Commercial Breakdown is a light entertainment show that shows humorous television advertisements from around the world and ran from 29 December 1989 to 3 August 2008 and aired on BBC One. British adverts were initially not allowed because of the BBC's Royal Charter (advertising is completely forbidden on the BBC), but were later permitted provided they were not currently being broadcast. Many of the adverts were international, which means they were not selling items on the British market.
Transmissions Specials Date Presenter 29 December 1989 Jasper Carrott 27 December 1991 28 December 1993 5 March 1996
Series Series Start date End date Episodes Presenter 1 3 September 1996 5 November 1996 6 Patrick Kielty 2 2 September 1997 18 November 1997 7 Rory McGrath 3 25 November 1999 27 January 2000 8 Jo Brand 4 7 January 2002 25 February 2002 8 Ruby Wax 5 9 January 2004 13 March 2004 10 Jim Davidson 6 6 January 2006 24 February 2006 8 Jon Culshaw 7 15 June 2008 3 August 2008 8 Jimmy Carr
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