Editing Bleep censor (section)

=== Advertising in the United Kingdom ===
Under the [[Ofcom]] guidelines, [[Television advertisements|television]] and [[radio commercial]]s are not allowed to use bleeps to obscure swearing under [[Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre|BACC/CAP]] guidelines. However, this does not apply to program trailers or cinema advertisements and "fuck" is bleeped out of two cinema advertisements for [[Johnny Vaughan]]'s [[95.8 Capital FM|Capital FM]] show and the cinema advertisement for the ''[[Family Guy]]'' season 5 DVD.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} An advert for [[esure]] insurance released in October 2007 uses the censor bleep, as well as a black star placed over the speaker's mouth, to conceal the name of a competitor company the speaker said she used to use.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} The Comedy Central advert for ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' had a version of "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch" where vulgarities were bleeped out, though the movie itself did not have censorship, and was given a 15 rating.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

A [[Barnardo's]] ad, released in summer 2007, has two versions: one where a boy can be heard saying "fuck off"<!--This should be left uncensored, Wikipedia is not censored (see WP:NOTCENSORED)--> four times which is restricted to "18" rated cinema screenings, and one where a censor bleep sound obscures the profanity which is still restricted to "15" and "18" rated films.<ref>Mark Sweney, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/05/advertising.asa "Probe into Barnardo's F-word ads"], ''The Guardian'', 5 July 2007
</ref> Neither is permitted on UK television.

Trailers for programs containing swearing are usually bleeped until well after the watershed, and it is very rare for any trailer to use the most severe swear words uncensored.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}