Holiday revelers debate burning issues (like sprouts or no sprouts) in Tesco's seasonal ad

Spot by BBH London evolves last year's diversity-filled campaign

Published On
Nov 08, 2018

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Tesco's holiday TV ad focuses on how every British family does Christmas differently this year, as the U.K.'s biggest retailer evolves last year's diversity-focused campaign. 

The first of its 2017 holiday ads focused on different ways to cook a turkey but this year the theme expands to burning issues such as: sprouts or no sprouts, do you serve Yorkshire pudding at a Christmas meal and is it OK to have ketchup? It's set to a brassed-up orchestral version of Fleetwood Mac’s "Go Your Own Way." 

As with before, a diverse range of families and people of all ages feature in the ad, by BBH (there's also a dog, although it doesn't get to spend long at the table). Last year, Tesco received trolling comments on social media after featuring a Muslim family in its campaign, but the retailer has stuck steadfastly to the strategy and the tagline: “However you do Christmas, everyone's welcome at Tesco." 

Directed by Smuggler's Randy Krallman, the spot has some nice comedic touches: characters include a group of selfie-obsessed hipster/millennials who are unsure what to do with their turkey and a deadpan pair of Tesco delivery drivers debating whether someone's decorations are meant to be a dog or a reindeer. But for the most part this is pretty mainstream fare--and a world away from some of the more fanciful productions on offer from U.K. retailers. 

Credits

Date
Nov 08, 2018
Client :
Tesco
Agency :
BBH-London
UK Marketing Communications Director :
Emma Botton
Head of Campaign :
Ben Sherburn
Campaign Manager :
Emma Brannon
Campaign Manager :
William Botterill
Campaign Assistant :
Maria Coyle
Campaign Assistant :
Zara Heal
Creative Team :
Alex Sattlecker
Creative Team :
Linda Weitgasser
Creative Team :
Psembi Kinstan
Creative Director :
Tom Drew
Head of Art :
Daryl Corps
Strategy Director :
Simon Gregory
Managing Director :
Karen Martin
Business Lead :
Samantha McLeod
Senior Account Director :
James Rice
Account Director :
Josephine Kiernan
Strategist :
Lucy Moody
Strategist :
Flo Robertson
Account Executive :
Elliot Falconer
Producer :
Nicole Southey
Assistant Producer :
Fatima Kried
Assistant Producer :
Rory Reames
Business Affairs :
Aimee Head
Production Company :
Smuggler
Director :
Randy Krallman
Producer :
Gustav Geldenhuys
Director of Photography :
Erik Wilson
Production Manager :
Jacqui Pringle
Production Coordintor :
Emily Meyjes
Cast Coordinator :
Kelly Brown
Casting Director :
Ali Fearnley
Location Manager :
Martin Wady
Editor :
Tim Thornton-Allan
Editing House :
Marshall Street
Post Production :
The Mill
Sound :
Factory
Sound :
Jon Clarke
Music Production Company :
Siren
Music Arrangement :
Alex Baranowski
Music Producer :
Sean Craigie-Atherton
Music Producer :
Josh Gibbard
Music Supervision :
The Most Radicalist Black Sheep Music

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