S14E1 - Video Nasties, Mary Whitehouse and Censorship (Part 1)
Published: July 18, 2026
Duration: 41:59
Britain in the early 1980s. A nation gripped by fear.
Not of war. Not of crime.
But of what was lurking... on the video shelf.
Cheap horror films. Violent exploitation movies. Unregulated VHS tapes passed from hand to hand…
They became known by one unforgettable name...
...the Video Nasties.
At the centre of the storm stood one woman - Mary Whitehouse
To some she was a campaigner. A Champion. A moral crusader.
To others a puritanical, self-appointed moral guardian…
She argued Brit...