---
id: "gb_bbfc_rating"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: false
categories: ["media"]
country: ["GB"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 90
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/gb_bbfc_rating"
---

# BBFC age rating (United Kingdom) (`gb_bbfc_rating`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Age rating of a film, video or online programme by the British Board of Film Classification: U (universal), PG (parental guidance), 12A (cinema films: 12 and over, younger children with an adult), 12 (videos: 12 and over), 15, 18 and R18 (restricted, sold only in licensed shops). Uc (universal, particularly suitable for young children) was used for videos until 2009.

- Parent datatype: `content_rating`
- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Media and entertainment (media)
- Countries: United Kingdom (GB)
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: categorical

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^(?:Uc|U|PG|12A|12|15|18|R18)$
```

## Examples

- `U`
- `12A`
- `15`
- `R18`
- `PG-13` (invalid example) — MPA film rating (us_mpa_rating)

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P2629`

## Translations

- ru: Возрастной рейтинг BBFC (Великобритания)

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification>
- doc: <https://www.bbfc.co.uk/>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P2629>

## Quality

Score 90/100. Missing: detector coverage.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/gb_bbfc_rating.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/GB/media/gb_bbfc_rating.yaml>