<P> `` Go to work on an egg '' was an advertising slogan used by the United Kingdom 's Egg Marketing Board during the 1950s as part of more than £ 12 million it spent on advertising , including a series of television adverts starring the comedian Tony Hancock and actress Patricia Hayes in 1965 . The commercials were created by British director , Len Fulford . The proposition was that having an egg for breakfast was the best way to start the working day . Author Fay Weldon helped to create the campaign . </P>
who wrote the slogan go to work on an egg
United Kingdom 's Egg Marketing Board