Two high-profile British trials in 2012 attempted to draw a line in the sand over what was acceptable sexual behaviour between consensual adults.
Tag: Mary Whitehouse
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.
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.
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.
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.
Have You Said Your Prayers Today?
A brief history of scurrilously irreligious modern art.
Mary Whitehouse And The Nationwide Festival Of Light
The rise and fall of Britain’s most determined and publicity-hungry moral campaigner and the organisation that she founded.
Mary Whitehouse Vs Michael Winner On British Daytime TV
Britain’s most controversial filmmaker, the moral campaigner and a gaggle of Rambos collide on a television discussion show.
Mary Whitehouse And The Sex Life Of Jesus
The relentless moral campaigner and her fight to prevent a blasphemous film from being made.
When David Bailey Met Andy Warhol – The Banned TV Documentary
Two of the iconic art figures of the 1960s meet in a fascinating British television film.
All Hanging Separately: Why The Moralisers Win
The naked self-interest and rivalry of those at the sharp end of the moral panic stick only helps the censorship campaigners. Let’s cut out the in-fighting and focus on the real enemy.