The anti-filth activists go to extreme lengths to make their point under the banner of protecting vulnerable young minds.

The reports research was criticised as having been insubstantial, untrustworthy and poorly gathered.

The report had been rushed through and the findings partly invented to suit a political agenda.

A man looking at a shelf of VHS horror tapes

The UK in the early 1980s was a place of unrest.

In 1984, Graham BrightsVideo Recordings Actwas passed requiring that VHS titles passed through BBFC censorship before UK distribution.

Thats what makes BBC ThreesVideo Nastymore than just a fun horror romp.

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Video Nasty is available to stream in full now on BBC iPlayer.

Anne-Marie Duff looking upset with her hands by her chest in BBC thriller Reunion