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This article is about the obsolete BBFC certificate. For the obsolete MPAA rating, see X rating.
Bbfc x cert

X certificate was an old BBFC certificate stating that children under 16 could not see a film. The age restriction was modified to 18 in compliance with the new AA certificate in 1970 and was changed to the 18 certificate in 1982, it's because of the lewd reputation the letter X has acquired. It is the successor to the non-compulsory H certificate. However, in the 1980s, some older films, due to the BBFC being more liberal today then they were in the 1950s, have been rerated at 15, PG or even at U. These include numerous B-movie violent films, including the "big bug" movies of the 1950s, Rebel Without a Cause, among other films.

Xcertificate

Rated X in Lesbian Lavatory Lust (Note: This is a spoof certificate from an episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News as you can tell by the number of signatories.)

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1967-1982

British Board of Film Classification (BBFC)
BBFC U BBFC PG BBFC 12A BBFC 12 BBFC 15 BBFC 18 BBFC R18

Formerly used certificates: A | H | X | AA | Uc | PG-12

History of certificates | Video Recordings Act 1984 | Rejected works | Cut works | Discrepancies

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