:-(
A former member
It's a public information film. You used to get alot more often. Look on YouTube you'll see loads of old ones going back 50 years. Itv used broadcast them aswell
Ca never said it was on did there?
Ca never said it was on did there?
NJ
Neil Jones
Founding member
Rolled back the iPlayer feed and it went Weather -> PIF -> trailer. No intro to the coastguard thing.
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
JO
I feel really bad for laughing at that.
Rolled back the iPlayer feed and it went Weather -> PIF -> trailer. No intro to the coastguard thing.
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVaArcV9BE
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVaArcV9BE
I feel really bad for laughing at that.
JA
It's shocking when you first see it... then laughable when you look back and see how fake the flat "kids" look.
Still something I admit I wouldn't want randomly popping up on TV when I'm not expecting it though. But I guess that's the point.
Still something I admit I wouldn't want randomly popping up on TV when I'm not expecting it though. But I guess that's the point.
BH
BillyH
Founding member
Mungo Jerry's 'In the Summertime' always carries a slightly uncomfortable feeling for me, thanks to a certain PIF aired regularly through the mid-1990s...
https://youtu.be/Fr3CfhveC2U
https://youtu.be/Fr3CfhveC2U
JA
I seem to remember a billboard of that too, or something similar anyway of a smashed up car with blood covered passengers, that really upset me as a kid.
BC
There's been a PIF between the weather and closedown/news channel for as long as I can remember.
Used to be followed by the announcer saying something like "That was a public information film" but not for quite a few years.
Blake Connolly
Founding member
I've just seen an HM Coastguard advert on BBC One telling you to call 999 and ask for Coastguard in an emergency.
It came on between the Weather at 00:15 just before joining the news channel.
Is this a new thing, or is it just something (or the type of thing) that's often shown at night?
It came on between the Weather at 00:15 just before joining the news channel.
Is this a new thing, or is it just something (or the type of thing) that's often shown at night?
There's been a PIF between the weather and closedown/news channel for as long as I can remember.
Used to be followed by the announcer saying something like "That was a public information film" but not for quite a few years.
TI
We have very strong anti drink-driving advertising in Northern Ireland and this advert was created here for use in a government advertising campaign. This advert regularly appears during normal programming hours on UTV/Channel 4, particularly around Christmas time.
Rolled back the iPlayer feed and it went Weather -> PIF -> trailer. No intro to the coastguard thing.
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVaArcV9BE
Of course whether modern day PIFs have the same effect as the old school ones is debatable, though some of the more recent driving ones, while not PIFs in the true sense as the likes of Lonely Water and friends, tend to be hard hitting. Like this anti-speeding one from a couple of years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVaArcV9BE
We have very strong anti drink-driving advertising in Northern Ireland and this advert was created here for use in a government advertising campaign. This advert regularly appears during normal programming hours on UTV/Channel 4, particularly around Christmas time.
RO
I recall once, in the 1980s, after the end of Childrens BBC, before the quiz show First Class came on, about 17:35, the announcer said "before First class, here's a public information film". The actual PIF was to do with AIDS, and it was the only time I can recall a PIF on BBC1 during prime time.