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[edit] film / video

The introduction is, I believe, wrong.

The BBFC is not legally responsible for film classification. Cinema licensing is a matter for local authorities (who 99.9999% of the time require cinemas to follow the BBFC rating).

On the other hand, the BBFC is responsible for video classification, having been nominated to perform that role under the Video Recordings Act 1984. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 135.196.89.57 (talk) 19:21, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Actually the Video Recordings Act 2010 [1], which re-enacted the provisions of the flawed 1984 Act which was discovered to be technically deficient in 2009 (through its terms not having being communicated to the EU) and not enforceable. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 19:36, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1

Why does someone keep adding Happy Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 as an example of a 12A? Sure, the Odeon website says it is but the film hasn't officially been rated yet. I've changed it to 500 Days Of Summer, which is a recent(ish) 12A I'm sure most people have heard of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.111.171.67 (talk) 20:05, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Not a citicism of you, but I've reverted this back to the earlier example oif Avatar, simply because more readers will be familiar with it, and therefore will have a better impression of what sort of content gets a 12A. The BBFC haven't rated Deathy Hallows yet, and while it may very well get a 12A (as previous ones in the series were), we can't jump the gun. Nick Cooper (talk) 22:58, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Constantly changing examples

We seem to have an issue here that editors - many anon IPs - are constantly changing the example films listed with each different certificate, often it seems due solely to favouritism. Nick Cooper (talk) 23:26, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling Mistake

The Description/Notes column for the PG rating currently has the following:
"May contain moderate violance if justified..." - should be violence

If you have an account and you see this and have a minute, might be worth fixing.
92.10.49.235 (talk) 18:51, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Talk:British Board of Film Classification

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[edit] film / video

[edit] Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1

[edit] Constantly changing examples

[edit] Spelling Mistake

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