Commercials
Appearances
Super Noodles
The Kung Fu one featuring fighting with noodles. Children in playgrounds across the land were seen doing the noodle kung fu. What better accolade could an actor wish for?
Super Noodles
Blaming the baby for the mess on his wife’s shirt. No babies were harmed in the making of this spot, but quite a few were upset! Martin felt genuinely sorry for the two sets of twins drafted in as the fall guy.
QTV
Idents (see photo right, © QTV). If you don’t have cable/satellite you probably never saw these brilliant (and award winning) spots for QTV. Martin created a would-be pop star character, brilliantly written by his friend who later gave Martin the D&AD Awards trophy the writer received for the spots. (The character is so strong there have been definite murmerings of a series based on him.)
Voiceovers
I’m pretty sure there are way more than these listed, but this is as many as I know about.
Expedia
Oh, the irony, that someone as computer illiterate as Martin should voiceover an ad for a website!
Heinz Ketchup
Long slow shots of ketchup bottles with dry, humourous script.
The Army
These were difficult to spot as they got Martin to use a northern accent.
The Woolwich
Er… another voiceover. Can’t remember now, it was a while ago!
Lynx
A letter to Granny thanking her for the Lynx gift-set, explaining the weird effect it had on Auntie.
