Comedian and director Mel Smith who has died at 60 was a force in advertising too back in the day, appearing in a lauded radio campaign for Philips from Leagas Delaney with comedy partner Griff Rhys-Jones and then setting up the highly successful Talkback production company with Rhys Jones that made ads as well as programmes.
Can’t find any audio (maybe someone can send us some) from the ‘Phirips’ campaign but here’s a TV ad from the same period.