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British Board of Film Classification

Index British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. [1]

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A Clockwork Orange (film)

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name.

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A Serbian Film

A Serbian Film (Srpski film) is a 2010 Serbian horror film produced and directed by Srđan Spasojević, in his feature film debut.

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Advertising

Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.

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Andreas Whittam Smith

Sir Andreas Whittam Smith, (born Macclesfield 13 June 1937) is an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith as editor.

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Anjaana Anjaani

Anjaana Anjaani (italic) is a 2010 Indian romance film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.

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Antichrist (film)

Antichrist is a 2009 English-language Danish experimental horror film written and directed by Lars von Trier, and starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

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Appellate court

An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court, court of appeals (American English), appeal court (British English), court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.

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Basil Dearden

Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BDSM

BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics.

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Beavis and Butt-Head

Beavis and Butt-Head is an American adult animated sitcom created and designed by Mike Judge.

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Bela Lugosi

Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-American actor famous for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.

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Blu-ray

Blu-ray or Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish author, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), previously the British Board of Film Censors, is a non-governmental organization, founded by the film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public Information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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Capital (economics)

In economics, capital consists of an asset that can enhance one's power to perform economically useful work.

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Carmageddon

Carmageddon is a vehicular combat video game released for personal computers in 1997.

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Censorship in the United Kingdom

Censorship in the United Kingdom has a long history with variously stringent and lax laws in place at different times.

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Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a significant film industry for over a century.

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Cinematograph Act 1909

The Cinematograph Act 1909 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (9 Edw. VII c. 30).

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Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937

The Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 59).

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Crash (1996 film)

Crash is a 1996 psychological thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg based on J. G. Ballard's 1973 novel of the same name.

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CRL Group

CRL Group plc is a defunct British video game development and publishing company.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (20 May 1918 – 26 January 1985), known as David Ormsby-Gore until 1964, was a British diplomat and Conservative politician.

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet.

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Digital Economy Act 2010

The Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Digital Economy Act 2017

The Digital Economy Act 2017 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Dracula (1986 video game)

Dracula is a text adventure game by CRL released in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers.

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DVD

DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.

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E certificate

In British film classifications, the E certificate is an unofficial rating sometimes applied to video titles released in the United Kingdom which are exempt from being classified by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) as any of the other certificate categories.

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Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Edith Cavell

Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse.

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Edward Shortt

Edward Shortt PC KC (10 March 1862 – 10 November 1935) was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Entertainment Software Rating Board

The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is an American self-regulatory organization that assigns age and content ratings to consumer video games.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film censorship in the United Kingdom

Film censorship in the United Kingdom.

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Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford

Francis Aungier Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, 1st Baron Pakenham, (5 December 1905 – 3 August 2001), known to his family as Frank Longford and styled Lord Pakenham from 1945 to 1961, was a British politician and social reformer.

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Fred: The Movie

Fred: The Movie (stylized as FЯED: THE MOVIE) is a 2010 television comedy film written by David A. Goodman, directed by Clay Weiner and produced by Brian Robbins.

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From the Manger to the Cross

From the Manger to the Cross or Jesus of Nazareth is a 1912 American motion picture that was filmed on location in Egypt and in Palestine.

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Fuck

Fuck is an obscene English-language word, which often refers to the act of sexual intercourse but is also commonly used as an intensifier or to denote disdain.

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Gaspar Noé

Gaspar Noé (born December 27, 1963) is an Argentine filmmaker living in France.

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George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood

George Henry Hubert Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, (7 February 1923 – 11 July 2011), styled The Hon.

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Germaine Dulac

Germaine Dulac (born Charlotte Elisabeth Germaine Saisset-Schneider; 17 November 1882 – 20 July 1942)Flitterman-Lewis 1996 was a French filmmaker, film theorist, journalist and critic.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

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Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, (3 January 1888 – 6 March 1965) was a British Labour politician who held a variety of senior positions in the Cabinet.

