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
Editor's Pick
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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