BBFC Classification
How do the BBFC work?
The BBFC watch the films and videos all the way through and award the films with an age rating and an insight.. Most films are watched by two employees and then if they are undecided the film will be taken to the management for a decision to be made.However the BBFC are only for guidance, local authorities do have the power to change age ratings and classifications.
History of Classification
British Board of Film Censors was created in 1912 by the film industry. It was created when local authorities began to make varying ranges of classifications on film. The BBFC was set up to bring togetherness to those standards. The object was to create a body which could make judgements that were nationally accepted.Since the BBFC was set up, the age ratings of films have changed due to the change in society. This means strictness in regulating as changed