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BBFC
British Board of Film Classification
Universal
• Stands for suitable for all
• Anyone over the age of 4 and over
• Children’s and Family movies
• Mild language is acceptable such as
‘’hell’’ and ‘’damn’’
• Examples: ‘Help! I’m a fish’, ‘Up’
and ‘ A bug’s life’
PG
• PG stand for parental guidance
• Not necessarily made for
children.
• Should not upset children at the
age of 8 and over
• Will not contain themes that are
inappropriate for children
• May be mild language such as
‘’shit’’ and ‘’son of a bitch’’
12A and 12
• Contains images not suitable for children
under 12 years old.
• 12A means the children under 12 years old
have to be accompanied by an adult and is
enforced be cinemas otherwise cinemas may
lose licence for those movies. 12 is mainly
used on DVDs, Blu-Ray, etc. because those
same rules cannot be enforced at home.
• When it comes to horror films some pass 12A
and 12 with moderate physical and
psychological threat.
15
• No one under the age of 15 is allowed to
watch or rent 15 rated movies.
• There are no restrictions to themes as long
as they are portrayed appropriately for
people age 15.
• Some aspects of 15 rated films are: strong
violence, frequent strong language,
portrayals of sexual activities,
discriminatory language or behaviour and
drug talk.
• 15 rated horror films can have strong
threat and horror as long as there are no
sustained focus on sadistic or sexual
threat.
18
• 18 rated films are for adults only and
cannot be watched in the cinema or be
rented by anyone under the age of 18.
• No themes are prohibited as long as the
material is not illegal or harmful to the
viewer.
• 18 rated film include: very strong
language, strong portrayals of sexual
activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong
horror, strong blood and gore and
discriminatory language or behaviour.
• 18 rated horror films may contain strong
horror, gore and sustained threat.

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Bbfc

  • 1. BBFC British Board of Film Classification
  • 2. Universal • Stands for suitable for all • Anyone over the age of 4 and over • Children’s and Family movies • Mild language is acceptable such as ‘’hell’’ and ‘’damn’’ • Examples: ‘Help! I’m a fish’, ‘Up’ and ‘ A bug’s life’
  • 3. PG • PG stand for parental guidance • Not necessarily made for children. • Should not upset children at the age of 8 and over • Will not contain themes that are inappropriate for children • May be mild language such as ‘’shit’’ and ‘’son of a bitch’’
  • 4. 12A and 12 • Contains images not suitable for children under 12 years old. • 12A means the children under 12 years old have to be accompanied by an adult and is enforced be cinemas otherwise cinemas may lose licence for those movies. 12 is mainly used on DVDs, Blu-Ray, etc. because those same rules cannot be enforced at home. • When it comes to horror films some pass 12A and 12 with moderate physical and psychological threat.
  • 5. 15 • No one under the age of 15 is allowed to watch or rent 15 rated movies. • There are no restrictions to themes as long as they are portrayed appropriately for people age 15. • Some aspects of 15 rated films are: strong violence, frequent strong language, portrayals of sexual activities, discriminatory language or behaviour and drug talk. • 15 rated horror films can have strong threat and horror as long as there are no sustained focus on sadistic or sexual threat.
  • 6. 18 • 18 rated films are for adults only and cannot be watched in the cinema or be rented by anyone under the age of 18. • No themes are prohibited as long as the material is not illegal or harmful to the viewer. • 18 rated film include: very strong language, strong portrayals of sexual activity, scenes of sexual violence, strong horror, strong blood and gore and discriminatory language or behaviour. • 18 rated horror films may contain strong horror, gore and sustained threat.