Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Alongside his television work, Gerry Anderson spent years directing adverts too, and one of the cleverest is this 1990 spot for Scotch tape, starring a dancing skeleton named Archie. The gag: with a Scotch tape recording of England's 1966 World Cup win, you could finally watch it again, 24 years on.
With the apartment designed by Steve Begg (with the concept art still hanging in the Anderson family home to this day), and Richard Gregory returning once again to make Archie for the final advert where the character dances down a set of steps. Richard recalls: "The original Archie was huge. Around half life-size. So all the sets had to be vast. He was basically totally impractical for stop motion. Anyway, he used to 'sleep' in an MDF coffin. When we went to get him out for the third advert, someone had stolen him. So I quickly put together a new 1/3 scale Archie puppet which was used for the final advert - and was much easier to shoot with!".
A curious little slice of Anderson history, resurfacing on the same night England continues to chase a repeat of that 1966 glory 🏆
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Alongside his television work, Gerry Anderson spent years directing adverts too, and one of the cleverest is this 1990 spot for Scotch tape, starring a dancing skeleton named Archie. The gag: with a Scotch tape recording of England's 1966 World Cup win, you could finally watch it again, 24 years on.
With the apartment designed by Steve Begg (with the concept art still hanging in the Anderson family home to this day), and Richard Gregory returning once again to make Archie for the final advert where the character dances down a set of steps. Richard recalls: "The original Archie was huge. Around half life-size. So all the sets had to be vast. He was basically totally impractical for stop motion. Anyway, he used to 'sleep' in an MDF coffin. When we went to get him out for the third advert, someone had stolen him. So I quickly put together a new 1/3 scale Archie puppet which was used for the final advert - and was much easier to shoot with!".
A curious little slice of Anderson history, resurfacing on the same night England continues to chase a repeat of that 1966 glory 🏆
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