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Television commercial for Guinness. The advertisement opens with a group of young people leaving a pub called the Sandyford House, some of them carrying bottles of Guinness Extra Stout. A song begins: ‘Bringing on back the goodness, coming on home again’. Various people are seen at a house party, walking the streets and leaving another pub with bottles of Guinness. Each of the people is then seen at their homes, where they will enjoy their take-home beer. The advert concludes with a six-pack of Guinness bottles, as a caption reads: ‘There’s more than goodness in Guinness’. Agency: Arks Ltd.

Colour television commercial for Guinness. Advert opens with view of a crowded house party as a man bearing a pint of Draught Guinness in a Waterford Tankard and a bottle of Guinness with a Wellington goblet. He hands the pint to a friend and keeps the bottle for himself as he apologies to a blonde female that they didn't have what she wanted. She retorts: "I'll have a taste of yours then", and proceeds to take his drink, leaving him empty-handed. Advert concludes as she looks at him and asks: "Didn't you get one for yourself then?" Caption: "Get together with a Guinness". Talent: Jeremy Bulloch, Agency: Arks Ltd.

Harp television advertisement Party' in which revellers enjoy a house party, one of whom is so struck by a woman's beauty that he confuses his drink for a vase of flowers. Colour advert opens with a close-up of a hand placing a record player needle on a record as music starts. A six-pack of Harp bottles is placed in front of the record player. A bottle is poured into a glass in close-up. Interspersed shots of a glass of Harp and people at a busy house party chatting, eating and drinking. A man enters the room carrying a tuba, followed by another man who puts his coat on a coat stand and looks around furtively before opening a grandfather clock to hide his six-pack of Harp, only to find the clock is already full of Harp packs. A woman in a floral dress enters the room and a man is transfixed by her as he places his beer on a mantle-piece. As she walks past him he absent-mindedly picks up a vase of flowers and attempts to drink from it before realising his mistake. Closes with the man looking sheepishly at his friends, with caption ‘Harp’. Aired: March - September 1973 Talent: features Brian Croucher Music: the LP on the record player is 'Up Up and Away' by The 5th Dimension Studio Lambert

Colour television commercial for Guinness. Advert opens with view of man and woman moving items into a new house. The man attempts to open several bottles of Guinness but the woman takes them from him to use as markers for where furniture will be placed within the room. The man is eventually able to pour from a bottle into a glass on his fourth attempt and remarks that the 'sideboard' looks nice. Advert concludes with zoom to bottle label as he places it down on a pile of books. VO & final caption: "There's more than goodness in Guinness." Agency: Arks Ltd.