Ever wondered how many cinema films the BBFC cut in 1955 compared with 2000 or when the latest ‘must see’ film is due to open? Well now you need look no further than the new look, user friendly, packed with information, BBFC website.
Film and video fans have an insatiable appetite for information about their favourite medium, which explains why the BBFC website has had almost 700,000 hits since it came on line at the beginning of 1999. It has now been redesigned to make it easier to find those vital facts and to make it visually more attractive to users, but has also been expanded to provide just the sort of statistics which generate endless enquiries to the Board, and which intrigue film buffs and quiz masters alike - like how many films the Board cut in 1955 (292) compared with 2000 (12).
As well as classification statistics from 1914 to present day, information about what classification a work has received, the latest publications and news releases, information about the Board and its history, job opportunities and how to find the Board, the website provides the film and video makers and distributors, who submit works for classification, with an electronic means of doing business.
So if you want to see how the Guidelines have changed from 1916, when the censor would cut the unnecessary exhibition of underclothing, or indecorous dancing, or excessively passionate love making - to name but a few - and compare that with the Board’s latest classification Guidelines, the BBFC website has the information. For more information about the website, visit the website at www.bbfc.co.uk.
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