"Time Shift" The Rise and Fall of the Ad Man (2008)

In Timeshift – The Rise And Fall Of The Ad Man, Peter York takes an insightful and witty look at the changing fortunes of British advertising, through the story of the personalities who led it through its highs and lows. Inspired by the US advertisers of Madison Avenue, a new generation of 1970s British ad men created a unique style of advertising based on authentic British culture which tapped into home-grown humour. But the same combination of ambition, big spending and oversized egos led to a fall when the business climate changed in the 1980s.