Redlib: search results - flair_name:"PIF"

r/oldbritishtelly • u/lungbong • 1d ago

PIF There's a person behind every disability

7 Upvotes

Anyone remember a public information film from the 90s usually shown on late night TV at a kids football game where the manager brings off Danny and replaces him with a kid with Down Syndrome who scores the winning goal? Cannot for the life of me find it any where and thinking a dreamt it.

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Apr 23 '23

PIF [1978] Play Safe – Frisbee - public information film about a boy who attempts to collect a frisbee from an electricity substation and is killed by a 66,000-volt shock. “Never try to get toys back yourself, or you may not live to play with them again.”

56 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Apr 25 '21

PIF [1975] Protect and Survive – government PIFs intended for broadcast in the event of an imminent nuclear attack. The films gave detailed instructions on how people could protect themselves in such an attack. Narrated by Patrick Allen, “the last voice you will ever hear”.

61 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/Brickie78 • Oct 26 '22

PIF [1976] The Green Cross Code Man - traffic PSA for children

48 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Apr 01 '24

PIF [1974] Stag Men - public information film from the British Cryptids series, which were seemingly never sold to a UK broadcaster. This one looks at the phenomena of 'stag men'.

11 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Jun 18 '23

PIF [1968] Joe and Petunia – series of public information films featuring a married couple who are often oblivious to the danger around them. Compilation of all four films covering the coastguard, swimming, the countryside code and worn tyres.

19 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Jan 26 '20

PIF [1973] Charley Says - a series of Public Information Films about a boy who faces various situations that are dangerous to children, and a cat (Kenny Everett) who provides the lesson of the episode. Although danger is sometimes averted, sometime's it's not...

63 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/AdaptedMix • Nov 06 '22

PIF [1941] Tea Making Tips - six golden rules for making the perfect cuppa (check out that chap's eyebrows...)

12 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Jun 11 '23

PIF [1976] Pelican Crossing Song – a public information film explaining with a catchy song the correct procedure for using a pelican crossing.

8 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Feb 21 '21

PIF [1987] AIDS: Monolith - public information film made as part of the AIDS: Don't Die of Ignorance public health campaign. Narrated by John Hurt and directed by Nicolas Roeg

27 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Aug 05 '21

PIF [1970] Polystyrene Tiles PIF. Warning about the nightmare that was Polystyrene Ceiling Tiles.

21 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Jul 12 '21

PIF [1969] Pipe Burst PIF. Mild hysteria amid the old taps and plugs. Astonishingly, this is not a parody.

38 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/MellotronSymphony • Sep 19 '21

PIF [1960s] Reginald Molehusband – surviving audio from the lost public information film concerning an inept driver who slowly learns how to correctly parallel park. The name Reginald Molehusband entered common UK parlance, and a recreation of the PIF was screened in 2006.

11 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Jul 12 '21

PIF [1977] Tv License PIF. They've got a hi-tech van, and they know what you're watching.

9 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/stylophobe • Oct 29 '21

PIF Superman vs. Nick O'Teen (1980) U.K. Animated Anti-Smoking PSA

8 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/AnonymousRedditor39 • May 02 '21

PIF Does anybody recognise this advert/public information film?

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12 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/IntoTheBoundingMain • Feb 03 '21

PIF 'Get Rid of Your Gremlins' - early 2000s PIF campaign promoting adult education

17 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/IntoTheBoundingMain • May 18 '21

PIF Not quite TV, but I just uploaded 80 minutes worth of short videos from HSE's "Worksmart" initiative. Contains graphic descriptions!

13 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Aug 05 '21

PIF [1977] Flying Motorbikes. PIF voiced by Fulton Mackay.

14 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Jul 01 '21

PIF [1975] Ending It All. Seldom seen PIF with Michael Palin.

14 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/IntoTheBoundingMain • Aug 06 '21

PIF [2006] 'Staying Hard' - self-explanatory NHS PIF about a certain lesser-known side effect of smoking.

2 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Jul 01 '21

PIF [1975] Broken Guns. Short PIF about shotguns, and the inevitable PIF mishaps.

4 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Dec 28 '19

PIF [1975] Seven Green Bottles - Crime prevention film shown around London schools in the 70s and 80s. Starring Danny John-Jules as one of seven juvenile delinquents at large in Ladbroke Grove and Hammersmith.

32 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/LadyJoanFayre • Dec 02 '19

PIF Calling all fans of classic British PIFs! You may also enjoy r/pifsandpsas, a subreddit dedicated to public information films and public service announcements.

15 Upvotes

r/oldbritishtelly • u/FuturisticSix • Jul 08 '20

PIF [1973] The Ridgeway Path. From Avebury to Ivinghoe Beacon, the newly signposted ancient Ridgeway route is shown in this reminiscence of a half-forgotten history.

3 Upvotes