How many of you watched Blue Peter around 20 years ago? Not that I was a regular viewer, grew up on Magpie.
Anyway, the reason i ask is that i am trying to locate a short, but scary (at the time) anti smoking public info film shown on said program around 20 years ago or so. It depicted the “worlds first naural born smoker” and showed a rather scary, grotesque figure sat in a chair, puffing away.
A voice over said thingd like “the worlds first natural born smoker will have an elongated index finger to tap the ash off the end of his cigarette” and “he will have small ears because smokers do not listen”.
Anyone remember it???
I think it was only shown the once as I’m sure it would have scared the sh1te out of any kid (and many adults) watching.
By: airband1 - 29th August 2005 at 08:04
Don’t suppose theres a website with them all on cause i’ve not seen the film your talking about and would like to.
By: Ren Frew - 28th August 2005 at 14:59
I remember the film on Blue Peter that demonstrated the hazards of having a baby elephant in a television studio. :rolleyes:
By: BuffPuff - 17th August 2005 at 16:23
hmmmm, so I am older than you….
would like to see this film again though. As well as all the other public info films such as “the Green Cross Code Man” and “Charley the Cat”.
By: SteveO - 17th August 2005 at 15:19
I was 10 years old in 1985 and both my parents smoked so I wasn’t going to try smoking anyway. It was a creepy little film but I don’t remember being disturbed by it, being a cheeky little git I probably told Mum that Dad was on the TV 🙂
I’ve only ever had one drag on a cigarette when I was drunk and being silly and that was one too many. It amazes me that so many people still start smoking.
By: BuffPuff - 17th August 2005 at 13:17
SteveO, thanks for the links. the second one you gaive shows a small still image from the film.
What did you make of it at the time…?
By: SteveO - 17th August 2005 at 11:44
I remember it, I think had a sort of ”Blade Runner” style look about it and it might have been narrated by John Hurt.
Some info found here http://www.culttelly.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11 and http://www.xtremeinformation.com/icat/1051853&temp=cliplist
The Natural Born Smoker. This 60 second film was produced by the Health Education Council in December 1985.
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August 16, 2005 at 11:30 pm