• Director(s)

    Luke Campbell

  • Production Year

    1998

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Lionel Fanthorpe

TV Show

Fortean Tv

FORTEAN TV is a British documentary series from the 1990s; this episode takes a look at the BODY WORLDS exhibition in Germany and examines rumours of a mysterious baby boom associated with certain branches of Asda. …

FORTEAN TV is a British documentary series from the 1990s; this episode takes a look at the BODY WORLDS exhibition in Germany and examines rumours of a mysterious baby boom associated with certain branches of Asda.

  • Director(s)

    Luke Campbell

  • Production Year

    1998

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Lionel Fanthorpe

images of real dead bodies, references to self-harm and sex, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
24/10/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
We briefly see a grainy photograph of a woman with a knife sticking out from her head following an incident of domestic violence. However, there is no clear sight of blood or wound detail, nor any further verbal detail relating to the attack.
sex
There are visual and verbal references, including images of x-rays, to surgical patients having inserted foreign objects such as cucumbers into their rectums.
suicide and self-harm
During a segment concerning a collection of foreign objects which were surgically extracted from people's bodies, there are infrequent references to certain patients having deliberately swallowed sharp objects.
injury detail
There is footage of dead bodies being professionally embalmed, including sight of a long incision running down a dead man’s torso where the chest and abdomen appear to have been filled with gauze or other material. We also see images of plastinated and dissected dead bodies at the BODY WORLDS exhibition, with close-up sight of preserved and bloodless muscle, internal organs, eyeballs and genitals. There are also close-up shots of preserved fully-formed foetuses, including one which is displayed inside the uterus of a dissected female corpse. Another segment features extreme close-ups of a malformed foetus or fetiform teratoma which has been surgically removed from a man’s body.
additional issues
There are brief moderate references to cocaine smuggling.
scenes of real self-harm, nudity, references to rape and discrimination
Classified Date:
24/10/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
discrimination
Christian fundamentalists discuss a hatred for abortions and homosexuality. These views are countered and not endorsed by the episode.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man talks about his belief that he was raped by aliens.
suicide and self-harm
Unsimulated scene of self-harm occur within religious contexts involving the practice of self-flagellation. Scenes depict men repeatedly hitting their backs with knives, and being crucified. The behaviour is not condoned.
nudity
Genital nudity, including erections, are depicted in artwork.
additional issues
There are crude references to suicide; the attitudes are not condoned.
strong real injury detail
Classified Date:
24/10/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are close-up images of real wounds being treated with maggots. There is a still image of a dead baby. There are real images of dead animals, and animals with birth defects, such as a two-headed pig and a lamb with a fifth leg growing from its neck.
additional issues
Scenes of animal cruelty include footage, from the 1960s, of an orchestrated cat fight, although without obvious harm to the animals. There is mild rude humour. There is a fleeting verbal reference to a man's suicide.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
24/10/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A segment concerning ‘modern vampires’ with blood-drinking fetishes shows people inflicting injuries and handling and ingesting blood in an implied BDSM setting. For example, people are shown drinking glasses of liquid implied to be human blood, and a woman is seen inflicting cuts on a man’s bare chest before licking and kissing the wounds. The same woman is briefly shown cutting her own arm with a knife, but the resulting injury detail is concealed from view. It is also made evident that the activity has a high harm risk.
additional issues
There are brief close-up images of stillborn babies with congenital developmental disorders, as well as moderate references to historical discrimination towards people with congenital disorders. Another sequence shows a real dead body - without visible injuries - being covered in powder in preparation for a modern mummification process. We also see grainy footage of the bloodied corpses of animals which were supposedly killed by a supernatural creature, in addition to footage from the autopsy of a rabbit. Other issues include brief sight of male rear and pubic nudity.
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  • Classified date

    24/10/2022

  • Distributor

    Network

  • Language

    English