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Herbert Wilcox

Herbert Sydney Wilcox CBE (19 April 1890 – 15 May 1977), was a British film producer and director who was one of the most successful British filmmakers from the 1920s to the 1950s.

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History of British film certificates

This article chronicles the history of British film certificates.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.

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Horror film

A horror film is a film that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences.

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Human sexuality

Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually.

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Ichi the Killer (film)

is a 2001 Japanese crime-horrorhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/movie/90549/ichi.the.killer film directed by Takashi Miike, written by Sakichi Sato, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name, and starring Tadanobu Asano and Nao Omori.

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Incest

Incest is sexual activity between family members or close relatives.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet.

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Intertitle

In films, an intertitle (also known as a title card) is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e. inter-) the photographed action at various points.

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Intimacy (film)

Intimacy is a 2001 British film directed by Patrice Chéreau, starring Mark Rylance and Kerry Fox.

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Irish Film Classification Office

The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) (Oifig Aicmithe Scannán na hÉireann, OASÉ) is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Ireland.

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Irréversible

Irréversible is a 2002 French psychological thriller drama film, written and directed by Gaspar Noé and starring Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel and Albert Dupontel.

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Island of Lost Souls (1932 film)

Island of Lost Souls is an American pre-Code science fiction horror film starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Béla Lugosi, and Kathleen Burke as the Panther Woman, theatrically released in 1932.

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J. Lee Thompson

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as Ice Cold in Alex and The Guns of Navarone.

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Jack Clayton

Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director and producer, who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen.

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Jack the Ripper (1987 video game)

Jack the Ripper is a text adventure game released by CRL in for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers.

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Jackass (franchise)

Jackass is an American extreme stunt franchise, which originally ran on MTV from 2000 to 2002 for three seasons, featuring ten stuntmen — Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Ehren McGhehey, Preston Lacy, and Jason Acuña, performing various dangerous, crude, self-injuring stunts and pranks.

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James Ferman

James Alan Ferman (11 April 1930 – 24 December 2002) was an American television and theatre director.

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Jesus

Jesus, also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.

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John Trevelyan (censor)

John Trevelyan, CBE (11 July 1903 – 15 August 1986) was Secretary of the Board of the British Board of Film Censors from 1958 to 1971.

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Ken Loach

Kenneth Charles Loach (born 17 June 1936) is an English director of television and independent film.

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Kotaku

Kotaku is a video game website and blog that was originally launched in 2004 as part of the Gawker Media network.

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Labour economics

Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour.

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Language of Love

Language of Love is a 1969 Swedish sex educational film directed by Torgny Wickman.

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Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) is a 1972 Italian-French erotic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci which portrays a recently widowed American who begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

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Liberal democracy

Liberal democracy is a liberal political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of classical liberalism.

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List of films banned in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films that are or have been banned in the United Kingdom.

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Local government

A local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a borough in north west London, and forms part of Inner London.

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London boroughs

The London boroughs are 32 of the 33 local authority districts of the Greater London administrative area (the 33rd is the City of London).

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London County Council

London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.

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Love Camp 7

Love Camp 7 is a 1969 U.S. women-in-prison Nazi exploitation B-movie directed by Lee Frost and written by Wes Bishop and Bob Cresse, the latter of whom also portrays a sadistic camp commandant.

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Mandamus

Mandamus (Latin "we command") is a judicial remedy in the form of an order from a superior court, to any government, subordinate court, corporation, or public authority, to do (or forbear from doing) some specific act which that body is obliged under law to do (or refrain from doing), and which is in the nature of public duty, and in certain cases one of a statutory duty.

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Marmaduke (film)

Marmaduke is a 2010 American family comedy film adaptation of Brad Anderson's comic strip of the same name.

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Michael Winterbottom

Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English filmmaker.

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Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Information (MOI), headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of the First World War and again during the Second World War.

