Timeshift Dear Censor... The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification (Season 11, Episode 6)
TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary

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Dear Censor... The secret archive of the British Board of Film Classification (Season 11, Episode 6)

TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary

A look at the files of the BBFC, which examines the relationship between the censor and the filmmakers.

Director

Matt Pelly

Producer

Matt Pelly

Editor

Alex Boyle

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Updated Sep 29, 2011

Release date

Sep 29, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Craig Lapper Self - Senior Examiner, BBFC Self - Senior Examiner, BBFC See fewer	Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
Matthew Sweet Self Self See fewer	Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999)
A.T.L. Watkins Self - Chief Censor 1948-1956 (archive footage) (as Arthur Watkins) Self - Chief Censor 1948-1956 (archive footage) (as Arthur Watkins) See fewer
Christopher Frayling Self - Author and Film Historian (as Prof. Christopher Frayling) Self - Author and Film Historian (as Prof. Christopher Frayling) See fewer	Nightmare: The Birth of Victorian Horror (1996)
Kim Newman Self - Film Critic and Author Self - Film Critic and Author See fewer	A Place Among the Dead (2020)
John Trevelyan Self - Chief Censor 1958-1971 (archive footage) Self - Chief Censor 1958-1971 (archive footage) See fewer	Dee Time (1967)
Michael Winner Self - Film Director Self - Film Director See fewer	Death Wish (1974)
Ken Penry Self - Senior Examiner, BBFC 1968-1975 Self - Senior Examiner, BBFC 1968-1975 See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Mark Kermode Self - Film Critic and Author Self - Film Critic and Author See fewer	Kermode & Mayo's Take (2022)
Linda Ruth Williams Self - University of Southampton (as Prof. Linda Ruth Williams) Self - University of Southampton (as Prof. Linda Ruth Williams) See fewer	Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood (2016)
Ken Russell Self - Film Director (archive footage) Self - Film Director (archive footage) See fewer	The Devils (1971)
Stephen Murphy Self - Chief Censor 1971-1975 (archive footage) Self - Chief Censor 1971-1975 (archive footage) See fewer	Tale of a Tower (1971)
Mary Whitehouse Self - Moral Crusader (archive footage) Self - Moral Crusader (archive footage) See fewer	D.O.A. (1980)
Kenneth Rive Self - Cinematographic Exhibitors Association (archive footage) Self - Cinematographic Exhibitors Association (archive footage) See fewer	Horror Express (1972)
James Ferman Self - Chief Censor 1975-1999 (archive footage) Self - Chief Censor 1975-1999 (archive footage) See fewer	Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Carol Topolski Self - Examiner, BBFC 1983-1988 Self - Examiner, BBFC 1983-1988 See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Pier Paolo Pasolini Self - Director, 'Salò' (archive footage) Self - Director, 'Salò' (archive footage) See fewer	The Decameron (1971)
Terry Wogan Self - Chat Show Host (archive footage) Self - Chat Show Host (archive footage) See fewer	Screen One (1985)
Richard Whitmore Self - BBC TV Newsreader (archive footage) Self - BBC TV Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Nicholas Witchell Self - BBC TV Newsreader (archive footage) Self - BBC TV Newsreader (archive footage) See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)
Barry Norman Self - Interviewer (archive footage) Self - Interviewer (archive footage) See fewer	Film '72 (1971)
Alex Boyle Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	Last Chance to See (2009)
Sophie Cole Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	Wanted Down Under (2007)
Cornelius Garrett Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	The Machine (I) (2013)
Robert Murphy Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	Antiques Roadshow (1979)
Edward Palmer Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	Timeshift (2002)
Matt Pelly Readings (voice) Readings (voice) See fewer	Peter: The Human Cyborg (2020)