Certificate Guidlines 18.

A film or video game with an '18' certificate means only people aged 18 or over may view/play it.



This means the film/game concerned may contain:



-very strong violence, blood or gore

-frequent or very strong language

-strong sexual activity

-scene/s of sexual violence

-strong horror

-discriminatory laguage/behaviour

-drug use (if it does not promote or encourage)



However, if the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) feel that some of the material is inappropriate, they can make cuts. They say:



Intervention is most likely in the following areas:


• where the material is in breach of the criminal law, or has been created through the commission of a criminal offence



• where material or treatment appears to the BBFC to risk harm to individuals or, through their behaviour, to society – for example, any detailed portrayal of violent or dangerous acts, or of illegal drug use, which may cause harm to public health or morals. This may include portrayals of sexual or sexualised violence which might, for example, eroticise or endorse sexual assault



• where there are more explicit images of sexual activity which cannot be justified by context. Such images may be appropriate in ‘R18’ works and, in “sex works” (see below), would normally be confined to that category.