UK film classification 2010
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Overview of the background, history and operation of film and video classification in the UK.
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UK film classification 2010
- 1. Film classification in the UK Jim Barratt 8 March 2010
- 6. 1912 Social changes Censorship changes 1920s 1930s 1940s British Board of Film Censors established Prohibits 'indecorous, ambiguous and irreverent titles', 'unnecessary exhibition of under-clothing' etc. 1932- introduction of 'U', 'A' and 'H' symbols Pre-war: Victorian values Inter-war years: General strike, Depression and decline of the empire
- 7. 1950s Social changes Censorship changes 1960s 1970s 1951- 'X' category introduced The Wild One (1954) Release delayed for 13 years for 'spectacle of unbridled hooliganism' 1960- Lady Chatterley's Lover trial Post-war prosperity & birth of the teenager! Baby-boomers come of age; sexual and social liberation The dream sours: economic downturn and social unrest 1970- 'X' raised to 18
- 13. Source: BBFC
- 16. BBFC structure President & Vice Presidents Director Council of Management Heads of Policy & Press Examining team Administration Advisory Panel on Children's Viewing Consultative Committee Video Appeals Committee Senior Examiners
Editor's Notes
- Clue: it's not the one with the strictest rules…
- You see highest levels of cuts and bans during those periods where social change is at its most fervent. Filmmakers push at the boundaries, and the system is forced to adapt. The last film to be banned was The Last House of the Left, from 1972.
- DE Bill is at Re[ort Stage in H. of Lords. When I first delivered this lecture, three years ago, the third point was a very real threat, but it has abated somewhat with BBFC Online.