Papa and Nicole Papa and Nicole "Papa" and "Nicole" were fictional characters created to advertise the Renault Clio in the United Kingdom between 1991 and 1998. The "Papa!" "Nicole" and "Nicole!" "Papa" verbal exchanges between Nicole and her father during the advertisements were adapted from an exchange between Nicole Bonnet (played by Audrey Hepburn) and her father (played by Hugh Griffith) in the film "How to Steal a Million" from 1966. Surveys by Channel 4 and ITV revealed the series as the most popular car advertisements ever aired in Britain. In 1996, one survey found that Nicole was recognised by more Britons than
Auditory Verbal UK with age appropriate language (AAL) by the age of 5 years. Of these children, 25% had challenges associated with their aetiology (e.g. those associated with meningitis, cCMV, ANSD etc.) in addition to their hearing loss. AVUK was founded in 2003 by Jacqueline Stokes in Oxfordshire to provide AVT for families in the UK. The charity now has two centres one in Bicester, Oxfordshire and one in Bermondsey, London. In 2016 the charity published a cost benefit analysis, using the HM Treasury model and robust evidence to quantify the cost and benefit of the auditory verbal programme at Auditory Verbal UK.