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Coming as a fresh off the boat 6yo Soviet, I was blown away by the fact that there were ads on the telly and was mesmerised/obsessed by them for yonks.
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I remember being old enough that I felt silly for not realising, less than 10 but no idea when exactly.
Edit: I’m calling bullshit on myself. 10-12 more likely.
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Googles... 1991. When they started including listings for ITV/C4* in the Radio Times. We literally didn't watch the other channels before then, so the concept of adverts was new.
Christ I'm old.
(* Just those two. There was no "etc" back then)
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How old were you when you first realised that the BBC don't just put in adverts in the middle of programs like ITV/Channel 4 etc?