Television: Pornography
Commons · Question 75595 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that television documentaries that contain pornographic scenes are (a) censored and (b) blocked.
Answer
Answered by Ian Murray, 17 Sep 2025
Broadcast regulation is a matter for the independent regulator Ofcom. The Broadcasting Code prohibits material equivalent to the British Board of Film Classification R18-rating. Adult sex material, as defined by Ofcom, must not be broadcast at any time ot...