BBFC Created Through Christian Hegemony & Tabloid Pressure?

BBFC TIMELINE

1909 - Cinematograph Act

1912 - From The Mangers To The Cross Released

1912 - BBFC (British Board of Film CENSORS) established 

1 January 1913 - Begins operating

1939-45 - Political censorship affectively goes to the Ministry of Information

1984 - Changed to British Board of Film CLASSIFICATION.

Wikipedia page on BBFC:

The BBFC was established in late 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors by members of the film industry, who would rather manage their own censorship than have national or local government do it for them. The immediate impetus for the Board's formation stemmed from the furore surrounding the release in the UK in October 1912 of the film From the Manger to the Cross, about the life of Jesus. The film, shown at the Queen's Hall, London, gained considerable publicity from a great outcry in the Daily Mail, which demanded: "Is nothing sacred to the film maker?", and waxed indignant about the profits for its American film producers.^[5]Although the clergy were invited to see it and found little to be affronted by,^[5] the controversy resulted in the voluntary creation of the BBFC, which began operating on 1 January 1913.^[6]

From the film's entry on Wikipedia

From the Manger to the Cross gained considerable publicity from an outcry in the Daily Mail: "Is nothing sacred to the film maker?" it demanded, and waxed indignant about the profits for its American film producers.^[4] Although the clergy were invited to see it and found little to be affronted by, the controversy resulted in the voluntary creation of the British Board of Film Censors which began operating on 1 January 1913.^[12][13]

From an entry from the Royal Albert Hall website:

Although the sensitive religious subject matter had been approved by members of the clergy before release, and nearly all reviews of the film were positive both for its cinematic qualities and its artistic excellence, opponents including The Daily Mail declared “Is nothing sacred to the film maker?”. The controversy surrounding the film led to the creation of the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC), an organisation which the film trade itself created to forestall official censorship.

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