• BT launches its latest advertising campaign, The Interruption, featuring Sex Education star, Gillian Anderson, as she interrupts a couple’s evening in to showcase the range of great TV shows available on Netflix with BT TV and broadband
• The campaign sees Gillian undertake her charming, no-nonsense character from the hit Netflix show, to show BT joining forces with the UK’s favourite streaming provider to offer Netflix across all of its entertainment-based TV and broadband bundles
• The campaign, developed by Saatchi & Saatchi, will run across TV and in cinemas, launching with a 30-second spot during E4’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Friday 14^th October

14^th October 2022: Today BT announces its latest campaign, The Interruption, featuring Sex Education star, Gillian Anderson, as she interrupts a couple’s evening in to showcase some of the great TV shows available to watch on Netflix with BT TV and broadband. The ad, which will launch today on E4 during Brooklyn Nine-Nine, shows the breadth of content available as BT joins forces with the UK’s favourite streaming provider to offer Netflix across all of its entertainment-based TV and broadband bundles.

The ad begins with a couple relaxing on a sofa with popcorn and snacks. As the show they have been watching comes to an end and they start to discuss what they should watch next, they are unaware that Gillian is in the room with them, primed and ready to give her expert advice.

Suddenly, they are startled as Gillian appears on the sofa opposite them, undertaking her charming, matter-of-fact character from the hit Netflix show, Sex Education, and informing them of the range of great content available on Netflix with BT TV and broadband.

The couple watch as Gillian flicks through a selection of hit TV shows, from sci-fi horror Stranger Things to crime thriller Stay Close, with the couple staring at her,  shocked and starstruck. The camera then cuts back to the TV as a scene of Gillian in Sex Education appears on the screen, with the actress playfully suggesting to the man ‘or something more up your street, Clive’, resulting in the man sheepishly looking away.

Finally, the ad cuts to Gillian as she joins the couple on the sofa and asks them to ‘scooch up’, with the three of them settling in to watch the next show.

Pete Jeavons, Marketing Communications Director at BT and EE comments: “Now more than ever people are looking to move to broadband and TV bundles as they search for  better value for money, which is why we are delighted to offer Netflix with our entertainment-based TV and broadband packages. As Gillian expertly shows in our latest campaign, with BT TV and broadband there is something for every viewer – whether a sci-fi, crime thriller or comedy fan. Our customers can be safe in the knowledge that they can access great content for even better prices”.

William John, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi said: “BT TV’s offering deserved world class talent to encourage everyone to sit down, scooch up and watch great shows, whatever your taste. Gillian was the perfect person to showcase that there’s something for everyone”.

The 30-second TV advert, developed by EE’s advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi London, with media planning and buying handled by Essence, goes live with a nationwide TV campaign on Friday 14^th October, during Brooklyn Nine-Nine on E4. The campaign will also run in cinema during the film Black Adam. Additionally, the spot will feature during several other key broadcast slots, including:

• EFL Highlights (ITV) – Sunday 16^th October
• The Great British Bake Off (Channel 4) – Tuesday 18^th October
• Married At First Sight (E4) – Sunday 23^rd October
• The Voice (ITV) – Saturday 29^th October

Netflix is now included in each of BT’s entertainment-based TV and broadband bundles (VIP, Big Entertainment and Entertainment), with BT TV and broadband packages available for £6 a month until 2023. BT TV offers flexible TV packages so customers can choose their favourite TV line-up and change it every month, meaning they only pay for the things they actually want to watch.

For more information, please visit: https://www.bt.com/tv

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About BT

BT Group is the UK’s leading telecommunications and network provider and a leading provider of global communications services and solutions, serving customers in 180 countries. Its principal activities in the UK include the provision of fixed voice, mobile, broadband and TV (including Sport) and a range of products and services over converged fixed and mobile networks to consumer, business and public sector customers. For its global customers, BT provides managed services, security and network and IT infrastructure services to support their operations all over the world. BT consists of four customer-facing units: Consumer, Enterprise, Global and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Openreach, which provides access network services to over 650 communications provider customers who sell phone, broadband and Ethernet services to homes and businesses across the UK.

For the year ended 31 March 2021, BT Group’s reported revenue was £21,331m with reported profit before taxation of £1,804m.

British Telecommunications plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.  BT Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange.  For more information, visit www.bt.com/about

CREDITS 

CAMPAIGN TITLE: The Interruption

CLIENT: BT

ADVERTISING AGENCY:  Saatchi & Saatchi

CCO: Franki Goodwin

EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR: William John

CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Sam Ball

COPYWRITER: Max Batten

ART DIRECTOR: Dominic Martin

DESIGNER: Mason Brownlow

MOTION: Marco Balducci

PLANNING DIRECTOR: Ophelia Stimpson

MANAGING PARTNER: Jonathan Tapper

BUSINESS LEAD: Charlotte Elwig, Sophie deGraft-Johnson

ACCOUNT DIRECTOR: Elliot Handler & Cassie Allen

ACCOUNT MANAGER: Tilda Raphael

AGENCY STUDIO PRODUCER: Abigael Wilson

AGENCY PRODUCER:  Felicity Bamber

MEDIA BUYING AGENCY: Essence

MEDIA PLANNER:  Tom Kislingbury

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Prodigious

DIRECTOR:  Ben Tonge

PROD CO PRODUCER: Thu Minh Nguyen

EDITOR: Brian Samuel Beattie

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY: Prodigious

POST-PRODUCTION PRODUCER: Tom Bogda

SOUND ENGINEER: Michael Powell

Source: EE Newsroom
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