<P> Set to a cover of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" by British singer Lily Allen, the 2013 campaign featured an array of woodland animals in a classical Disney style and setting . The full advert lasted 2 minutes, and was made with 2D Animation by directors Elliot Dear and Yves Geleyn . It told the story of a bear hibernating before Christmas, before being persuaded to wake up by the titular hare to see Christmas in all its splendour . The accompanying music quickly rose to the top of the UK Singles Chart, doing so twice more in later weeks . A portion of the song's sales earnings were donated to proceeds Save the Children's Philippine Typhoon Appeal campaign . </P> <P> In their press release ahead of the 2014 campaign launch, John Lewis stated that the strapline for the advert was "Give someone the Christmas they've been wishing for". They added that "the heartwarming advert tells the tale of an unlikely friendship between a little boy Sam and his penguin friend Monty ." British singer - songwriter Tom Odell recorded a cover for the advert of the 1977 John Lennon song "Real Love", which was the last official song recorded by the Beatles after being re-released in 1996 . Dougal Wilson directed . </P> <P> Featuring a cover of Oasis' 1994 B - side "Half the World Away", sung by Norwegian singer Aurora, the 2015 campaign tells the story of a young girl trying to contact an old man spotted living alone on the Moon . Her attempts to catch the man's attention fail until she sends him a special delivery of a telescope, via balloon, and the man finally gets to see Earth on Christmas night . The strapline for the advert is "Show someone they're loved this Christmas", with the company teaming up with the charity Age UK . The advert, the first of the brand's Christmastime commercials that was directed by a woman--Kim Gehrig--, is estimated to have cost around £ 7 million . </P> <P> The music for the 2016 campaign is a cover of Randy Crawford's "One Day I'll Fly Away", performed by English electronica band Vaults . The Dougal Wilson - directed advert was released on Thursday 10 November and made its TV debut at 9.15 pm on ITV . The adverts follows the story of a young girl, several wild animals and a Boxer dog named Buster . On Christmas eve, the young girl's father builds a trampoline in the garden, only for two foxes and a badger to begin jumping on the trampoline, later joined by two squirrels and a hedgehog . As the animals play, Buster watches from the living room . On Christmas Day, the girl runs down the stairs and into the garden to find the trampoline, only for Buster to leap onto it and do some jumping himself . It was reported that the advert cost £ 1 million to make, £ 6 million cheaper than last year's advert . A portion of the soft toy animals sales earnings were donated to The Wildlife Trusts . </P>

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