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Empire of the Censors (1995)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1995
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 2
Average Episode Running Times: 60 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: BBC / Barraclough Carey Productions
Producer: Paul Kerr
Associate Producer: Nigel Algar
Production Manager: Vivienne Steele

SCRIPT
Script: Saskia Baron

DIRECTION
Director: Saskia Baron

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Nick Barnett, Andy Muggleton, Steve Robson
Rostrum Camera: Andre Walker

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Andy Taylor
Video Tape Editor: Roger Watling

SOUND
Sound: Ron Garson, Bill Lewis
Dubbing Mixers: George Foulgham, Bob Jackson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Graphic Designer: David Chadoir
Illustrator: Robbie McDonald

MISCELLANEOUS
Consultant: Tom Dewe Mathews
Researcher: Sharon Brassingthwaite
Film Researcher: Val Evans
Production Assistants: Cathy Haslam, Sharon Brassingthwaite

CAST
Richard E. Grant (host)
Norman Abbott (himself)
Bernardo Bertolucci (himself)
Dirk Bogarde (himself in archive footage)
Roy Boulting (himself)
Donald Cammell (himself)
Tom Dewe Mathews (himself)
James Ferman (himself)
Bryan Forbes (himself)
Margaret Ford (Herself
Philip French (himself)
Derek Hill (himself)
Sharukh Husain (Herself
Nick Jones (himself)
J. Lee Thompson (himself)
Stephen Murphy (himself in archive footage)
Jeremy O'Grady (himself)
Ken Penry (himself)
Roman Polanski (himself)
Michael Relph (himself)
Jeffrey Richards (himself)
Kenneth Rive (himself)
Ken Russell (himself)
Rosemary Stark (herself)
Oliver Stone (himself)
John Trevelyan (himself in archive footage)
Alexander Walker (himself)
Mary Whitehouse (herself)
Steve Woolley (himself)
Liz Wrenn (herself)

PLOT SUMMARY

A look at the history of film censorship in the UK.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributor: BBC

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Variety 10 July 1995 p.29 (USA)
credits, synopsis, review

KEYWORDS

censorship, film history, film-making


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