See further details
Melon Farming Fresh

Film Cuts and Bans

BBFC and MPAA

Home	UK	Film Cuts
Index	World	Nutters
Forum	Media	Liberty
	Info	Cutting Edge
	US	Shopping


Sex News
Sex Shops List
Sex+Shopping

News Thursday 31st March...

Lethal Weapon 2

Season 2: Episode 33: Lethal Weapon 2
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge investigates the case of a crazed censor vs a crazed cop

BBFC Daily

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Hardcore Henry, Inner Demons, When Animals Dream

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The 'Burbs
1989 USA comedy by Joe Dante just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Dune and Blue Velvet Box Set
Double feature by David Lynch just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

News Wednesday 30th March...

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The City of the Dead
1960 UK horror mystery thriller by John Llewellyn Moxey just released on US Blu-ray with 2 versions

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Sicilian
1987 USA action crime drama by Michael Cimino, the Director's Cut has just been released on US Blu-ray

MPAA Weekly

Poster Hologram For the King 2016 Tom Tykwer

Weekly US Ratings from the MPAA
Latest classification decisions

MPAA logo

The British Board of Film Classifications are the state designated censors of all video media sold in the UK.

The BBFC are also the cinema censors, but in this capacity, the ultimate decision rests with local councils. BBFC certificates though are generally accepted by the local authorities.

In recent years the BBFC has done a very good in making their decisions accessible to all.
See www.bbfc.co.uk

Contact via email to Dave:
webmaster@melonfarmers.com

Or contribute:
Melon Farmers Censorship Forum

Comparing European Classifications:

See comparisons from kijkwijzer.nl

March 2016 Podcast 46 Natural Born Killers

March 2016 Podcast 45 The Hunger Games

March 2016 Podcast 44 Goblet of Fire

February 2016 Podcast 43 Saturday Night Fever

February 2016 Podcast 42 MPAA speak about piracy

January 2016 Podcast 41 The Lovely Bones

January 2016 Podcast 40 Texas Chainsaw Massacre

December 2015 Podcast 39 Rebel Without a Cause

December 2015 Podcast 38 Jaws

November 2015 Podcast 37 Borderline Decisions

November 2015 Podcast 36 Alien

November 2015 Podcast 35 Temple of Doom

October 2015 Podcast 34 Part 2 Sci-Fi Films

Sept 2015 Podcast 34 Part 1 Sci-Fi Films

Sept 2015 Podcast 33 Bedazzled (1967)