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Mobile phone operator

A mobile phone operator, wireless provider, or carrier is a mobile telecommunications company that provides wireless Internet GSM services for mobile device users.

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Monty Python's Life of Brian

Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British religious satire comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin).

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Motion picture content rating system

A motion picture content rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of mature content.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Nudity

Nudity, or nakedness, is the state of wearing no clothing.

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Obscene Publications Acts

Since 1857, a series of obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.

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Pan European Game Information

Pan European Game Information (PEGI "Peggy") is a European video game content rating system established to help European consumers make informed decisions when buying video games or apps through the use of age recommendations and content descriptors.

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Paranoia Agent

is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to Shōnen Batto, which translates to "Bat Boy").

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Patrice Chéreau

Patrice Chéreau (2 November 1944 – 7 October 2013) was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer.

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Patrick Swaffer

Patrick Swaffer (born 12 February 1951) is the current President of the British Board of Film Classification formerly a legal advisor to the BBFC he was appointed President of the BBFC by the BBFC's Council of Management after an open competition on 17 October 2012.

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PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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Press Complaints Commission

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) was a voluntary regulatory body for British printed newspapers and magazines, consisting of representatives of the major publishers.

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Profanity

Profanity is socially offensive language, which may also be called swear words, curse words, cuss words, bad language, strong language, offensive language, crude language, coarse language, foul language, bad words, oaths, blasphemous language, vulgar language, lewd language, choice words, or expletives.

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Protection of Children Act 1978

The Protection of Children Act 1978 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that criminalized indecent photographs of children.

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Public relations

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) and the public.

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Quango

A quango or QUANGO (less often QuANGO or QANGO) is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation.

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Queen's Hall

The Queen's Hall was a concert hall in Langham Place, London, opened in 1893.

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Quentin Thomas

Sir Quentin Thomas (born 1944) is a former British civil servant, and former president of the British Board of Film Classification.

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R18 (British Board of Film Classification)

R18 is a film or video classification given by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

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Raymond Blackburn

Albert Raymond Blackburn (11 March 1915 – 3 November 1991) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for the Birmingham King's Norton and Birmingham Northfield constituencies.

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Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers.

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Revenge of the Zombies

Revenge of the Zombies is a 1943 horror film directed by Steve Sekely, starring John Carradine and Gale Storm.

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Robin Duval

Robin Duval CBE (born 1941) was director of the British Board of Film Classification, (the "Film Censor"), from 1999 to 2004.

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Room at the Top (1959 film)

Room at the Top is a 1959 British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine.

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Scope (charity)

Scope is a national disability charity that campaigns to challenge and change negative attitudes about disability and provides direct services.

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Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, or informally Culture Secretary, is a United Kingdom cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Sex shop

A sex shop (also called adult shop, erotic shop or adult book store) is a retailer that sells products related to adult sexual or erotic entertainment, such as vibrators, lingerie, clothing, pornography, and other related products.

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Sexual violence

Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, acts to traffic a person or acts directed against a person's sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.

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Shane Meadows

Shane Meadows (born 26 December 1972) is an English filmmaker of independent film.

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Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende) is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman.

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Snowballing (sexual practice)

Snowballing or snowdropping is the human sexual practice in which one person takes someone else's semen into his or her mouth and then passes it to the mouth of the other, usually through kissing.

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Soho Square

Soho Square is a garden square in Soho, London which has been de facto since 1954 a public park leased to the council at its centre.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Spastic

Derived via Latin from the Greek spastikos ("drawing in", "tugging" or "shaking uncontrolably"), the word spastic refers to an alteration in muscle tone affected by the medical condition spasticity, which is seen in spastic diplegia and many other forms of cerebral palsy and also in terms such as "spastic colon".

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Spider-Man (2002 film)

Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and the first film in the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy.

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Straw Dogs (1971 film)

Straw Dogs is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George.

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Surrealism

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings.

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Sweet Sixteen (2002 film)

Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 drama film directed by Ken Loach.

