The British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification is an independent, non-government body which specializes is classifying  cinema films since 1912 - when cinemas first opened. They also specialize in classifying the certificates of video games - since the passing of the video recordings act in 1984.

- Sets age of film.

- They sit and watch the film and decide on the movies age certificate in reference to the BBFC guidelines. Their are 9 areas at which these guidelines are produced under;

1) Discrimination

2) Violence

3) Drugs

4) Horror

5) Imitable behavior 

6) Language

7) Nudity

8) Sex

9) Theme

- These guidelines are updated every 4 years. The most recent update took place in June 2009, meaning that the next update will be in 2013.


The Age certificates that the BBFC classify their given movies by are;