Published: 26 Mar 2025
Our BBFC Guides are designed to help parents facilitate important conversations and understand BBFC classification issues in an easy-to-read format.
Each bite-sized guide provides an overview of how we classify different issues in accordance with our Classification Guidelines and what it means at each age rating, alongside a collection of film case studies.
BBFC Language Guide
We understand from our research that a key concern for people in the UK is the normalisation of bad language or gestures which younger audiences may repeat, without understanding the offence it may cause to others. We therefore classify language and gestures at each category in line with broad public opinion.
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