CRITICS of James Ferman's job said that Britain had no need for a film censor. People should be free to see whatever they fancied. Perhaps. But what of a film such as “Salò”? It is a version of the ...

The former British chief film censor, James Ferman, who bore the brunt of criticisms for a string of controversial decisions … The former British chief film censor, James Ferman, who bore the brunt of ...

The former film censor James Ferman has died at the age of 72 after being admitted to hospital with acute pneumonia. He passed away suddenly on Christmas Eve after being admitted to the Royal Free ...

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WITH 23 years experience of judging what might or might not offend the sensibilities of the British public, James Ferman, the country's top film censor, must have anticipated the reaction to his ...

Permit me to correct Tom Vallance's otherwise excellent obituary of James Ferman [3 January], writes Mike Bor. First, it was 1984 (not 1994) that the British Board of Film Classification's powers were ...

James Ferman, who has died aged 72, served for 23 years as director of the film industry's self-regulatory watchdog, the British Board of Film Classification, so naturally became a target for the ...

James Ferman, who has died aged 72, served for 23 years as director of the film industry's self-regulatory watchdog, the British Board of Film Classification, so naturally became a target for the ...

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