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Compilation of various Texas Homecare television commercials.

1. Advert with ‘Texas magic’ jingle, and featuring a woman and man tap dancing around a home. Special offers on various products are promoted including carved doors, ladders, Qualcast lawnmower, Square Deal Shades of White paint.
2. Advert with ‘Texas magic’ jingle, and featuring a woman and man tap dancing around a home. Promotes offers on kitchen units.
3. Advert for Texas sale with ‘Just look...Everything looks better at Texas’ jingle. Promotes various products including wallcoverings, barbecues, kitchens.
4. Advert for Texas sale ‘Huge Bank Holiday Reductions’ with ‘Just look...Everything looks better at Texas’ jingle. Promotes various categories of products.
5. Advert promoting showhouses in Texas stores. With ‘Just look...’ jingle and slogan ‘Everything looks better at Texas’.
6. Advert promoting ‘350 Extra Reductions’ in the ‘Big Sale’ – Pacman themed advert, with computer animation.
7. Texas Bargain Hunt ‘87 advert. Features a large wooden crate which breaks loose and bursts open. Promotes teenage bedroom suite. The voiceover seems to be by actor Tom Baker.
8. Advert with ‘Price Power’ tag line and “What’s Texas got, that saves you a lot” jingle. Promotes products including Dunlop Aristocrat tiles and Nairn Cosy Soft vinyl flooring.
9. Texas Super Sale advert. Begins with caption “A quick word about the Texas Super Sale” and ends with line “It’s all down at the Texas Super Sale, now”. The voiceover is possibly by actor Peter Egan). Features a jingle “Down, down, prices are down...” (based on “Down Down” by Status Quo”).
10. Advert for Texas ‘£2 Million Warehouse Clearance’ with scrolling caption “URGENT! Due to the closure of main storage warehouse. Texas Homecare must clear out £2 Million worth of stock regardless of cost…”.
11. Advert for Texas Homecare sale. The commercial is animated with a pound (£) shaped character, which wants to raise prices but is defeated by Texas.
12. Texas Bargain Hunt ‘87 advert. Features a large wooden crate which breaks loose and bursts open. Promotes offer on luxury bathroom suite available this Saturday only. The voiceover seems to be by actor Tom Baker.

Duration: 33 minutes.