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Censorship of films has always been a thorny issue, where the censors will never be able to please all in their decisions. The British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) was founded in 1912 as board independent of the government and the film makers. They had two classifications of film at this time. These were ‘U’ for films suitable for all and ‘A’ for adult audiences only. The BBFC was made responsible for all cinema just a year later, up until this point it had been up to local councils to make the decision, so what could be seen in Bristol or London, may not be seen in Manchester for example. The local councils could still overrule the decisions of the BBFC, from the 1920s they generally accepted the decisions of the Board. In the early days, the Board had, under President T. P O‘Connor, drawn up a list of 43 ‘Grounds for Deletion.’ This was a list which was used by the BBFC’s examiners as reasons to censor films, and were very representative of their the time. Whereas scenes of drug addiction (‘Trainspotting’ (1996)), realistic horrors of warfare (‘Apocalypse Now’ (1979)) and men and women in bed together (just about any film or television programme) are more acceptable now, and looking back seem dracon