Beyond the BBFC: Local and regional film censorship in the UK

Sian Barber

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Beyond the BBFC

Local and regional film censorship in the UK

Sian Barber

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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This work explores the censorship of film at local level and charts the chronological development of local film censorship systems, mechanisms and apparatus. Using archival material from a range of different locations across the UK, a more nuanced and complex picture of local film censorship activity is drawn.

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Barber Sian :

Sian Barber is a Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen’s University BelfastSian Barber is Reader in Film in the School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen’s University Belfast

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Front Matter Sian Barber Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Sian Barber Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of figures Sian Barber Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of acronyms Sian Barber Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Sian Barber Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction Local censorship reconsidered Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1 A new form of leisure 1908–1919 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	15
2 New regions and new anxieties 1920–1929 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	43
3 Councils, committees and the perils of the cinema 1930–1939 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
4 Wartime concerns and local anxieties 1940–1950 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
5 The changing landscape of the post-war world 1950–1959 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	137
6 Local alliances in a permissive decade 1960–1970 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	164
7 New categories, new permissions 1970–1976 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
8 New boundaries and new regions 1977–1985 Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	228
Conclusions Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	250
Films cited Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
Bibliography Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	259
Index Sian Barber Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269

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April 15, 2025

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9781526163134

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10 illustrations

https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526163134

eBook ISBN: 9781526163134

Keywords for this book

British Board of Film Censors; cinema exhibition; cinema legislation; cinema licensing; cinematograph act; film classification; Greater London Council; local authorities; model conditions; taboo

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General/trade;College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;

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