Talk:History of British film certificates

Add 2019/2020 redesigns?
From October 2019, the age rating symbols will be replaced by a redesigned set:

Is it worth adding the new symbols pre-emptively or waiting until they actually begin? Energizerspark (talk) 01:39, 15 September 2019 (UTC)

1982 black symbols
Does anyone have a source on the plain black symbols we have for 1982. The citation is used for both the '82 and '85 sections and doesn't say anything about a change in design. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.22.33.113 (talk) 20:38, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

1982 black symbols source
They are listed on the BBFC site.

https://darkroom.bbfc.co.uk/original/cba43d2fa5d5346558a1de8cfc811977:ee1df9ebf9260519394f2af53aea1533/history-of-the-age-ratings-symbols-2020.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:6B66:662C:0:1064:C1B5:F554:4D51 (talk) 18:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Wrong symbols between 1985 and 2002?
All of the symbols in the 1985–1989 and 1989–2002 sections have a copyright date of 1999. The symbols used prior to 1999 were certainly different, and the vast majority of releases before 2002 used the 1985-copyrighted symbols. Would it not be wise (and more accurate) to use images of the 1985 symbols in these two sections then? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesArthurSturgess (talk • contribs) 17:45, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Now you mention it, I did not notice any difference between the 1985 and the 1999 logos although I had grown up with home video starting with VHS. I have since compared the 99 image for the U certificate logo from the current Wikipedia article with the 85 image I found in Google image search and the U certainly looks narrower in the 85 logo. I am however at a loss to find the 1985 logos for the other certificates. Tk420 (talk) 18:19, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I have since found the 1985 logos on he Fandom site Logopedia and added them to the 1985-1989 section. Unfortunately, I can only find the 12 logo dated 1994 which was the year the 12 certificate became available on home video although the certificate was adopted for cinematic releases in 1989. In order to still have the 1999 logos included, I have kept them in the 1989-2002 section but this leaves out the pre-1999 Uc and 12 logos. However, with little difference from the 1985 U and 15 logos it is possible potential readers can visualise them. I have included my uploads of the Uc and 12 certificate logos below in case they are useful.File:BBFC Uc logo 1985.pngFile:BBFC 12 logo 1994.png Tk420 (talk) 20:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Then again, I have since noticed the pre-1999 symbols on the original DVD releases for Chicken Run, the Complete Father Ted and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which were all released between 1999 and 2003. According to the Logopedia article https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification the 1999 symbols were used in tandem with the 1989 symbols. I cannot find any reliable evidence for this but according to my theory, home video distributers would have been reluctant to replace the pre-1999 symbols if the new symbols were not compulsory remembering the continued use of the 2002-2019 symbols before the post-2019 symbols were compulsory. Tk420 (talk) 09:27, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

15a missing symbol
15a just has a missing picture 152.117.98.28 (talk) 12:41, 15 August 2023 (UTC)