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The Gold Blend couple are the focus of a British advertising campaign launched by Nescafé to promote Gold Blend instant coffee.

Couples
Anthony Stewart Head and Sharon Maughan played the original Gold Blend couple. The first advertising campaign launched in 1987, and ran for 12 adverts which aired over five years. Mark Aiken and Louise Hunt became the second Gold Blend couple from 1993 to 1997. Neil Roberts and Simone Bendix were the third Gold Blend couple, from January 1998.

Reception
Kiss watched by 30 million Britons. The advert ranked 31st in Channel 4's 100 Greatest TV Ads. The version starring Head and Maughan was voted the most romantic TV advert of all time in a UTalkMarketing survey, selected by 36% of the 2,000 members of the general public questioned.