What we do

Here are the answers to the main questions we get asked when we visit schools or chat to parents and children during our education work.

Anyone wanting to release a film at the cinema in the UK needs to make sure the film has a BBFC age rating.

We love to hear what you think about films, age ratings and this site, so please do join in and tell us what you think!

This page is about the history of 12A.

Here we answer your questions about how we age rate films (and DVDs, Blu-rays and on demand) and what it is like to be a BBFC Compliance Officer.

Here’s A Week In The Life Of A Compliance Officer, a diary written by one of our Compliance Officers, Sarah