A visual guide to forbidden advertising from the modern age.
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Police Raids In The Last Days Of Obscenity
A personal memoir of falling foul of Manchester’s over-zealous Obscene Publications Squad – and fighting back.
Ho-Ho-Horror: A Collection Of Fear-Filled Festive Short Films
A new twist on an old tradition – the Christmas horror movie in a compact form.
Last Straw Dogs On The Left – The Inconsistencies And Double Standards Of The BBFC
The story of two controversial movies and their rather different experiences at the hands of film censors who seem to make up the rules as they go along.
This Year’s Halloween Costume Hysteria
The moral panic over the malign influence of Squid Game and the theoretical dangers of children wearing ‘dangerous’ fancy dress.
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.
This Is Intolerable! 200 Motels Too Far
Frank Zappa’s notoriously self-indulgent film and the long-banned stage show version of it.
Adventures In Illegal Distribution: Gorotica
Remembering the oddball world of underground video production, tape trading and sexploitation splatter movies.
Die Crazy Girls Take On The Leader Of The Pack
The spectacular German-language cover version of the immortal pop classic.
An Unlimited Supply: The EMI Video Catalogues
The pioneering home video offerings from one of Britain’s biggest entertainment companies.
Gross Out Cinema: The Faces Of Death Story
Proving fiction to be stranger than truth, the story of the outrageous Shockumentary that spawned sequels, imitations and a cultural phenomenon.
All Night Psychosis
The rise and fall of subversive late-night programming at The Festival Of Fantastic Films.