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what was the first british tv advert?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The very first commercial was transmitted at 8.12pm on 22 September 1955 and was for Gibbs SR toothpaste. Viewers saw a tube of toothpaste embedded in a block of ice, a lady by the name of Meg Smith brushing her teeth up and down and heard BBC presenter Alex Mackintosh declare : "It's tingling fresh, it's as fresh as ice, it's Gibbs SR toothpaste."