Fee tariffs
The Finance team can be contacted at finance@bbfc.co.uk
All costs exclude VAT.
If, after 1 January 2021, a customer submits a disc, we will transcode the disc to file to enable us to process it. To cover the cost of doing this, we will charge a 5% uplift on the price of your submission(s).
Theatrical Fees
We offer three price bands, in line with our previous pricing structure (Standard, Pre-Booking Express, and Premium Pre-Booking Express):
seven day (standard)
48 hours
24 hours
These price bands are based on the amount of time between the delivery of your media and the requested classification date. 48 hour and 24 hour price bands are based on a set uplift in the cost.
Please note, we round up the running time of 24 hour and 48 hour submissions to the nearest 15 minutes. For works under five minutes we round up to five minutes.
Advice Services
Withdrawal Fees (Including cancellations and rescheduling)
These fees are only levied for withdrawals and cancellations made under certain conditions.
Other Theatrical Fees
Modern Film Classification for films classified
Video Fees
Video Withdrawal Fees (incl. cancellations and rescheduling)
These fees are only levied for withdrawals and cancellations made under certain conditions.
Other Video Fees
Other Fees
Classification of linear content including TV material created for video games; video rewards for completing certain tasks or levels within a game; or other video content which does not contribute to the narrative drive of the video game will be submitted by the VSC on behalf of games publishers.
Digital Fees
Withdrawal Fees (Including cancellations and rescheduling)
These fees are only levied for withdrawals and cancellations made under certain conditions.
Other Video-on-Demand Fees
All fees are subject to VAT if applicable.
*Per minute for full length work
Withdrawal fees
Theatrical features / theatrical short films
For each booked viewing slot, we will charge a withdrawal fee of £211.61 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking later than 12pm two working days before the viewing date.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by the deadline as set on the client portal (Horizon).
- Non-payment by 3pm one working day before the viewing date.
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking later than 12pm two working days before the viewing date where the runtime exceeds the booked slot and cannot be accommodated in our theatre. Please see further details below.
Theatrical trailers
For each booked viewing slot, we charge a withdrawal fee of £52.90 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking later than 12pm one working day before the viewing date.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by required delivery deadline.
Video
For regular 24 hour bookings, we charge a withdrawal fee of £211.61 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking later than 6pm two working days before the viewing.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by the delivery deadline.
For 48 hour bookings, we charge a withdrawal fee of £211.61 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking any time after we have confirmed the booking.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by the delivery deadline.
For 7 day turnaround submissions, we will charge a withdrawal fee of £105.80 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal of a work at any pre-viewing stage of the classification process.
- Non-delivery of content within 30 days of completing your submission form (this will also require you to submit a new form if you wish to continue with this submission).
Please note we will not progress new submissions until we receive payment of the withdrawal fee.
We will charge a withdrawal fee and automatically withdraw works if we do not receive a response to our emails.
If any work has progressed through the process beyond the initial stages the fee payable may be higher than the withdrawal fee to cover the work performed.
**Our Charity rate is available only to charities registered in the UK.
Video-on-Demand
For 24 hour bookings, we charge a withdrawal fee of £52.90 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking later than 6pm two working days before the viewing.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by the delivery deadline.
For 48 hour bookings, we charge a withdrawal fee of £105.80 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal or rescheduling of a booking any time after we have confirmed the booking.
- Non-delivery of playable, finalised content by the delivery deadline.
For 7 day turnaround submissions, we charge a withdrawal fee of £52.17 if any of the following occurs:
- Withdrawal of content at any pre-viewing stage of the classification process.
Works that are longer than the booked slot
This relates to all theatrical and video submissions.
Theatrical
If our measurement of your content is longer than the running time stated on your submission form, we require payment of the difference before we inform you of the outcome of the viewing.
If we learn that the running time exceeds the booked slot by 12pm two working days before the viewing date, and we are unable to accommodate the viewing in our theatre, we will reschedule the viewing for another date.
If we learn that the running time exceeds the booked slot later than 12pm two working days before the viewing date, and we are unable to accommodate the viewing in our theatre, we charge a withdrawal fee.
24 and 48 hour turnaround video
If our measurement of your content is longer than the stated time and requires a longer regular viewing slot, our Finance team will contact you with the following three options:
- Remain in the shorter turnaround and pay the difference.
- Change the turnaround submission on Horizon to a standard 7 day turnaround.
- Withdraw the submission (This will be subject to a withdrawal fee).
Theatrical works that are shorter than the booked slot
This relates to theatrical submissions only.
If our measurement of your content is shorter than the running time stated on your submission form, we will charge a fee that reflects the originally stated running time.
The following exceptions apply:
- If you are able to notify us of the correct running time by 12pm two working days before the viewing, we will only charge the measured running time.
- If your content has a running time of one minute less than the booked time, we will not charge for this minute.
Incomplete theatrical submissions
If we find a content to be incomplete, unfinished, or in any other respect not the version you will be releasing, we reserve the right to convert the submission to an advice viewing. For this we charge the advice viewing fee. We ask that you submit the content again in its finished version for another full viewing, and we charge this in full. The company must cover the costs of a rescheduled outside screening room.
Theatrical bookings made for external venues
Classification screenings that take place outside of the BBFC premises must be paid for at the same time as the classification fee. The BBFC will only cover the cost of external viewings for bookings with a 7 day turnaround. The cost of outside screening rooms for 24 hour and 48 hour bookings will be charged and invoiced at the time of your booking.
If an outside screening does not occur due to non delivery of content or cancellation of the submission, any cancellation fees from the outside venue will be covered by the submitting company, regardless of the submission turnaround time.
Video-on-Demand
Standard costs for digital age ratings are offset if (1) the same content is later submitted for a DVD/Blu-ray age rating under the VRA and (2) we have the original Video-on-Demand submission in a format that makes it possible to compare it with the VRA submission.
Where a video submission consists of several elements that have each received individual VOD classifications, only one of the original fixed fees are included in the discount.
The additional fees for 24 and 48 hour turnaround fees are not offset during subsequent VRA submissions.