I'm so proud of this. Been meaning to do it for a while. The BBFC: How one British institution went from prurient mummy-knows-best censorship to becoming genuinely useful.

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📽️New episode out🎞️ The BBFC classifies the films we watch and it's a fascinating institution with a turbulent history. Join @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social as they tell its story. ⚠️May (does) contain offensive language. Listen⬇️ listen.podmasters.uk/os241009bbfc...

Absolutely fab premise for a podcast series - subscribed, and will take a while to catch up...

Mary Whitehouse 😫

Superb episode! You mention The Life of Brian... I was first shown this as a young teenager by an Anglican Priest in an RE lesson (while it was still banned where we lived) from a bootleg VHS in the early 80s 😜Superb episode! You mention The Life of Brian... I was first shown this as a young teenager by an Anglican Priest in an RE lesson (while it was still banned where we lived) from a bootleg VHS in the early 80s 😜

It's got everything: sex, horror, state power, space Nazis and beneficial institutional change. What else could you possibly want? If you're new to Origin Story, this is a damn fine place to start.