Commercial Breakdown

For the song by The Sunshine Underground, see Raise the Alarm.

Commercial Breakdown is a light entertainment show that shows humorous television advertisements from around the world and ran from 29 December 1989 to 3 August 2008 and aired on BBC One. British adverts were initially not allowed because of the BBC's Royal Charter (advertising is completely forbidden on the BBC), however presently, provided the adverts are not currently being broadcast, they are allowed. Many of the adverts were international, which means they were not selling items on the British market.

Commercial Breakdown
Also known as	After the Break (1996)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	59
Production
Running time	30–50 minutes
Production company	Celador
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	29 December 1989 (1989-12-29) – 3 August 2008 (2008-8-3)

Transmissions

Specials

Date	Presenter
29 December 1989[1]	Jasper Carrott
27 December 1991[2]
28 December 1993[3]
5 March 1996[4]

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes	Presenter
1	3 September 1996[5]	5 November 1996[6]	6	Patrick Kielty
2	2 September 1997[7]	18 November 1997[8]	7	Rory McGrath
3	25 November 1999[9]	27 January 2000[10]	8	Jo Brand
4	7 January 2002[11]	25 February 2002[12]	8	Ruby Wax
5	9 January 2004[13]	13 March 2004[14]	10	Jim Davidson
6	6 January 2006[15]	24 February 2006[16]	8	Jon Culshaw
7	15 June 2008[17]	3 August 2008[18]	8	Jimmy Carr