Looking back at Britain’s most outrageous and chaotically inept television channel, the home of sex and violence, banned movies and disrupted broadcasts.
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Banned And Damned: Sex, Violence And Blasphemy On Channel 4 In The 1990s
Provocative documentaries about forbidden culture, from the days when Channel 4 was still a credible and daring broadcaster.
I Want A Monster To be My Friend – Sesame Street’s Banned Song
The educational TV show’s song encouraging kids not to be afraid of imaginary monsters has some unfortunate lyrics.
The Strange Case Of Heil Honey, I’m Home
The mystery and misdirection behind Britain’s most notorious and misunderstood sit-com.
The Outer Fringes Of Horror Cinema: Oddball Anthology Night Train To Terror Dissected
An eccentric slice of cinematic cannibalism, as obscure and unfinished films are chopped, changed and rendered incoherent in a portmanteau of pointlessness.
The BBC’s Banned Songs Of The Gulf War
The tunes considered too dangerous and subversive to be played on national radio during Desert Storm.
Gestapo’s Last Orgy Is Still Too Outrageous For Britain’s Censors
The British film censors are still confusing offensiveness for dangerousness as they ban yet another former Video Nasty.
The Reprobate Top(less) Tens Of 2020
What was hot on The Reprobate in 2020? You can probably guess.
The VHS Wonderland Of Portland Films
Remembering the pioneers of mail order VHS cult movie retail in the wild west days of uncensored video.
Infantilising Britain: A Lesson From History
Looking back at the hysterical, evidence-free report on ‘sexualisation’ by Reg Bailey, the man the BBFC want to oversee their appeals committee.
Yoko Ono Gets Her Bottom Spanked By The British Censors
The time the BBFC got its knickers in a twist about four minutes of jiggling buttocks.
If You Go Down In The Woods Today… Walerian Borowczyk’s La Bête
Walerian Borowczyk’s satirical fairy tale remains one of the most outrageous films ever made.