Sept 2015 Podcast 32 Classifying Discrimination 2

August 2015 Podcast 32 Classifying Discrimination 1

August 2015 Podcast 31 Historic Annual Reports

July 2015 Podcast 30 Django

June 2015 Podcast 29 Superhero films

April 2015 Podcast 28 James Ferman Part 2

March 2015 Podcast 27 Classifying Comedy

January 2015 Podcast 26 James Ferman Part 1

November 2014 Podcast 25 The Into Film Festival

October 2014 Podcast 24 Stephen Murphy

August 2014 Podcast 23 International Classification

July 2014 Podcast 22 Tone

June 2014 Podcast 21 John Trevelyan

April 2014 Podcast 20 Suicide and self harm

March 2014 Podcast 19 Mobile Internet Classification

January 2014 Podcast 18 Guidelines Update 2014

December Podcast 17 Classifying Anime

November Podcast 16 Behind the Scenes

September Podcast 15 Protecting Children

August Podcast 14 Other Classification Issues

July Podcast 13 The BBFC Archives

May Podcast 12 Bollywood and Reality Video

March Podcast 11 The Guidelines

Jan 2013: Podcast 10 Childnet & FACT

Dec 2012: Podcast 9 Imitable Techniques

List of Cuts: Blasphemy

List of Cuts: Exorcist Films

List of Cuts: Friday the 13th Films

List of Cuts: Halloween Films

List of Cuts: Hammer Horror

List: Hardcore 18s

List of Cuts: Ilsa Films

List of Cuts: Nightmare on Elm Street Films

List of Cuts: Saw Films

Detailed Cuts: A Serbian Film

List of Cuts: Texas Chainsaw Films

33: Lethal Weapon 2 31st March 2016

32: The Hunger Games 29th February 2016

31: xXx Films 28th January 2016

30: Strange Days Special Edition 30th December 2015

29: Batman Forever 21st December 2015

28: Mirrors 14th December 2015

27: Hard Target 26th November 2015

26: The Rundown 29th October 2015

25: Doctor Who Special Edition 17th Sep 2015

24: The Equalizer 19th August 2015

23: The Mummy Series 16th July 2015

22: Eraser 14th June 2015

21: The Frighteners 21st May 2015

20: RoboCop Special Edition 5th May 2015

18: Taken 2 5th April 2015

18: Sleeping with the Enemy 5th March 2015

Episode 17: Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 5th Feb 2015

16: Hot Shots! and Part Deux 4th January 2015

15: Die Hard Special Edition 19th December 2014

14: Lethal Weapon 19th November 2014

13: Point Break 20th October 2014

12: True Lies 22nd September 2014

11: Casino Royale 26th August 2014

10: The Da Vinci Code/Angels & Demons
25th July 2014

9: The Rock 17th June 2014

8: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 16th May 2014

7: Terminator 2 22nd April 2014

6: Steven Seagal Special 30th March 2014

5: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

4: Scream

3: Cliffhanger

2: The Woman in Black

1: Tomorrow Never Dies

Quick Trims

28 Secondhand Lions March 2016

27 Cobra February 2016

26 Fast & Furious January 2016

25 Presumed Innocent November 2015

24 Transsiberian October 2015

23 Face/Off August 2015

22 Kindergarten Cop July 2015

21 Mystery Men June 2015

20: Stay April 2015

19: Left Behind March 2015

18: Hard Boiled December 2014

17: The Burning October 2014

16: Romeo Must Die September 2014

15: Jack Reacher August 2014

14: Daybreakers August 2014

13: Commando on YouTube

12: Angel Eyes on YouTube

11: Daredevil on YouTube

10: Men in Black on YouTube

9: Street Fighter on YouTube

8: Braveheart on YouTube

7: Drop Zone on YouTube

6: Maximum Risk on YouTube

5: Bridget Jones's Diary on YouTube

4: Judge Dredd on YouTube

3: The Matrix on YouTube

2: Thunderball on YouTube

1: In the Line of Fire on YouTube

Genre Cuts: James Bond Films

Detailed Cuts: GoldenEye

Detailed Cuts: Licence to Kill

Coming Soon

Recent BBFC News

Cuts and Bans

28th Mar

Secondhand Lions
Cutting Edge Quick Trims Episode 28. BBFC category cuts for a PG rated cinema release

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Girls of Shame
1969 UK crime drama by Robert Hartford-Davis, cut by the BBFC for cinema, just released on UK DVD

BBFC Weekly

Weekly UK Adult Ratings from the BBFC
Latest adult censorship decisions

Cuts and Bans

27th Mar

Shopping: Sex Murder Art: The Films Of Jorg Buttgereit
German horror collection by Jörg Buttgereit set for US Blu-ray release on 12th April 2016

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Schramm
German film by Jörg Buttgereit set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 12th April 2016

BBFC Daily

26th Mar

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Helix, The Hotel, Visions, Yakuza Apocalypse

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Hunger Games - Complete Collection
Set by Francis Lawrence just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray with the cut version of the original

Cuts and Bans

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 46
An interesting episode about Natural Born Killers at the BBFC

BBFC Daily

25th Mar

Poster Hard Tide 2015 Robert Osman and Nathanael Wisem

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
The Hexecutioners, Tulpa

BBFC News

Lost Business
BBFC bows out of rating cinema adverts

Hammer Films

24th Mar

Diary: Easter Hammer-thon
26th -27th March 2016 on the Horror Channel

BBFC Daily

Poster Dark Crystal 1982 Jim Henson and Frank Oz

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Bone Tomahawk, Dirty Grandpa, Ghoulies II, Synchronocity

