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Carry On Teacher...

An occasional series of old BBFC Cuts to the Carry On films


Link Here18th June 2025

Carry On Teacher is a 1959 UK comedy by Gerald Thomas
Starring Kenneth Williams, Leslie Phillips and Kenneth Connor BBFC link 2020 IMDb

BBFC cuts were required for 'U' rated cinema release in 1959. The BBFC cuts have persisted into all releases since.

Summary Notes

Pupils run amok at Maudlin Street School in an attempt to hang on to their headmaster. He has applied for a new job, but the students like him and don't want to lose him.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 86:15s
pal: 82:48s

 

U 1980

BBFC U 1982

UK: Cut and BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence: UK: Cut and BBFC U rated for:
  • 2001 Warner Home DVD (rated 12/09/2001)
  • 1988 Warner Home VHS (rated 11/07/1988)
BBFC cut
cut:  
run: 89:00s
pal: 85:26s
U pre 1970UK: A longer version was BBFC U rated for mild sex references and comic violence for mild sex references and comic violence after BBFC cuts:
  • 1959 Beaconsfield Films cinema release (rated 20/05/1959)

Thanks to Vince. The BBFC cuts list read:

  • Reel 2 & 3 - Shorten the dialogue between the master and the pupil who objects to the use of the school edition of 'Romeo and Juliet', especially removing the phrase "by her fine foot, straight leg and thigh and the demesnes that there adjacent lie."

From IMDb:

The name 'Allcock' was questioned by the 1950s' censors, especially how much the characters constantly say it with such precision on the cock part, but they eventually allowed it to pass.

 

 

Updated: A Game in the Woods...

BBFC briefly erroneously reported censor cuts but the film is actually 18 rated and uncut


Link Here13th June 2025

A Game in the Woods is a 2024 US horror by Mike McCutchen
Starring Eleanor Newman, Emily Skeen and John P. Crowley BBFC link 2020 IMDb

The BBFC briefly reported dialogue cuts to this film but this was an erroneous database entry and the film is actually uncut and BBFC 18 rated. The video is uncut and MPA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

After a Texas rancher dies, his granddaughter and her girlfriend discover masked hunters at his ranch competing in a twisted game of life and death. Will the beauties and their already rocky romance survive the brutal carnage?

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 80:14s
pal: 77:01s
MPAA Unrated

18

US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: UK: BBFC 18 rated for strong gory violence, brief sexual violence for strong gory violence, brief sexual violence after BBFC cuts:
  • 2025 Jinga Films VoD (rated 09/06/2025)

 

 

Angel Guts: Red Classroom...

1979 Japan horror thriller by Chusei Sone, previously significantly cut, just passed 18 uncut by the BBFC


Link Here7th May 2025
Angel Guts: Red Classroom is a 1979 Japan horror thriller by Chûsei Sone
Starring Yûki Mizuhara, Keizô Kanie and Jun Aki IMDb

Distributors submitted this film to the BBFC in 2002 but the BBFC required unacceptable cuts and the distributors abandoned the UK release. The BBFC was finally passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray in 2025. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

When a writer for a porn magazine, watches a "rape" porn that is set in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, Nami, and tries to find her. He meets her by chance as he arrives for a shoot at a hotel.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 78:35s
pal: 75:26s
18

MPAA Unrated

UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity:
  • 2025 Third Window Films Blu-ray (rated 06/05/2025) titled Angel Guts - Red Classroom
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
banned
unreleased

BBFC cut

cut:
run: 77:18s
pal: 74:12s
18 1980

 

UK: BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity after BBFC cuts:
  • 2002 Artsmagic DVD (rated 16/09/2002)

The BBFC commented:

Compulsory cuts required to remove eroticising sight of forced exposure and groping of breasts and to remove eroticising detail from subsequent rape scene. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and BBFC Policy on sexual violence.

The video remained  unreleased after the BBFC required unacceptable cuts. Distributors ArtsMagic collected all five uncut versions of Nikkatsu's officially produced "Angel Guts" films from 1978-1988. Having had difficulties submitting Red Classroom and Red Dizziness to the BBFC back in 2002 they decided to abandon plans for the UK market full stop, because they knew they wouldn't be able to release the best versions that they could.

 

 

Mikey...

1992 horror by Dennis Dimster reappears with an uncut 15 rating after previously being banned by the BBFC during the Jamie Bulger moral panic


Link Here6th April 2025
Mikey is a 1992 USA horror thriller by Dennis Dimster (as Dennis Dimster-Denk).
Starring Brian Bonsall and Josie Bissett and Ashley Laurence. BBFC link 2020 IMDb
The film was withdrawn from cinema release in 1993 when caught up in  the Jamie Bulger controversy.  It was then banned by the BBFC from 1996 VHS release. The film was rated BBFC 15 uncut when resubmitted for Blu-rayn in 2025. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US.

Summary Notes

A strong thriller directed by Dennis Dimster-Denk. Brain Bonsall is extraordinary good as the young smart psycho.

The film received some controversy, because of Mikey's age in the film, when it's came out in the Spring of 1992.

Versions

BBFC uncut
uncut
run: 91:30s
pal: 87:50s
15

18 cert

Amazon
Amazon

MPAA R

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Germany

Spanish flag
Spain

Ireland
Ireland

 

UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, injury detail, threat:
  • 2025 Treasured Films Blu-ray (rated 21/03/2025)

UK: Passed 18 uncut for:

  • 1992 cinema release

However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)

The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman demanded the certificate be returned.

The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.

 

UK: Available on Amazon Prime

Note that BBFC bans do not apply to online video. However BBFC bans do apply to TV broadcasts although TV companies can get the nod from the BBFC that if a film were to be submitted it would no longer be banned.

US: Uncut and MPAA R Rated for:

Germany: Uncut for:

Spain: The Spanish release is uncut for:

  • Es Smile Price R0 DVD

Ireland: Available on Irish video with the boast that it is banned in the UK

 

banned
banned
run: 91:29s
pal: 87:49s
rejectedUK: Banned by BBFC
  • 1996 Video Programme VHS (rated 20/12/1996)
UK: Banned by the BBFC in 1996 (in the fallout from the James Bulger killing) for:
  • 1996 VPD VHS

The BBFC explained their ban:

  • A 9 year old boy kills his foster family one by one, including the realistic drowning of his 3 year old sister. It was argued that this was a fantasy horror film and not to be taken literally, but three distinguished child psychiatrists advised us that the video was sufficiently realistic to have a dangerous impact on a significant proportion of vulnerable children.

UK: Passed 18 uncut  for:

  • 1992 cinema release

However the certificate was withdrawn in the fallout of the James Bulger killing. See article from en.wikipedia.org , (thanks to Jonathan)

The film was withdrawn from release in the United Kingdom following the James Bulger murder in Liverpool in 1993. It had been classified with an 18 certificate for cinema in November 1992, but head censor James Ferman demanded the certificate be returned.

The BBFC cinema certificate is no longer in the BBFC database.


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