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- ↑ Egg Marketing Board: Hancock on Eggs, British Film Institute database.
- ↑ "‘Go to work on an egg’ ad banned", TimesOnline, 20 June 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2007.
- ↑ "Watchdog goes to work on egg advert" [ dead link ], Telegraph.co.uk, 21 June 2007. retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ↑ "Do not go to work on an egg", Guardian Unlimited, 20 June 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ↑ Lion Quality Mark, British Egg Information Service. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ↑ Davison, Phil (2011-12-30). "Len Fulford: Director behind the 'Go to work on an egg' and Guinness 'toucan' commercials". The Independent . Retrieved 2012-01-05.
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