Useful Website Addresses
The BBFC is not responsible for the content of external websites.
www.imdb.com - the Internet Movie Database: broad-based box office, reviews, synopses and cast lists for film and television www.rottentomatoes.com - US movie site with news, reviews and box office charts www.mrqe.com - Movie Review Query Engine – search site for film reviews from newspapers and magazines www.planetbollywood.com - for South Asian (principally Hindi) films with news, reviews, interviews and box office charts www.apunkahoice.com - search site for news and reviews etc about South Asian films, including those in Malayalam. www.chennaionline.com/fiilm/index.asp - site for Tamil movie reviews and news www.hkmdb.com/index.en.shtml - movie review database for Hong Kong films. www.gamesradar.com - site for news, previews, reviews and charts of PS2, Xbox, PC games (plus other formats) US moral guardian sites for parents: www.screenit.com - US ‘moral guardian’ movie review site for parents to assess film content. The BBFC's main website can be found at: www.bbfc.co.uk. Its educational website dedicated to primary school children and their parents and teachers can be found at: www.cbbfc.co.uk. For access to items such as annual reports, codes, press releases, research and complaints www.ofcom.org.uk - Ofcom is the government body responsible for the regulation of UK television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. Its site includes Codes on programmes and advertising. www.asa.org.uk - Advertising Standards Authority – for information on the self-regulatory body for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotins and direct marking in the UK. BBC Producer Guidelines - comprehensive guidelines for those producing material for the BBC including sections on taste and decency (language/ violence etc) and the law. www.videostandards.org.uk - Video Standards Council, set up 1989 as a non-profit making body oversee standards within the computer and video games industry. www.bva.org.uk British Video Asssociation’s site for the industry with information for distributors including statistics on DVD/ video sales and rentals. www.pcc.org.uk/index2.html Press Complaints Commission deals with complaints about the editorial content of the UK’s newspapers and magazines. (those with * are non-English language websites). www.oflc.gov.au/splash.html - Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm - Canada’s media awareness network. To find out about Canada’s classification system check out www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/ratings For research/ resources on media violence and stereotyping - www.media-awareness.ca/english/issues/index.cfm www.medieraadet.dk/html/gb/gb.htm - Denmark’s Medierådet før Børn og Unge (The Media Council for Children and Young People www.vet.fi/english/board.html - Finland’s Valtion Elokuvatarkastamo (Finnish Board of Film Classification) www.cnc.fr - France’s Centre Nationale de la Cinematographie* www.spio.de/INDEX.HTM - Germany’sSpitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft e.V (SPIO)* www.tela.gov.hk/english/about4_org_e.htm - Hong Kong ’s Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority www.cbfcindia.tn.nic.in/backgroundpage3.htm - India ’s Central Board of Film Certification www.ifco.ie/ifco/ifcoweb.nsf/web/Home?OpenDocument&type=graphic - Ireland ’s Irish Film Censors' Office www.kijkwijzer.nl/engels/ekijkwijzer.html - Netherlands’ Kykwyzer (and Nicam Classification system) www.filmtilsynet.no/ - Norway’s Statens Filmtilsyn* www.cbfc.gov.pk - Pakistan ’s Central Board of Film Censors www.fpb.gov.za/about.htm - South Africa’ sFilm and Publications Board www.statensbiografbyra.se/hemsida.htm - Sweden ’s Statens biografbyrå (SBB) http://filmages.vd.ch/FrameRecherche.htm – Switzerland’s Commissions Cinéma (Cantons of Geneva and Vaud)* www.censorship.govt.nz/ - New Zealand ’s The Office of Film and Literature Classification www.mpaa.org - US’s Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) www.hmso.gov.uk/legislation/about_legislation.htm - UK legislation online from 1988 www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm - Home office Research, for example on crime, drugs, alcohol. Check out ‘publications’ for research studies, findings and statistical bulletins. www.statistics.gov.uk - National Statistics online. Find statistics on population, crime, road accidents, deaths etc. None of these sites require an Athens Password. Unfortunately, Athens passwords are not available to the BBFC. However, if you as an individual are attached to a medical or academic institution, you may have access to an Athens Password which will allow you to use a vast array of additional academic and journal databases www.bl.uk - British Library. Search its integrated catalogue at http://catalogue.bl.uk/ for books, journal and newspaper titles. Subscription or a visit to St Pancras is required to search its ‘inside’ catalogue for journal articles. www.copac.ac.uk - combined database of 24 major academic libraries in the UK and Ireland. Principally a book rather than journal article search www.ingenta.com - excellent journal article database. Weighted towards American journals. Use this to find journal articles which can be ordered from the British Library Document Supply Service (via the BBFC library) www.sosig.ac.uk - Social Science Information Highway. Search its database for journal articles or web-based articles. www.thepaperboy.com/uk - access to many of the major UK national papers – Telegraph, Guardian, Independent, Times, Scotsman, Sun, plus local papers and newspapers across the world. Allows you to search for articles. www.highbeam.com/library/ - also available on thepaperboy site. Search engine for newspaper and academic articles across the world. www.bbc.co.uk - useful access point to all BBC information on news, education etc www.channel4.com - useful access point to all Channel 4 information on education, health etc (drugs). www.itn.co.uk - ITN’s news website. http://film.guardian.co.uk/ - The Guardian newspaper's online guide to Film - the site contains a special section on Film Censorship www.talktofrank.com - the UK government’s service for ‘straight talk about drugs’. Again includes an A – Z of drugs detailing costs, effects, dangers and penalties. www.drugscope.org.uk - independent advice from the UK’s leading charity providing balanced info for users and professionals. Includes A – Z of drugs, detailing effects, dangers and penalties. www.sortingitout.org.uk - resources site for teachers and parents ‘putting drugs into perspective for Primary School children (5 –11s)’. www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk - a series of websites to support schools’ health curriculum which managed by the Health Development Agency on behalf of the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills. In particular the site includes: www.welltown.gov.uk - interactive site where children aged 5-7 (Key Stage 1) can find out about different health issues including being active, playing safely and keeping safe at home (including rules about medicines). www.galaxy-h.gov.uk - space-style interactive site where ‘voyagers’ aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2) can explore different areas including Mum’s lab where they can learn about the dangers of cleaners, medicines, pills, electrical wires and matches. www.lifebytes.gov.uk – site providing health information for 11-14s (Key Stage 3) including facts and a quiz about drugs. Drugs are dealt with by their proper and slang names, there’s info (including visual) about what each drug looks like, whether it’s a stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen or analgesic, how it’s used, the duration and nature of its effects, the risks and legality of its use and supply and what to do in an emergency. www.mindbodysoul.gov.uk - range of health facts and quizzes for 14-16s (Key Stage 4) about various issues including alcohol, smoking and drugs. Looks at why people might use drugs, and the effects, risks and myths of drugs. Drugs are dealt with by their proper and slang names, there’s info (including visual) about what each drug looks like, whether it’s a stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen or analgesic, how it’s used, the duration and nature of its effects, the risks and legality of its use and supply and what to do in an emergency. |
