Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

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In 1963, armed with just a typewriter, a Midlands housewife began a 30-year battle against the permissive society. But how successful was the original 'cancel culture' warrior?

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	Ep	Title	Rating	Yours	Votes	Runtime
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▶	2	Episode #1.2	—	+ 12345678910	—	—

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Sarah DeMelo Self - Curator, National Viewers' and Listeners' Association Archive

Ben Thompson Self - Author, 'Ban This Filth!'

Beatrix Campbell Self - Writer and Feminist Activist

David Sullivan Self - Entrepreneur and Former Pornographer

Geoffrey Robertson Self - Human Rights Barrister

Peter Bradshaw Self - Film Critic, The Guardian

Michael Grade Self - Controller of BBC 1, Self - Former Chairman of the BBC

Jackie Sparke Mary Whitehouse

Simon Johnson Ernest Whitehouse

Sue Elliott-Nichols Voice of Mary Whitehouse

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