Film and Video Censorship in Contemporary Britain: From the Live to the Virtual

Introduction; PART I. 'CENSORIOUS RIGMAROLE AND LEGALISTIC OVERKILL'; Introduction; 1. A Nasty Story; 2. Nastier Still; 3. Two or Three Things I Know About 'Video Nasties'; PART II. AFTER THE DELUGE; Introduction; 4. 'The Tenor of the Times': an Interview With James Ferman; 5. 'Reading Society Aright': Five Years After the Video Recordings Act; 6. The Video Image; PART III. NINETIES NIGHTMARES; Introduction; 7. 'Not Suitable for Home Viewing'; 8. Vicious Drivel and Lazy Sluts; 9. Doing Harm; 10. The Anatomy of a Newspaper Campaign: Crash; 11. The Last Battle, or Why Makin' Whoopee Matters; PART IV. NEW MILLENNIUM, NEW BEGINNING?; Introduction; 12. 'The Way Things are Now': an Interview With Robin Duval; 13. The Limits of the Possible; 14. Full Circle; Appendix: The DPP 'Top 60' List of 'Video Nasties'

Julian Petley is Professor of Screen Media and Journalism at the Brunel University.