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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Michael Hogan

‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads

‘I can’t get parts any more. Everybody just sees me as this fat orange bloke’ … thespian Peter Geeves, left, in the Tango ad.
‘I can’t get parts any more. Everybody just sees me as this fat orange bloke’ … thespian Peter Geeves, left, in the Tango ad. Photograph: Howell Henry

Trevor Robinson, art director

My creative partner Al Young and I had been on the dole for 18 months when we landed our dream jobs at Howell Henry ad agency. We had to prove ourselves fast. Tango’s brief was basically to get talked about. They told us: “We want Coca-Cola to be afraid of this little British brand.” The campaign was based around the hit of real fruit. We decided to escalate that concept, making the hit a physical thing.

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