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Really dislike the adverts on ITV3

(38 Posts)
Colls Sun 02-Nov-25 16:34:54

I like to chill away from the news by wathing old programmes on ITV 3 but the constant miserable adverts especially in the afternoon are driving me away and I feel grumpy!
If it's not funeral plans, walk in baths, stand up chairs, it's destressing appeal for donations. Especially the ones for animals touch me - but I am already very active in fundraising in this field.
Their deliberate targeting of older people, who I assume they assume watch daytime tv feels discriminatory and has such an insidious effect on the mood.
I know I'm not the only one to think this, Gyles Brandreth put it into Room Room 101 some years ago - and he advertises incontinance panty liners!

Maremia Mon 03-Nov-25 14:48:31

Those dreadful ones for Bingo and gambling and join our pretendy community

Esmay Mon 03-Nov-25 16:00:03

I also am irritated by the man in the bath contemplating his navel and sausage rolls.
The other one that makes me annoyed is the enthusiastic woman who says ,Mexico ".
Please go to Mexico and take the sausage roll man with you .His wife won't mind.

Oreo Mon 03-Nov-25 16:03:43

I agree Colls about depressing ads, overloaded sick donkeys,
Wet shaky kittens, dancing bears and so on, totally spoils whatever programme you’re watching.
I tend to record as much as possible and whizz by them.

Chardy Mon 03-Nov-25 16:22:08

merlotgran

I laugh at the overweight man in the bath who has been stuffing himself at a funeral buffet, dreaming of sausage rolls while his wife is on the phone to Pure Cremation. 😂😂

Why does his wife talk to him through a crack in the door? Has she never seen him without his clothes on?

Chardy Mon 03-Nov-25 16:22:56

Oreo

I agree Colls about depressing ads, overloaded sick donkeys,
Wet shaky kittens, dancing bears and so on, totally spoils whatever programme you’re watching.
I tend to record as much as possible and whizz by them.

Definitely record and fast forward

keepingquiet Mon 03-Nov-25 16:30:17

The marketing people certainly seem to know when their target audience!

Advertising isn't about being inclusive or representative- it's about getting noticed and they certainly seem to be successful here!

This is why I prefer to watch channels with no ads. Yes, it is called the BBC.

I only rarely watch ITV 3, and when the ads come on find something to distract my attention...

Bellasnana Mon 03-Nov-25 16:33:28

All the above-mentioned get on my nerves as does the one with the smug couple jetting off on their ‘second holiday this year’ with their All Clear insurance.

None of these commercials tempt me to purchase their products.

Homestead62 Mon 03-Nov-25 17:24:56

The adverts are ageist and awful, but they seem to get away with it. I absolutely hate adverts for older people and the incontinence ones are sickening. Thank God I don't watch daytime TV, anything I do watch is taped and ads whizzed through.

MollyNew Thu 06-Nov-25 11:01:48

I've just seen one on Channel 5 which I think hits a new low. Two folk singers on a stage with a violin and a guitar, singing a song about "Simply Cremations, Way to go, Way to go". Maybe it could be our next Eurovision entry.

Esmay Thu 06-Nov-25 17:09:34

MollyNew
After complaining about ads for funerals I saw the one involving folk singers - I felt disgusted as they sang " way to go ."

REKA Thu 06-Nov-25 17:14:04

MollyNew

I've just seen one on Channel 5 which I think hits a new low. Two folk singers on a stage with a violin and a guitar, singing a song about "Simply Cremations, Way to go, Way to go". Maybe it could be our next Eurovision entry.

I was just about to comment on that one! Just awful 😖

Bellasnana Thu 06-Nov-25 19:42:04

MollyNew

I've just seen one on Channel 5 which I think hits a new low. Two folk singers on a stage with a violin and a guitar, singing a song about "Simply Cremations, Way to go, Way to go". Maybe it could be our next Eurovision entry.

Oh isn’t it dreadful! Who thinks these things up I wonder? I have to mute it.