'Aggressive' Irn Bru ad escapes ban after police complaint

by Sarah Woods, brandrepublic.com, 02 August 2006, 08:30AM

LONDON - A TV ad for energy drink Irn Bru 32 featuring a student being tormented by a Glaswegian man in a cuckoo suit has escaped a ban after the advertising watchdog rejected 34 complaints, including calls from the police that it was 'violent and aggressive'.

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