Monday 7 February 2011

The BBFC:


The BBFC, British Board of Film Classification, is an independant, non-governmental organisation, which is self funded. Their funding comes from the fees they charge to distribution companies to classify films.

  • They classify films on behalf of the local authorities who license cinema's under the 'Licensing Act 2003'.
  •  They classify videos/dvds/blu-rays under the 'Video Recordings Act 1984'.
  •  They classify online content under a scheme called BBFC.Online.
  • They will not classify material which they believe to be in breach of the law.
  • The BBFC reconsider and update their classification guidelines every few years as a result of a lot of research and public consultation.

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