The “Face” advert by British Airways was first shown in 1989. It showed thousands of people forming the shape of a human face, then coming together as a globe. The message was about unity and connection through travel. The advert was filmed in Utah, not the UK. The wide desert landscape gave the production team the space they needed to arrange such a vast number of people into a single image. Most of the “crowd” was not made up of extras. Large sections were actually dummies dressed in clothes,

This is a clip from an episode of EastEnders from 1989, which features a kiss between two men. At the time, it caused uproar as it was the first instance of a mouth to mouth kiss between two gay men being broadcasted on British television | PinkNews