climate change advert are (nowadays) quite sad in their naivety. The UK post-2019 has some of the worst floodings/storms at an unseen frequency.

In South Wales (2019/20) we had extreme flooding - some small patches of low-elevation had waters about 8ft+ high, submerging the ground floor in unlucky houses and buildings. Next year, a storm that uprooted trees, tore off roofs (Newport), tore down walls, smashed windows and mangled vehicle exteriors with flying debris, pulled out lamposts, and (unsure if it was this particular storm) caused 20ft+ waves on the south-eastern coast. That morning a fence came down and we stabilized it thinking it's the worst it gets... before it doubles in force. While sheltered inside, our greenhouse was smashed to bits; raining shards of glass up to 20 metres away.

#2 - What the fuck is this ad all about? What are footballers with blindfolds advertising? And why did one of them kick the cat?

People need to get overthemshelves

In my country as a kid I literally watched an anti smoking ad which they squeezed the gunk inside the aorta like mashed potatoes

The KFC ad was very annoying and disgusting tbh

“Stupid kids” most of the time on the reasons why ads get banned

Edd; oh thanks for the wishes

Tom is a mad man

That guy in the first ad should've told his girlfriend that his penis was too hard for an unknown reason.
Also, was it necessary for him to break the DJ's machine?

The pot noodle horn one was pretty funny
Also, is the Mouthful advert song a parody of an already-existing song?

Oh Jesus Christ, watching this and knowing they got hundreds of complaints makes me so angry. These adverts are pretty tame compared to some of the gory and violent films they show after 9. GROWE UP people, get a sense of humour and stop complaining about silly things like the Karate advert and the little girl advert was the tamest ad ever!!! ) :<

Can someone please tell tv advertisers that white people as well as black people live in this country!!

But psas from the UK government are ok

I can't believe number 1 haha, encourages kids to have bad manners lol! What the actual heck. I'm British, I guess I can imagine that being a thing lol

To be fair some of these are tame compared to what I thought would be on here. Anyone remember the Don’t Phone And Drive ad where the car barrel rolls into a bunch of school kids? THAT SHOOK ME.

I remember some old smoking ads that I got my mum to sit and wach I could see ( I was only 5 ) that these ads made her uneasy about smoking which was the point so I think over the past 10 years we have slowed down on smoking I think we need more ads like hooked to make people see the danger of smoking

Nothing ofensive about the adverts , just snowflakes being snowflakes

Break the cycle helped me understand I had school related PTSD. If a student doesn't have the answer, there's likely more of a reason than they didn't study. Like mental health issues, which schools in the US are FINALLY starting to address. Well, okay maybe they only started to care after the shootings happened.

Bloody Boomers complain about literally anything.

That first one was good in theory but too many dirty jokes weren’t understood like, they could have had that horn in his sleeve, shirt or pocket but it had to be the place where men get boners. It also wasn’t written right, “my pot noodle horn is angry” really? No one thought about how that can be interpreted

I don't think a lot of these ads should have been banned. People got upset by the PIFs, the thing is that's the fucking point. I hate to break it to you but the world isn't all unicorns, lollypops and rainbows. I reckon it was mostly conservatives complaining about these, especially the Co2 one, I mean if they can whinge about Santa having a Covid pass they will whinge about anything.

The co2 advert was complained about for being unrealistic. Sounded like the population had common sense back then why are there no complaints over the constant non stop co2 fear ads anymore

The bad thing is that only 0.1111% complain out of a population of 70m people but it’s the 0.1111% who get listened too by the regulators

people who are soft should not be allowed to own a tv

number one was talking with your mouthful? several away from a schoolgirl rinsing her veins with Heroin? jesus! today Britain's got Talent gets more complaints! I'm not saying you should complain about awareness but it shows how the average viewer has changed and what people are more used to.

Adverts? I wouldn't dream of sitting there just watching the bloody things. Just record everything and fast-forward through them.

I remember most of these from tv

I had a nightmare about people with no money to pay bills,and going without food and no friends, shocking as I now watch these adverts and see a nightmare reality for some, barndos advert is a shocking advert.

Most of these complaints are peak "Won't somebody please think of the children!" territory lol

The second one is funny. The Volkswagen one is actually rather profound.

Number 1?? 😭😭😭 bro what

People were upset by the "REALITY" of the Barnardos add? Awwww diddums, Poor them, best to bury their heads in the sand and pretend it doesn't happen.

The Pot Noodle horn is one of the best ads EVER🤣