The Hard Sell

The history of the world in sales pitches

2013 – 2014
Returning Series
Comedy · Documentary · Animation
1 season

Advertising: the rattling of a stick in a swill-bucket? Welcome to the show where the stick rattles back: The Hard Sell. Adverts from history, treated with the respect they deserve.

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Latest: Season 1 · 2013

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E1. Cars
Nov 16, 2013 · 19m
Pollution-belching A-to-B enablers or talismans of human existence? Tune in to find out!
E2. Laundry
Nov 23, 2013 · 23m
Reporting live from the world's smallest Laundrette, your gracious host explains the carnage of the Last Great Detergent War!
E3. Banks
Dec 1, 2013 · 29m
banks! (and building societies).
E4. Crisps
May 23, 2014 · 28m
crisps! Salted, oiled shards of potato and/or abominations of corn pulp: the gang's all here, and they're all terrible for you!