Ariel (detergent) Automatic" powder. Though with the increasing popularity of automatic front-loading washing machines, a suitable low-suds variant "Ariel Automatic" was eventually launched in the early 1980s. The mid-eighties saw the range expanding to encompass liquid detergent and compact powder. The compact powder was originally known as "Ariel Ultra"; and was subsequently reformulated into the nineties as "Ariel Future". This was possibly in response to Unilever's launch of the ultimately doomed "Persil Power", which was seen to damage clothes. Compact powders never proved popular in the UK, so when the tablet variant appeared in July 1999, the compact version disappeared. In 2003,
Daz (detergent) as a similar character to the one they played in their original soap, and are narrated by Tony Hirst. Soap stars or ex-soap stars to have appeared in Cleaner Close include Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale in "EastEnders", Stella Price in "Coronation Street"), Alison King (Carla Connor in "Coronation Street"), Chris O'Dowd (Brendan Davenport in "The Clinic"), Jennifer Ellison (Emily Shadwick in "Brookside") and Julie Goodyear (Bet Lynch in "Coronation Street"). Daz (detergent) Daz is the name of a popular laundry detergent on the market in the United Kingdom and Ireland and was introduced in February 1953. It is manufactured by