at least she seems to be happy on the last picture

@Rory Kenneigh  
I stand corrected. I guess these days there’s a lot of crossover between what “airs” on TV and what is released to buy. (especially since the advent of the whole streaming boxsets thing)

@Yet One More Idiot  
Except TV shows are rated by the BBFC. Documentaries and Sports Broadcasts are exempt from BBFC rating but TV shows ARE rated by them. All media made available is required to be rated legally, especially if made available for purchase. Their website even has ‘TV Shows’ listed under the ‘Genre’ tab.
 
BBFC also used to rate Majority of games in the UK, but due to them clashing with PEGI on several releases such as Mass Effect (BBFC 12/PEGI 18) and Dragon’s Dogma being the same, they handed over the authority to PEGI. But some recent games have still been rated by BBFC, albeit mostly re-releases of games already reviewd by BBFC, such as Resident Evil 4 & 5 and LA Noire.

@Rory Kenneigh  
Yes, I already mentioned that the BBFC don’t rate videogames, they’re taken care of under the PEGI scheme by the VSC (okay, I didn’t mention that they used to do that. But the important fact is they don’t anymore).
 
BBFC don’t rate TV programmes though - what would be the point, as there is literally no way to control who does or doesn’t watch a programme on TV? ;) I think they do have a say however on whether something is fit for TV broadcast, and usually it would be the ultra-graphic violence or obscene stuff that would be banned from TV (and go in cinemas or on DVD instead, where viewership can theoretically be better controlled).
 
:)

@Yet One More Idiot  
The BBFC rate Movies and TV and they USED to rate Video Games  
But PEGI took over fully.

@Background Pony #67CF  

 
I know, it is such a stupid rule…here’s one example of it:
 
An 18yo man and his 16yo girlfriend had sex. This is entirely legal. They filmed themselves in the bedroom. This, again, is entirely legal.
 
After some time, the couple broke up; why exactly isn’t really relevant, except to say that the guy was angry at his ex-girlfriend. As revenge on her for the break-up, he posted their private sex videos online. This, he was surprised to find a little later, was very much NOT legal.
 
He was immediately prosecuted for unlicensed distribution of pornography. Further, because his (ex-)girlfriend was only 16yo at the time the home sex tapes were made, he was also prosecuted for the far more serious crimes of production and distribution of pornography involving legal minors. Not only was he given a far more severe prison sentence than he would’ve got for merely distributing unlicensed porn, he was also added to the national sex offenders list and will remain on it for the rest of his life, even after his sentence is served and spent. He will be barred for life from any job connected to working with minors, and will never be allowed to live within a certain distance of any school, anywhere in the country.
 
Now, I know that the laws against child sex offenders are there and as strict as they are for very good reason, but this feels like he really fell foul of a stupid difference in age restrictions and will continue to pay for it for the rest of his life.

>tfw you can have sex at 16 but need to be 18 to watch porn  
[British imperialist collapse intensifies]

@Background Pony #C439  

 
Actually, TV isn’t rated in the UK at all. The BBFC are the British Board of Film Classification, and they only rate films/movies/motion pictures (whatever your preferred term is). Video games are rated separately by the Video Standards Council under the PEGI system. :)

You got a loicense for that, mate?

TV rating sucks