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T. P. O'Connor

Thomas Power O'Connor (5 October 1848 – 18 November 1929), known as T. P. O'Connor and occasionally as Tay Pay (mimicking his own pronunciation of the initials T. P.), was a journalist, an Irish nationalist political figure, and a member of parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for nearly fifty years.

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Takashi Miike

is a Japanese filmmaker.

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Television content rating system

Television content rating systems are systems for evaluating the content and reporting the suitability of television programs for children, teenagers, or adults.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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The Bourne Identity (2002 film)

The Bourne Identity is a 2002 American-German action thriller film based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name.

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The Exorcist (film)

The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film adapted by William Peter Blatty from his 1971 novel of the same name, directed by William Friedkin, and starring Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, and Jason Miller.

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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is a 2009 Dutch horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Tom Six.

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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) is a 2011 British-Dutch black and white exploitation-horror film written, directed, and co-produced by Dutch filmmaker Tom Six.

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The Hunger Games (film)

The Hunger Games is a 2012 American science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins.

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The King's Speech

The King's Speech is a 2010 British historical drama film directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler.

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The Last House on the Left (1972 film)

The Last House on the Left is a 1972 American exploitation horror film written, edited, and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Sean S. Cunningham.

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The Ren & Stimpy Show

The Ren & Stimpy Show is an American animated series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon.

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The Seashell and the Clergyman

The Seashell and the Clergyman (La Coquille et le clergyman) is an experimental French film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud.

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The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the Fox television series The Simpsons.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written and co-produced by Hooper and Kim Henkel.

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Theme (narrative)

In contemporary literary studies, a theme is the central topic a text treats.

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This Is England

This Is England is a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows.

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Tom Denning, Baron Denning

Alfred Thompson “Tom” Denning, Baron Denning, (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge.

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Trailer (promotion)

A trailer (also known as a preview or coming attraction) is a commercial advertisement for a feature film that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, the result of creative and technical work.

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Ultra HD Blu-ray

Ultra HD Blu-ray is a digital optical disc data storage format that supersedes Blu-ray.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Unsimulated sex

Unsimulated sex is the presentation in a film of sex scenes where the actors engage in an actual sex act, and are not just miming or simulating the actions.

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Urolagnia

Urolagnia (also urophilia, undinism, golden shower and watersports) is a form of salirophilia (which is a form of paraphilia) in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or urination.

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VHS

The Video Home System (VHS) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes.

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Victim (1961 film)

Victim is a 1961 British suspense film directed by Basil Dearden, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms.

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Video Appeals Committee

The Video Appeals Committee was a body set up by the United Kingdom's Video Recordings Act.

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Video Recordings Act 1984

The Video Recordings Act 1984 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that was passed in 1984.

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Video Recordings Act 2010

The Video Recordings Act 2010 (c.1) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received Royal Assent on 21 January 2010.

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Video Standards Council

The Video Standards Council (VSC) is an administrator of the PEGI system of age rating for video games.

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Wardour Street

Wardour Street is a street in Soho, London.

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Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England.

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Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006.

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William Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell

William George Tyrrell, 1st Baron Tyrrell, (17 August 1866 – 14 March 1947) was a British civil servant and diplomat.

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Women in Cellblock 9

Women in Cellblock 9 (Original title: Frauen für Zellenblock 9) is a 1977 Swiss exploitation action horror film written and directed by Jess Franco, and starring Karine Gambier.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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X rating

In some countries, X is or has been a motion picture rating reserved for the most explicit films.

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Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night (also titled Blonde Sinner) is a 1956 British crime drama film starring Diana Dors.

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18 (British Board of Film Classification)

The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), to state that in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game should not be seen at home or elsewhere, watched in a cinema or purchased by a person under 18 years old.

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9 Songs

9 Songs is a 2004 British art romantic drama film produced, written and directed by Michael Winterbottom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification

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