The British government once banned a film for showing a woman... SPITTING. No, really.
A dramatized documentary looking at how the British Board of Film Censors imposed an extraordinary stranglehold over the content of British cinema in the 1930s and exposing their deliberations, opinions and prejudices.
Acting
Miriam Margolyes stealing every scene as prim censor Miss Shortt.
Writing
Real archival minutes so bonkers they barely need dramatization.
Director
David MacMahon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real censor files remained sealed until 1983; this documentary rushed into production the second historians could access them.
The BBFC still operates today and famously demanded cuts to films as recent as 'The King's Speech' for language—some things never change.
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