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<embed src="http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/yt-SP8E6ouSiC0/cadburys_gorilla_60_second_commercial.swf" width="400" height="345" wmode="transparent" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" name="Metacafe_yt-SP8E6ouSiC0"> </embed> <br> <p><strong>DAIRY MILK: The 'gorilla ad', although quite recent, is already a classic</strong><br></p>

<object width="640" height="505"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8H4IC9ttIU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8H4IC9ttIU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed> </object> <br> <p><strong>FRUIT AND NUT: Are you a Cadbury's Fruit and Nut case?</strong></p>

<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJ3nnn7-JO0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BJ3nnn7-JO0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object> <br> <p><strong>SMASH: 'For mash get Smash'. It wasn't all about chocolate. The firm also made instant mashed potato mix. <br> It became famous after an advertising campaign by agency Boase Massimi Pollitt. The brand is now owned by Premier Foods.</strong></p>

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Much of the nostalgia surrounding Cadbury brands derives from its TV advertising campaigns.

The battle to keep Cadbury out of the hands of Kraft Foods ended yesterday after management accepted a £11.9bn bid by the American food giant.

As the British confectionery company agrees to throw its weight behind a deal that will end 186 years of independence - we look back at some of its greatest TV ads which have become lodged in our psyche.

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Belfast Telegraph