Photo: #This still is from a commercial for Stella Artois beer which features priests skating together on a French lake.
Photo: #This Honda commercial uses vintage Honda vehicles to display the breadth of the company's products over the years.
Photo: #This is a still from a commercial for Sony televisions where thousands of colorful balls were poured down streets in San Francisco. It won one of the top awards in Britain this year.
Photo: #Peter Bigg is the chief executive of the British Television Advertising Awards.
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"A lot less shouty"

by Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio
December 4, 2006

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An ad in the British Television Advertising Awards features a choir. It's not singing though: its making the sound of a car driving. It's typical of the creativity shown at the BTAA show, which is returning to the Walker Art Center for the 21st year in a row.

Minneapolis, Minn. — Attending the Brit Awards is an annual tradition for many Twin Citians. This year the show will run no fewer than 50 times, and many of the screenings are expected to sell out.

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Peter Bigg

British Television Advertising Awards Chief Executive Peter Bigg talked to Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr about some of this years award winners.

He described one where tens of thousands of brightly colored superballs pour down San Francisco streets.

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