Banned in the UK Early '80s (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Banned in the UK

Early '80s (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Controversy and censorship from the early 80s, including the video nasties, Derek and Clive Get the Horn, Ian Dury's Spasticus Autisticus, Joey Deacon, the Falklands War, and the Romans in Britain.

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Mar 7, 2005 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Tony Benn Self Self See fewer	Folk Britannia (2006)
Michael Bogdanov Self Self See fewer	A Light in the Valley (1998)
Graham Bright Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Brass Eye (1997)
Horace Cutler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dockland Rules O.K.! (1978)
Joey Deacon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Horizon (I) (1964)
Chris Donald Self Self See fewer	The Fat Slags (1992)
Ian Dury Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Judge Dredd (1995)
James Ferman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
Mat Fraser Self Self See fewer	Unarmed But Dangerous (2009)
Sheryl Garratt Self Self See fewer	Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland (2018)
Muriel Gray Self Self See fewer	The Tube (1982)
John Hassey Self Self See fewer	Banned in the UK (2005)
Max Hastings Self Self See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Chaz Jankel Self Self See fewer	Real Genius (1985)
Iain Lee Self Self See fewer	Beyond Borders (2003)
Gill Mills Self Self See fewer	One Life Stand (2000)
Michael Nicholson Self Self See fewer	Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Brian J. Robb Self Self See fewer	Banned in the UK (2005)
Geoffrey Robertson Self (as Geoffrey Robertson QC) Self (as Geoffrey Robertson QC) See fewer	Performance (1991)
Sarah Smith Self Self See fewer	Banned in the UK (2005)
Jim White Self Self See fewer	BT Sport Fight Night Live (2017)
Mary Whitehouse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	D.O.A. (1980)