The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is an independent non-governmental organization that has been classifying films in the UK since 1912 and videos/DVDs since 1984. The BBFC rates films using strict guidelines to ensure content is appropriate for different age groups, as young children could otherwise access material unsuitable for their age. They provide ratings to help viewers determine if a film's language, violence, sexuality or other content is acceptable for their viewing. The purpose of the BBFC's ratings is to make everyone comfortable with the films they watch by indicating how adult or child-oriented different films are.

2. What is bbfc?
• The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-governmental body rather then other firms which get their
funding from the government. This company has which has classified cinema films since it was set up in 1912 and videos/
DVDs since the Video Recordings Act was passed in 1984.
• Bbfc are responsible for the rating of films which you normally see in either the film or a little symbol on the dvd case.
• The bbfc uses strict guidelines to rate films which makes perfect viewing for all ages as if they didn’t young children could
purchase something which is totally un aimed at them as a target audience which they mind offending either language,
racially, sexually or in any other fashion which would not be acceptable for a young person to view.
• Additionally they can also give a rating to some video games as they might include violence, bad language, disturbing images
or anything which needs to be monitored.

3. What’s the point of them being
around?
• The whole point of the bbfc being around is to ensure that everyone is happy and
comfortable with the film they are watching. Certain types of films are made for certain age
groups or types of person, for instance;
• If somebody had a bad heart and the film contained a lot of jumpy moments it would
probably be best to advise someone that the film has a higher rating of age due to the scary
nature of the film, the age rating is an indication of how adult or child like the film is.

4. How they rate the films?