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Prepared for the Guardian by Cato Johnson Ltd.

The report contains a discussion of bingo systems, marketing considerations and prospects for the Guardian introducing bingo games, opportunities appropriate to the Guardian and options for introducing a lucky numbers promotion.

Marked 'highly confidential strictly limited distribution'.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Colour advert with sound featuring montage footage. Caption and commentary: 'An eye for keeping you ahead of the times.'

a. First 'teaser' advert, featuring clips including Nazi soldiers; the front page of Peter Wright's 'The Spy Catcher' autobiography and a a closing prison cell door. The clips are cut off by a red line graphic, which turns into an unexplained "M", while the voiceover says 'Keep an eye out this Sunday for M.'

The advert begins at 0.05 on the mp4 file. Duration: 20 seconds.

b. Second 'teaser' advert, similar to verison (a), but focussing on arts coverage and featuring a clip from 'The Shining' and clips of Tina Turner and an opera singer performing.

The advert begins at 0.35 on the mp4 file. Duration: 25 seconds.

c. Full 'reveal' advert, combining versions (a) and (b) above and finishing with the tagline/commentary: "Keep an eye out for the first Sunday magazine with spine: M, this Sunday and every Sunday with the Observer.

The advert begins at 01.05 on the mp4 file. Duration: 33 seconds.

d. Full advert on a separate VHS and mp4, without red line graphic or Magazine reference. Tagline and commentary read: "The Observer: An eye for keeping you ahead of the times". Produced by Yellowhammer.

The advert begins at 0.07 on the mp4 file. Duration: 33 seconds.
Creator: The Observer Limited, 1917-1993

A bus named 'Wages Bus' is filled with workers from the police, military, education, legal and fire services. Driving the bus is Nigel Lawson and on the back is Margaret Thatcher. A ladder extends out the back of the bus with the words grading structure written along the top. A nurse runs along to try and get on the back of the bus. A poster on a wall says 'Vote Tory on May 5' written in the sky are the words 'An Humanitarian Gesture'.

Illustration originally accompanying an article titled 'An inconvenient truth: beware the politician in fleece clothing', by Jonathan Freedland, published in the Guardian, 13 September 2006. The article discusses Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth, and how it should alert Britons to the danger of voting on personality. The illustration shows the Earth as a large flaming marble in the background, while in the foreground two men are fighting over a running water hose, with water being sprayed away from the Earth. Cutting with published illustration supplied.

A stressed looking Margaret Thatcher saying 'Oh my God! My poor little innocent creation!' stands on a ledge being held by an upset Douglas Hurd. Below them a man labelled 'Lords' excitedly drags a small child in a trench coat labelled 'Official Secrets Bill' into a building labelled 'Public Interest Club'. A sign by the door of the building reads 'Shocking! Risque! Revealing! Forbidden!'.

Context: The House of Lords introduced several amendments to the Official Secrets Bill which favoured the right of the public to sensitive information beyond the scope of what the House of Commons and Conservative government had intended. (Source: Gibbard's Double Decade Omnibus).

A family gathered around an old coal fired boiler. A man on his hands and knees, grubby with coal dust, stares into a bucket of coal whilst a young boy and girl peer into it too. Two women stand with a baby in the corner.

Depicts a boxing glove clad fist delivering an uppercut; a head recoils in pain. Illustration accompanying Tuesday Comment article by Michael Heseltine endorsing Britain adopting the single European curency.