Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

Mary Whitehouse, the teacher and housewife ran a 30-year campaign to turn back the tide the permissive culture she saw sweeping through society with the advent of the sexual revolution. This programme revisits some of her campaigns.

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Mar 29, 2022 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Jackie Sparke Mary Whitehouse Mary Whitehouse See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Simon Johnson Ernest Whitehouse Ernest Whitehouse See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Sue Elliott-Nichols Voice of Mary Whitehouse (voice) (as Sue Elliot Nichols) Voice of Mary Whitehouse (voice) (as Sue Elliot Nichols) See fewer	Call the Midwife (2012)
Bernardo Bertolucci Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Conformist (1970)
Peter Bradshaw Self - Film Critic, The Guardian Self - Film Critic, The Guardian See fewer	Baddiel's Syndrome (2001)
Gyles Brandreth Self - Writer and Broadcaster Self - Writer and Broadcaster See fewer	Dear Ladies (1983)
Beatrix Campbell Self - Writer and Feminist Activist Self - Writer and Feminist Activist See fewer	Dispatches (1987)
Sarah DeMelo Self - Curator, National Viewers' and Listeners' Association Archive (as Dr. Sarah DeMelo) Self - Curator, National Viewers' and Listeners' Association Archive (as Dr. Sarah DeMelo) See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Michael Grade Self - Former Chairman of the BBC Self - Former Chairman of the BBC See fewer	Kane & Abel (1985)
Hugh Greene Self - Director-General of the BBC 1960-1969 (archive footage) (as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene) Self - Director-General of the BBC 1960-1969 (archive footage) (as Sir Hugh Carleton Greene) See fewer	The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)
Mary Kenney Self - Journalist and Broadcaster Self - Journalist and Broadcaster See fewer	Junebug (2005)
Ken Loach Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Lorraine Pountney Self - Former Pupil of Mary Whitehouse Self - Former Pupil of Mary Whitehouse See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Roy Pountney Self - Former Pupil of Mary Whitehouse Self - Former Pupil of Mary Whitehouse See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Geoffrey Robertson Self - Human Rights Barrister (as Geoffrey Robertson QC) Self - Human Rights Barrister (as Geoffrey Robertson QC) See fewer	Performance (1991)
David Sullivan Self - Entrepreneur and Former Pornographer Self - Entrepreneur and Former Pornographer See fewer	Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
Peter Tatchell Self - LGBT+ Human Rights Campaigner Self - LGBT+ Human Rights Campaigner See fewer	Forgetting the Many: The Royal Pardon of Alan Turing
Ben Thompson Self - Author, 'Ban This Filth!' Self - Author, 'Ban This Filth!' See fewer	Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story (2022)
Ernest Whitehouse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer
Mary Whitehouse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	D.O.A. (1980)