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Ghoulies II
1988 USA comedy horror by Albert Band set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 11th April 2016 still with US cuts for a PG-13 rating

BBFC Daily

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Bone Tomahawk, Dirty Grandpa, Ghoulies II, Synchronocity

MPAA Weekly

Weekly US Ratings from the MPAA
Latest classification decisions

BBFC Daily

23rd Mar

Poster Ratchet and Clank 2016 Kevin Munroe and Jericca Cleland

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Latest classification decisions

Cuts and Bans

21st Mar

Shopping: The Wolfman
2010 USA horror fantasy thriller by Joe Johnston just released on UK DVD, in an Extended Version

BBFC Weekly

Weekly UK Adult Ratings from the BBFC
Only 1 silly cut this week

Cuts and Bans

20th Mar

Shopping: Basket Case - The Trilogy
set by Frank Henenlotter, with the original once being cut by the BBFC, just released on UK Blu-ray

Hammer Films

18th Mar

Shopping: The Vampire Lovers
1970 UK Hammer horror film by Roy Ward Baker, once cut by the BBFC, just released on UK DVD

Cuts and Bans

Poster Batman V Superman Dawn of Justi 2016 Zack Snyder

Holy time dilation Batman
Batman V Superman to be 30 minutes longer on R rated home video

Cuts and Bans

17th Mar

Shopping: Re-Animator
1985 US horror film by Stuart Gordon, suffering a rich history of BBFC censorship, just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

MPAA Weekly

16th Mar

Poster Born To Be Blue 2015 Robert Budreau

Weekly US Ratings from the MPAA
Latest classification decisions

Cuts and Bans

Manchurian Candidate Criterion Collection Blu ray

Shopping: The Manchurian Candidate
1962 USA mystery thriller by John Frankenheimer, once cut by the BBFC for an 'A' rating, just released on US Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

15th Mar

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 45
The Hunger Games

MPAA News

14th Mar

An Elephant Joke
Sacha Baron Cohen speaks of cuts in the US to avoid an NC-17 rating

BBFC Weekly

Weekly UK Adult Ratings from the BBFC
Latest adult censorship decisions

Cuts and Bans

13th Mar

Shopping: Salon Kitty
1976 Italy / West Germany / France war drama by Tinto Brass just released on UK DVD

Previous BBFC News

BBFC News

11th Mar

David 'Fat Cat' Austin
New boss of the BBFC will be known by the title CEO, rather than the previous title Director, to better reflect that film censorship has become big business

BBFC News

You Will Comply!
Whispers of troubles at the BBFC where examiners are being downgraded to compliancy checkers

Cuts and Bans

10th Mar

Shopping: Species III / Species: The Awakening
double bill just released on US Blu-ray

MPAA Weekly

9th Mar

Weekly US Ratings from the MPAA
Latest classification decisions

BBFC News

8th Mar

Policy and PR
The BBFC announces new Policy Director Alexandra Evans.

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Sinful Dwarf
1973 Denmark erotic horror film by Vidal Raski just released on US Blu-ray with a hardcore not available in the UK

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Paranormal Activity: the Ghost Dimension
2015 USA horror by Gregory Plotkin just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray with an extended version on Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

7th Mar

Shopping: Dear God No!
2011 USA comedy horror by James Bickert, cut by the BBFC, just released on US Blu-ray

BBFC Weekly

Weekly UK Adult Ratings from the BBFC
Just one silly cut this week

Cuts and Bans

6th Mar

Shopping: The Toxic Avenger Collection
Updated: US comedy horror series previously suffering plenty of censorship, just released on UK DVD

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Paprika
1991 Italy drama by Tinto Brass, cut in the UK, just released on US DVD and Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

5th Mar

Shopping: Pray for Death
1985 USA action drama by Gordon Hessler just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

4th Mar

A Warrior's Tale
Russian animation requires BBFC category cuts for a PG rated cinema release

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Sinful Dwarf
1973 Denmark erotic horror film by Vidal Raski just released on US Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Doc
1971 USA western by Frank Perry just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

