
James Ferman
Director · 1930 – 2002 · New York, New York, USA
James Alan Ferman was an American television and theatre director. He was the Secretary of the British Board of Film Classification from 1975 to 1999.
Movies6
Movie7.7DocumentaryTV MovieDocumentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the cast.
What's a Carry On?
1998 · 6 votes
- Movie5.3TV MovieDocumentary
The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Empire of the Censors
1995 · 3 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryA documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
2010 · 29 votes
Movie5.7DocumentaryDocumentary about the Emmanuelle movies, looking at their making as well as their social and cultural impact.
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001 · 7 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryHorrorThe highly anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP & VIDEOTAPE documentary, director Jake West and producer Marc Morris continue uncovering the shocking story of home entertainment post the 1984 Video Recordings Act. A time when Britain plunged into a new Dark Age of the most restrictive censorship, where the horror movie became the bloody eviscerated victim of continuing dread created by self-aggrandizing moral guardians. With passionate and entertaining interviews from the people who lived through it and more jaw dropping archive footage, get ready to reflect and rejoice the passing of a landmark era.
Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014 · 14 votes
Movie9.5DocumentaryA look at the last days of James Ferman's rule as Chief Censor of the British Board of Film Classification.
The Last Days of the Board
1999 · 2 votes
Series2
- TV5.1
The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Film '72
1971 · 8 votes
- TVDocumentary
Four-part series demonstrating different kinds of censorship, such as censorship by the government or of art.
Banned in the UK
2005