British Equity has instructed its members not to accept work on television ads after Sept. 26. The union is also fighting with theatrical management about actors' fees in commercial regional theatres.

Here it is folks. The British have us beat when it comes to television advertising. While American ads rely more on addictive but mindless jingles and phrases, our neighbors across the Atlantic are ...

Ads showing bad female drivers and inept dads banned in UK crackdown on sexist commercials Depictions of girls as less academic than boys, men being belittled for "unmanly" behavior, and an array of ...

Depictions of girls as less academic than boys, men being belittled for “unmanly” behavior and an array of other cliched portrayals have been consigned to history in British commercials as new rules ...