BBFC News

Offsite Article: Censor's farewell to porn and horror
The Financial Times reports on the tenure of David Cooke as he retires from the BBFC

Cuts and Bans

3rd Mar

Shopping: Pieces
1982 Spain / USA / Puerto Rico / Italy horror mystery by JPiquer Simon just released on US Blu-ray

MPAA Weekly

2nd Mar

Weekly US Ratings from the MPAA
Amityville: The Awakening cut for a PG-13

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Voyeur
1994 Italy erotic romance by Tinto Brass a cut Director's Cut just released on UK DVD

Cuts and Bans

Offsite Article: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
BBFC Podcast Episode 44. BBFC Director David Cooke speaks about the first Harry Potter film to be classified 12A.

Hunger Games

29th Feb

Season 2: Episode 32: The Hunger Games
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge investigates cuts at the BBFC

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Hateful Eight
2015 USA western by Quentin Tarantino set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 29th March 2016 with just the shorter Multiplex Version

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988 USA horror by Wes Craven just released on US Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Napoleon's War: 1812
2012 Russia historical adventure drama by Oleg Fesenko just released on UK DVD

BBFC Weekly

Weekly UK Adult Ratings from the BBFC
Just a couple of examples of waste of space censorship

Cuts and Bans

28th Feb

Shopping: Spectre
2015 USA / UK action adventure thriller by Sam Mendes, cut for a 12A rating, just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Demonoid
1981 Mexico / USA horror by Alfredo Zacarías just released on US DVD and Blu-ray with 2 versions

BBFC News
	BBFC News: Latest
	MPAA News: Latest
	BBFC Guidelines 2014 to Present, 2009 to 2014, 2005-2009, 2000-2005
	The Classification Framework Structure for internet and mobile phone content (offsite)
	Policy at the BBFC News, updates and clarifications
	Blasphemy at the BBFC News and censored films on the subject of blasphemy and religious offence
	Dare Devils at the BBFC by Rob Stone (September 2006)
	Appeal against BBFC cuts to Last House on the Left (June 2002)
	The Professionals: A Hiding to Nothing BBFC hassle over opening locks with a credit card (Feb 2002)
	Snuff Movies The Making of an urban legend (June 1999)

BBFC People	David Cooke Director of the BBFC: 2004 - present
	Quentin Thomas President of the BBFC: 2002-2012
	Robin Duval Director of the BBFC: 1999-2004
	Andreas Whittam Smith President of the BBFC: 1997-2002
	Moralist Censor and Convicted Criminal John Taylor, Vice President of the BBFC: 1998 2008
	Rating Games for a Living Interview with Sue Clark (May 2008)
	Jan Chambers Recently resigned examiner writes for the Guardian (Aug 2002)
	Jim Barratt film examiner outlines changes after Ferman retired

Legalisation of R18 Hardcore	Chapter 1: Jacking Off the Censor Hardcore snippets temporarily got BBFC approval in 1997
	Chapter 2: Makin' Whoopee in Summer 1998
	Chapter 3: Rumours of a Return to Porn in November/December 1998
	Chapter 4: Porn is In & Out & In & Out Again the state of play in January 1999
	Chapter 5: The Video Appeals Committee Forcing the BBFC to respect the law, May 1999
	Chapter 6: Censoring Safer Sex Discrimination at the BBFC. May 1999
	Chapter 7: Hiding Behind Children Giving up on obscenity and using concern for children, July 1999
	Chapter 8: The VAC R18 Appeal Report from the VAC Appeal, July 1999
	Chapter 9: An Appealing Victory Video Appeals Committee judgment allows hardcore, August 1999
	Chapter 10: The Censor and the State BBFC seek Judicial review, winter 1999/2000
	Chapter 11: Judicial Review Confirms Legality of Hardcore: Spring & Summer 2000
	Chapter 12: More Sex Shops Required according to Andreas Whittam Smith, November 2000
	Chapter 13: The Legalisation of Hardcore: A recap 1997-2000