U-Matic videotape of British Railway television commercial 'Sleepytime' TWS version

British Railways television commercial 'Sleepy Time', made in 1989 by advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi. This tape contains the version of 'Sleepy Time' made for broadcast on TWS (Television South West). Departures and destinations on TWS version are London, Edinburgh and Land of Nod. Duration: 50 seconds.

This videotape along with others in the collection, form a representative sample of British Railways television advertising between the 1960s and mid-1990s. The different adverts feature the breadth of styles and scope of advertising companies used over the years. Some of the agencies represented are J. Walter Thompson Agency (now Wunderman Thompson), GPCC Advertising, Saatchi & Saatchi, Gold Greenless Trott, Abbott Meade Vickers, Allen, Brady & Marsh (ABM). Though, productions details have not been identified for all adverts. Some of British Railways adverts have had popular success and won awards, e.g. Relax, made by Saatchi & Saatchi 1988, promoting Intercity services, won 13 awards from various advertising competitions. The collection also includes different versions of same adverts: regional versions, short (10 seconds) and long (30-50 seconds) versions, seasonal versions.