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Mar 31, 2007

By STEPHEN HAYWARD Consumer Correspondent

FOR those of you who find commercial breaks an irritation it may be hard to be believe, but a new craze is sweeping Britain - watching TV ads on the internet.

A website called tellyAds.com has had over a million hits since it was launched a few months ago, and a monthly chart listing the UK's top 20 commercials (below) is being launched this week.

Spokeswoman Caroline Ashcroft said: "While many TV viewers regard commercials as an annoying interruption between programmes, others want to watch them again and again. Some people are even ordering DVDs of their favourite adverts."

TOP 20 TV ADS

1 LYNX - a girl goes mad with desire for her boyfriend's dad when he accidentally squirts himself with Lynx and yells, "Bom Chicka Wahwah!"

2 AA - AA patrolmen go to the aid of a stranded motorist while singing Carole King's You've Got A Friend.

3 LLOYDS TSB - a young couple meet on a train journey, fall in love and marry.

4 RED BULL - a man about to go to the aid of a woman shouting for help finds his fridge contains only two empty Red Bull cans, shrugs and does nothing.

5 WEIGHTWATCHERS - a woman dances round the room singing Gorgeous.

6 VOLKSWAGEN - an arrogant office worker comes face to face with a much nicer version of himself.

7 BRANSTON - a tin of baked beans serenades a woman as she makes supper.

8 KINGSMILL - a boy drops his toast, kicks it on to a plate then gives it to his dad.

9 FIAT - Grande Punto races through a city as buildings rise and fall like the volume display of an amplifier.

10 HALIFAX - Howard returns to our screens.

11 FRIENDS REUNITED DATING - a Bird of Paradise attracts a mate.

12 GUINNESS - a pair of hands twist and gyrate to a reggae number.

13 RENAULT SCENIC - a car takes a daughter on the ride of a lifetime.

14 KINDER BUENO 1 - friends settle down to enjoy their chocolate bar then realise they're sitting in a shop window.

15 T MOBILE - buildings glide effortlessly along a street.

16 ROXETTE - group sing their hits.

17 KINDER BUENO 2 - three girls go out for meal and ogle the waiter.

18 SHEILA'S WHEELS - Australian girls sing about "bonzer" car insurance.

19 MARKS & SPENCER - sultry female voice urges you to try their buffalo mozzarella.

20 INTEL - computer shows multiple images of the same actors.

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