What’s your favourite trilogy? Is it Star Wars? The Godfather? Or Days Are Numbers three part investigation into the history of film censorship in Britain, Banned for Glory (parts one, two and three)? My favourite is most definitely the latter. Only joking, of course! (Or am I?) But overwhelmed as I am by the amount of [...]
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Banned for Glory (part three)
(“Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends…” Except it does end, it ends here. I have no idea why I’m quoting Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but anyway… This is the third and final instalment of our in-depth look at the “golden age” of British film censorship. In part one we skipped through decades [...]
Banned for Glory (part two)
(Hello peeps. Welcome to part two of my look at the history of film censorship in Britain, and how it affected me, in particular, in a series of blogs which could easily carry the sub-heading “The BBFC & Me”. Apologies for the delay in getting part two onto your ass; the blame can be partly [...]
Banned for Glory (part one)
(Cue Alfred Hitchcock Presents music: Good evening. I’m trying something different this time round. In my continuing effort to cement a reputation for myself as the Nigel Slater of film blogs, I present for you today another semi-autobiographical investigation of a chosen cinematic subject, this time British film censorship. As I have no shortage of [...]
