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Monday, 12 September 2016

An Intro to the BBFC - Part 1

The BBFC is a 'co-regulatory' body, that is responsible for the classification and regulation of film (and video/dvd) in the UK.

A co-regulator was defined in the Leveson inquiry as:
Co-regulatory models typically provide more industry involvement than statutory regulation and can be particularly effective when there is widespread industry support for the objectives of regulation. They require periodic monitoring by a backstop body to ensure effectiveness and can require the backstop body to carry out enforcement activity.
This means that there is still an Independent Regulator (The BBFC) but that has a 'backstop' - another organisation that can enforce regulation or issue controls.

BBFC timeline
1.       What year was the BBFC founded? 
2.       What was the original name of the BBFC? 
3.       Who actually had power to license and screen films, regardless of the BBFC’s advice? (This power was given by the 1909 cinematograph act) 
4.       What were the first two age certificates given? 
5.       How many reasons did T.P O’Connor list upon which a film could be ‘deleted’?


1.       Who was the chief censor in the 1940s and 1950s? 
2.       What Marlon Brando film causes big problems between the BBFC and it’s distributor? 
3.       Who was the next chief censor? 
4.       What certificate was ‘Garden of Eden’ eventually reclassified as? 
5.       What is the name of the controversial film featuring the first full example of male nudity/
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Further reading: 


- What allows the BBFC to licence films for the public?
- What legislation does the BBFC use when classifying films?
- What does the Obscene Publications Act say?

- What does the Video Recording Act say?
- Why was the Video Recording Act changed via the criminal justice and public order act? 
? When was it changed and how was it changed?

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What were the Video Nasties? Why were they an issue for The BBFC? 



Here is a link to some of the BBFC's most interesting or controversial decisions:

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/case-studies 

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