six feet under press ads escape banning

Like the posters, these ads were mock ads directing potential customers to luxurytodiefor.com, unlike the poster counterpart, the press ads were ruled "misleading but not offensive" despite more than 100 complaints to the UK advertising watchdog.

The Advertising Standards Authority said that the ads were unlikely to cause widespread offence because readers would have time to study the ads and would recognise the stylised images as part of a spoof campaign.

However, the ASA said that the absence of Channel 4 or 'Six Feet Under' branding would mean that people were "more likely to be confused or misled, than amused" by the advertiser's ironic approach and told the broadcaster not to repeat the concept.

Earlier this year, the six feet under posters were banned after the ASA received complaints.