Could we have just one day free of adverts about funerals?

I like Countdown and watch it in real time as I am able.

infoman

Just shows how much money the firms are making as they seem to be on every other advert,jammed in between life assurance cover.

These kind of adverts are cheap to make and cheap to place on free-to-air digital channels that mostly show looped repeats of old programmes.

I doubt younger people are going to be watching the endless repeats of Heartbeat, Foyle’s War, Vera, Marple and Poirot etc on ITV3.

Older people are the demographic most likely not to have a TV set up which allows them to skip the ads. Therefore advertisers have a captive audience.

And why not funerals? You might as well ask can we have a day without adverts for holidays, cars, gambling, dishwashers and fancy floor mops. The only thing we are are all guaranteed to need is a funeral.

Every week in the UK, over 10,000 people die, many of whom won’t have made any plans for a funeral or put aside money to pay for it, so it makes sense to advertise if only to prompt awareness and responsibility. I wonder how many people see that ad of the man in the bath and then arrange a pre-paid plan with another company entirely?

Allira

eazybee

I have received several packages from a firm promoting their funeral plans. They included sheets of stickers of Robins, which made pretty tags for Christmas presents.

Do we come back as robins, do you think?

I quite fancy that.

Robins eat worms and insects.

I'd rather come back as a gannet, coastal living with a diet of fresh fish and seafood; an active afterlife with lots of soaring, diving, and other watersports.

TheWeirdoAgain60

I'd like a day free of the Beckhams and Trump, who are always being posted on MN!

The BBC really should change it's title to TBC, Trump Broadcasting Corporation. He's featured every day at quite some length. But I suppose he's in Heaven - all that free publicity, morning, noon and night.

It's a compulsive attention-seekers ultimate dream!

Allira

eazybee

I have received several packages from a firm promoting their funeral plans. They included sheets of stickers of Robins, which made pretty tags for Christmas presents.

Do we come back as robins, do you think?

I quite fancy that.

Everybody loves a robin 🥰

Why don't you switch off the TV and go and do something more interesting instead?

Or watch BBC? No ads there.

I occasionally switch to other channels but there's nothing but ads so listen to a podcast instead.

I suppose you are free to choose whatever you want to watch, so you just have to put up with the ads. The fact that OP is complaining about them means they are getting noticed, which is the whole point really.

Now they know people are talking about them they'll probably put on even more!

Allira

Right! Windows (not the Microsoft kind)

Life might be a lot less frustrating if you did clean the Microsoft ones 😆

Right! Windows (not the Microsoft kind)

That's what comes of watching daytime TV!!

Allira

Moi? 😲

😎

RosiesMawagain

Maybe “switch off your tv and go and do something less boring instead” - do we all remember the programme “”Why don’t you…?”

Alternatively stick with BBC, DVD’s or a good book.

Yes, my kitchen windows need cleaning.

(Oh no, just realised there's a cleaning reference again.)

Elusivebutterfly

For those talking about recording live TV to watch later - how do you do this? We used to record on video players years ago. I haven't had even a DVD player for a long time and that did not record from the TV.

You need a digital recorder. Humax and Manhattan are two popular brands.

You use a coaxial cable to connect your TV aerial (Freeview) or satellite dish (Freesat) to the recorder and another to connect the recorder to your TV. It’s very easy to do.

Then you are ready to record from the free-to-air channels and later can fast forward through the frequent ads for funeral plans, walk-in baths and showers, spring-loaded chairs, mattresses etc etc.

Maybe “switch off your tv and go and do something less boring instead” - do we all remember the programme “”Why don’t you…?”

Alternatively stick with BBC, DVD’s or a good book.

ferry23

NotAGran55

Desdemona

ferry23

I don't watch that much real time TV these days, but I almost dread watching in the afternoon. I can't imagine getting so over excited about a life assurance plan or my funeral.

What with the bloke and his parsnip glut who bullies his neighbour to phone the insurance company and the fat guy in the bath who thinks Millie was a smart cookie - you feel like topping yourself - maybe that's their plan!

That idiot man in the bath really winds me up!

What is on in the afternoon that is so critical it is watched in real time? I can’t think of anything to be honest at any time the day.

I’d rather always skip the ads.

It doesn't matter whether it's "critical" or not - I asked how you avoid adverts if you're watching in real time and your solution didn't relate to real time.

If adverts could be avoided in real time they wouldn’t exist.

If you use the delayed watching method you will have caught up at the end in real time, without watching a load of dross, which is the object of the exercise.

Adverts are just the time to put the kettle on, or go to the loo, after putting the mute on of course. Alternatively, I always have a little notebook by my side, to write down things as they occur to me, such as who I need to ring , or jobs to do etc. so sometimes check through that .

Moi? 😲

🤣🤣 now now cross-referencing threads tut tut 🤣

Flippin2

The guy in the bath one makes me laugh,why is his wife hiding behind the door,she's surely seen him naked at some point in life

Perhaps she's the cleaner 😁

NotAGran55

Desdemona

ferry23

I don't watch that much real time TV these days, but I almost dread watching in the afternoon. I can't imagine getting so over excited about a life assurance plan or my funeral.

What with the bloke and his parsnip glut who bullies his neighbour to phone the insurance company and the fat guy in the bath who thinks Millie was a smart cookie - you feel like topping yourself - maybe that's their plan!

That idiot man in the bath really winds me up!

What is on in the afternoon that is so critical it is watched in real time? I can’t think of anything to be honest at any time the day.

I’d rather always skip the ads.

It doesn't matter whether it's "critical" or not - I asked how you avoid adverts if you're watching in real time and your solution didn't relate to real time.

The guy in the bath one makes me laugh,why is his wife hiding behind the door,she's surely seen him naked at some point in life

Desdemona

ferry23

I don't watch that much real time TV these days, but I almost dread watching in the afternoon. I can't imagine getting so over excited about a life assurance plan or my funeral.

What with the bloke and his parsnip glut who bullies his neighbour to phone the insurance company and the fat guy in the bath who thinks Millie was a smart cookie - you feel like topping yourself - maybe that's their plan!

That idiot man in the bath really winds me up!

What is on in the afternoon that is so critical it is watched in real time? I can’t think of anything to be honest at any time the day.

I’d rather always skip the ads.

eazybee

I have received several packages from a firm promoting their funeral plans. They included sheets of stickers of Robins, which made pretty tags for Christmas presents.

Do we come back as robins, do you think?

I quite fancy that.

For those talking about recording live TV to watch later - how do you do this? We used to record on video players years ago. I haven't had even a DVD player for a long time and that did not record from the TV.

Wyllow3

Ooo, I've not seen a man in a bath yet - its usually a glam blonde.

It’s not a pretty sight…You’ve been spared! 😂

Ooo, I've not seen a man in a bath yet - its usually a glam blonde.