Desperate Video: Jaws, Kong, Disney, Depravity And Corruption
Our latest collection of video features from our YouTube channel covers everything from banned books to Disney novelties.
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The Pointless Stupidity Of Graham Bright
The man behind the Video Recordings Act – and the ban on ‘repetitive beat music’ – has died.
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Ding Dong! The Lusty Libertine Adventures Of Casanova ’73
The notorious Leslie Phillips sit-com of the 1970s is not quite the sexist atrocity that it has been made out to be.
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Natural Born Killers In Preston
One of the last gasps of local council censorship as the politicians of Lancashire go up against Oliver Stone.
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Moral Coercion And Twisted Facts From The UK Parliament’s Censorial Fanatics
British politicians and professional censors join forces with American fundamentalists to demand a ban on porn.
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Remembering Martin Barker
The academic author who was the lone defender of Video Nasties and horror comics during the cultural dark ages of the 1980s.
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Britain’s Forgotten Moral Panic Of 1992
The Daily Mail’s relentless campaign of misinformation and outright lies against 0898 premium rate phone lines.
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The Obscenity Trials Of The Century
Two high-profile British trials in 2012 attempted to draw a line in the sand over what was acceptable sexual behaviour between consensual adults.
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British TV Advertising’s Brief Flirtation With The Female Nipple
1994 saw British television advertising step forward into the brave new world of European openness – and then quickly step back again.
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The Ministry For Oppression
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport joins with the BBFC and mainstream TV broadcasters in a mission to stop you from watching whatever you want.
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GB News And The Outrage Publicists
If something upsets and offends you, perhaps it isn’t the smartest idea in the world to keep on promoting it through angry tweets.
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The Bare Facts About The World’s Best – and Rudest – Film Guide
A guide to nudity in mainstream movies was a brilliant idea, but one soon made obsolete by technology.
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