This list would not be complete without mention of a little white haired old lady who set herself up as the moral guardian of an entire nation and went to war against Video Nasties with all the ...

Mary Whitehouse sent letters from teachers worried about the impact "video nasties" were having on their pupils to the highest echelons of the government as part of her long fight against obscenity.

Midland morals campaigner Mary Whitehouse won a formidable ally in Margaret Thatcher – after sending the Iron Lady impassioned letters from teachers worried about the effect “video nasties” were ...