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The Thinkboxes Hall of Fame

Posted on: January 8, 2024
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The Thinkbox Academy has been voting for the UK’s best TV ads, every two months since 2008. Here’s a “Hall of fame” list for you of all the Thinkboxes winners.

A

  • AA: We've Seen It All (adam&eveDDB)
  • AA: That Feeling (adam&eveDDB)
  • Adidas: Take the Stage (Sid Lee)
  • Aldi: A Christmas Carrot (McCann UK)
  • Amazon Alexa: Ironing (Droga5 London)
  • Amazon Prime Video: An Unlikely Friendship (CYW)
  • Amnesty International: You Are Powerful (Mother)
  • Arla Skyr: The Messenger (Wieden + Kennedy)
  • Asda: Have your Elf a Merry Christmas (Havas London)
  • Audi: Escape (BBH)
  • Audi A5: The Swan (BBH London)
  • Audi: Clowns (BBH London)
  • Avanti West Coast: Feel Good Travel (adam&eveDDB)
AA 'That feeling' by adam&eveDDB

B

  • Barnardo's: Break the Cycle (BBH)
  • Bisto: Sticking Together (McCann London)
  • Boots: Bags of Joy (VMLY&R)
  • Boots No7: Ready For More (Mother)
  • Boursin: Combine Harvester (RKCR/Y&R)
  • British Heart Foundation: Heart Disease is Heartless (DLKW Lowe)
  • British Heart Foundation: Heart Attack (Grey)

C

  • Cadbury Dairy Milk: Eyebrows (Fallon)
  • Cadbury: This doesn't need to end (VCCP)
  • Campaign Against Living Miserably: The last photo (adam&eveDDB)
  • Channel 4: We're the Superhumans (4Creative)
  • Channel 4: Super.Human. (4Creative)
  • Child Poverty Action Group: Imagine (Creature London)
  • Comparethemarket.com: Sergei (VCCP)
  • CoppaFeel!: Know yourself (Fold7)
  • Cravendale: Cats with Thumbs (Wieden + Kennedy)

D

  • Department for Education: Tuesday (Havas London)
  • Disney+ Stories You'd Expect + Stories You Wouldn't (Leo Burnett)
  • Dunelm: Dun Your Way (Creature)

E

  • EA Sports FIFA 21: Inspiring the next generation of footballers (adam&eveDDB)
  • EE: Not her problem (Saatchi & Saatchi)
  • EE: Freedom (Saatchi & Saatchi)
  • Eurostar: Maybe (AMV BBDO)

G

  • Guinness: Sapeurs (AMV BBDO)
  • Guinness: Welcome Back (AMB BBDO)
  • Giffgaff: The Big Swim (Who Wot Why)

H

  • Heineken: The Entrance (Wieden + Kennedy)
  • Heinz: Bottle (AMV BBDO)
  • Honda: Live Ad (4 Creative)
  • Hovis: Go On Lad (MCBD)
  • HSBC UK: Vicious Circle (Wunderman Thompson)
  • Hula Hoops: DJ (Publicis)

I

  • International Paralympic Committee: #WeThe15
  • IKEA: Beds (Mother)
  • IKEA: Every home should be a haven (Mother)
  • IKEA: Ghosts (Mother)
  • IKEA: Playin' With My Friends (Mother)
  • IKEA: Kitchen Makeover (Beattie McGuinness)
  • IKEA: Silence the Critics (Mother)
IKEA 'Ghosts' by Mother

J

  • John Lewis: Always a Woman (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis: The Boy and the Piano (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis: Buster the Boxer (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis: The Long Wait (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis: The Journey (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis / Waitrose: Bohemian Rhapsody (adam&eveDDB)
  • John Lewis & Partners: Unexpected Guest (adam&eveDDB)

K

  • KFC: Love you too (Mother)
  • Know Your Limits: Binge Drinking (VCCP)

L

  • Ladbrokes: Balloon (Neverland)
  • Ladbrokes: Drummers (Neverland)
  • Lidl: Big on a Christmas you can ALWAYS believe in (Karmarama)
  • LiveScore: More than a score (Wonderhood Studios)
  • Lucozade: Find Your Flow (Grey London)
  • Lucozade Energy: It's ON: Hula (adam&eveDDB)
  • Lurpak: Adventure Awaits (Wieden + Kennedy)
  • Lotto: Please Not Them - James Blunt (AMV BBDO)
  • Lotto: The Calm Before the Storm (adam&eveDDB)
Macmillan 'Whatever It Takes' by AMV BBDO

M

  • Macmillan: Not Alone (VCCP)
  • Macmillan: Whatever it takes (AMV BBDO)
  • Maltesers: New Boyfriend (AMV BBDO)
  • Marmite: Neglect (adam&eveDDB)
  • Marmite: Mind Control (adam&eveDDB)
  • McDonald's: Raise your arches (Leo Burnett)
  • McDonald's: Passing By (Leo Burnett)
  • McDonald's: Night Workers (Leo Burnett)
  • M&S: Paddington and the Christmas Visitor (Grey)

N

  • National Express: Silver Lady (Isobel)
  • The National Lottery: James Blunt (AMV BBDO)
  • NHS - Tobacco Control: Wanna Be Like You (Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy)
  • Nike: Write the Future (Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam)
  • Nike: Nothing beats a Londonder (Wieden + Kennedy)

O

  • Oasis: Togetherness (The Corner)

R

  • Robinsons: Be Natural (BBH)

S

  • Sainsbury's: Christmas Moments (AMV BBDO)
  • Sainsbury's: Christmas Is For Sharing (Abbott Mead Vickers Vickers)
  • Sipsmith: We make gin not comprimises (Ogilvy)
  • Skoda: Made Of Meaner Stuff (Fallon)
  • Spoke: Jack the not so standard mannequin (Mother)
  • Sport England: Phenomenal Women (FCB Inferno)
  • Sport England: This Girl Can (FCB Inferno)

T

  • Tesco: No Naughty List (BBH)
  • T-Mobile: Life's For Sharing (Saatchi & Saatchi)
  • TK Maxx: Would Anyone Shop at TK Maxx? (Wieden & Kennedy)
  • The Guardian: The Three Little Pigs (BBH)
  • The Times and The Sunday Times: Politics tamed (Pulse creative)
  • Three: The Pony (Wieden + Kennedy)
Vanish 'Me, My Autism & I' by Havas London

V

  • Vanish: Me, My Autism and I (Havas London)
  • Virgin Active: We've Got A Workout For That (Iris)
  • Virgin Atlantic: Your Airline's Either Got It Or It Hasn't (RKCR/Y&R)
  • Virgin Media: Why walk when you can ride (VCCP)
  • Virgin Trains: Very Fast Chair (Anomaly London)
  • VW: Baby (adam&eveDDB)
  • VW Golf: Enjoy The Everyday (DDB)
  • VW Golf: The Button (DDB London)
  • VW Polo: Dad (DDB)
  • VW Tiguan: Compromises (adam&eveDDB)

W

  • Wall's: Thank You (Saatchi & Saatchi)
  • Warburtons: The Giant Crumpet Show (WCRS)
  • Wateraid: Diarrhea (Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw)
  • Weetabix: Big Day (BBH)
  • Weetabix: Jockey (WCRS)
  • what3words: Neighbours (neverland)

Y

  • Yeo Valley: Boy Band (BBH)