Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

72 films that changed Britain forever.

A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980s.

2010

1h 12min

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Andy Nyman
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Julian Petley
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Marc Morris
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Xavier Mendik
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Kim Newman
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John Hayward
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Martin Barker
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Alan Jones
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Patricia MacCormack
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Leslie Lee
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Astrid Olson
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