Review
Memorable
Effective
Style
Heart or Humor
Execution
Hilarious
A team of top celebrities including Gordon Ramsay, Rob Brydon, Sir Ian McKellen and Thandie Newton make appearances in British Airways’ entertaining new pre-flight safety video, which launches in September. The new film features some of Britain’s best-loved personalities and has been designed to help customers absorb important safety messages, while boosting fund-raising for ‘Flying Start’, the global charity partnership between British Airways and Comic Relief. Is not the first attempt to make a funny safety video. Emirates did the Benfica Safety video in 2015, and Air New Zealand did Epic Safety Video and Hobbit inspired Safety Video, both in 2014.
Alex Cruz, British Airways’ chairman and CEO, said: “It’s extremely important to us that customers engage with our safety video, and involving some of the nation’s most well-known personalities has given us the chance to create something fun that we hope people will watch from start to finish – and remember.
“We’ve worked with Comic Relief since 2010 and our customers have already helped us generate £16.5 million for great causes. We hope the new video will enable us to exceed our goal of raising £20 million by 2020.”
Ten celebrities are seen auditioning in humorous sketches in front of comedian Asim Chaudhry, as his People Just Do Nothing character Chabuddy G, for a coveted part in the safety video, while simultaneously demonstrating the safety features and procedures on the aircraft.
The celebrities that feature in the video are:
Gordon Ramsay
Rob Brydon
Sir Ian McKellen
Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean.)
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Jim Broadbent
Thandie Newton
Gillian Anderson
Warwick Davis
Jess Glynne
Chabuddy G (Asim Chaudhry)
I love how British Airways managed to make a safety video not only informative but also entertaining. It’s a great way to grab passengers’ attention and ensure they are paying attention to important safety information.