Here are some documents which you may find useful.
You will find the BBFC’s published Guidelines, as well as the Guidelines Research documents from the last three public consultations conducted by the BBFC.
The BBFC Annual Reports provide much detail about the classification decisions made each year, as well as information about education, research work, financial information and other developments.
There are also documents detailing research work that has been commissioned by the BBFC in areas such as video games and sexual violence, and also official BBFC responses to Government papers on various subjects.
Guidelines
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BBFC Classification Guidelines 2009
Version: 1.0
Updated: June 30, 2010
Size: 2.05 MB
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Guidelines Research - Public Opinion & the BBFC Guidelines 2009
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 15, 2010
Size: 1.03 MB
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2000 Guidelines Research - Sense and Sensibilities
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 211.41 KB
Annual Reports
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BBFC Annual Report 2010
Version: 1.0
Updated: June 8, 2011
Size: 7.3 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2009
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 9, 2010
Size: 12.64 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2008
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 10.96 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2007
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 13.88 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2006
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 2.64 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2005
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 5.73 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2004
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 4.21 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2003
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 3.96 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2002
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 3.29 MB
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BBFC Annual Report 2001
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 3.84 MB
Policy & Research
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Discriminatory Language Research
Version: 1.0
Updated: May 18, 2011
Size: 2.69 MB
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Mumsnet Research into parental attitudes to content unsuitable for children in presently exempt video works
Version: 1.0
Updated: March 17, 2011
Size: 269.76 KB
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12A - Research Presentation
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 1.42 MB
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12A National Survey Research Findings
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 79.72 KB
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12A Research Findings Qualitative Stage
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 83.51 KB
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2000 Guidelines Research - Sense and Sensibilities
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 211.41 KB
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2005 Guidelines Research - Public opinion and the BBFC Guidelines 2005
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 845.65 KB
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Audience Perception of TV Wrestlng
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 263.14 KB
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Audiences and Receptions of Sexual Violence in Contemporary Cinema
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 2.88 MB
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BBFC Consumer Advice Research 2005
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 115.66 KB
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BBFC Expert Consultation - Teen References in R18 works - 2006
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 36.57 KB
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BBFC Expert Consultation - Violence and Abuse in R18 Sex Works - 2007
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 50.9 KB
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BBFC Video Games Report
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 306.27 KB
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Bollywood Batein - South Asian Cinema
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 483.26 KB
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Classifying Games - Qualitative Research Findings (January 2008)
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 6.02 MB
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Downloading classification study
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 80.19 KB
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Knowing it when you see it
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 243.57 KB
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Research into the use of pornography
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 64.3 KB
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VAC Appeal 15 and 16
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 82.93 KB
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Video Game Regulation in the UK - The View of Adults and Parents
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 546.16 KB
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Where do you draw the line
Version: 1.0
Updated: August 2, 2010
Size: 1.44 MB
Public Statements
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BBFC response to the consultation on possession of non-photographic visual depictions of child sexual abuse
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 27.35 KB
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BBFC Response to consulatation on the possession of extreme pornography
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 37.2 KB
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Robin Duval lecture to the RSA
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 48.64 KB
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BBFC Response to the Communication White Paper
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 24.64 KB
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BBFC Guidelines 2000 Press Conference
Version: 1.0
Updated: July 18, 2010
Size: 19.29 KB
