BBFC 1960s

• Challenges to the Obscene Publications Act (1959) suggested a strong shift in public opinion

PEEPING TOM

• 'Morbid concentration on fear'
• Various cuts were suggested and the film was passed X in 1960 with cuts
• Film was greeted with a torrent of abuse and failed to please the public
• Video remained an 18 work until 2007 when it was reclassified and passed 15