PRESS:
1843: Libel Act
1947: 1st Royal Commission On The Press (RCP)
1949: 1 RCP report
1949-52: Press Refuse
1952: General Council of the Press, after cross-parliament political pressure of statutory regulation.
1961: 2nd RCP launched
1962: 2nd RCP report
1963: GCP replaced by Press Council.
1977: You have a coalition government. but with a very small minority. Very weak Labour government. 1977 report, no new press regulator, because of fear of the press.
This government had a chance to do something because of an election coming up, because they would lose because of overwhelming negative press coverage.
If they had followed the recommendations of 3.RCP, statutory regulation would have followed.
1979: Conservatives win under Margaret Thatcher.
1980s: Right-wing era
1983: Thatcher elected for second term
1987: Thatcher elected for third term
1995: Tony Blair has meeting with Rupert Murdoch in Australia
1997: Labour is back in power after 18 years, now rebranded, shift to the right. Press secretary Alastair Campbell
2011: Phone Hacking Scandal
2015: Conservative Majority still under David Cameron, Lib Dems out and massive drop of seats from nearly 60 to nine.
2017: General Election
2018: Leveson2 dropped
FILM:
1909: Cinematograph Act
1912: Daily Mail article, BBFC formed. as British Board of Film Censors
Introduction of two advisory certificates:
1923: Irish Film Classification Office created after Irish independence in 1922
1932: Third certificate, Horror (H certificate)
1937: Cinematograph Films Animals Act
1950: First compulsory certificate, X, replacing H certificate
1963: A Certificate split into two
1972: The Last House On The Left banned
1979: Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship report
1982: System overhauled, only U certificate remaining; PG, 15, 18 + R18 introduced
1984: Video Recordings Act 1984 passed by Parliament.
1985: New U certificate "Universal Children" introduced allowing children to watch material on their own
1989: 12 certificate introduced just for cinemas
1994: 12 certificate introduced for videos
1999: James Ferman retires
2001 - 2002: PG-12 test in Norwich
2002: 12 cinema certificate modified and turned into 12A
2009: Uc retired and replaced by BBFCinsight
2010: ConDem Coalition, Video Recordings Act 2010
2014: Pilot programme to test BBFC ratings for UK-produced major label music videos (convergence between film and music video)
2015: Age ratings enforced for UK produced major label music videos
1949: 1 RCP report
1949-52: Press Refuse
1952: General Council of the Press, after cross-parliament political pressure of statutory regulation.
1961: 2nd RCP launched
1962: 2nd RCP report
1963: GCP replaced by Press Council.
1977: You have a coalition government. but with a very small minority. Very weak Labour government. 1977 report, no new press regulator, because of fear of the press.
This government had a chance to do something because of an election coming up, because they would lose because of overwhelming negative press coverage.
If they had followed the recommendations of 3.RCP, statutory regulation would have followed.
1979: Conservatives win under Margaret Thatcher.
1980s: Right-wing era
1983: Thatcher elected for second term
1987: Thatcher elected for third term
1995: Tony Blair has meeting with Rupert Murdoch in Australia
1997: Labour is back in power after 18 years, now rebranded, shift to the right. Press secretary Alastair Campbell
2011: Phone Hacking Scandal
2015: Conservative Majority still under David Cameron, Lib Dems out and massive drop of seats from nearly 60 to nine.
2017: General Election
2018: Leveson2 dropped
FILM:
1909: Cinematograph Act
1912: Daily Mail article, BBFC formed. as British Board of Film Censors
Introduction of two advisory certificates:
1932: Third certificate, Horror (H certificate)
1937: Cinematograph Films Animals Act
1950: First compulsory certificate, X, replacing H certificate
1963: A Certificate split into two
1972: The Last House On The Left banned
1979: Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship report
1982: System overhauled, only U certificate remaining; PG, 15, 18 + R18 introduced
1984: Video Recordings Act 1984 passed by Parliament.
1985: New U certificate "Universal Children" introduced allowing children to watch material on their own
1989: 12 certificate introduced just for cinemas
1994: 12 certificate introduced for videos
1999: James Ferman retires
2001 - 2002: PG-12 test in Norwich
2002: 12 cinema certificate modified and turned into 12A
2009: Uc retired and replaced by BBFCinsight
2010: ConDem Coalition, Video Recordings Act 2010
2014: Pilot programme to test BBFC ratings for UK-produced major label music videos (convergence between film and music video)
2015: Age ratings enforced for UK produced major label music videos
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