Monty Python's Life of Brian that the council had not seen the film, and had based their opinion on what they had been told by the Nationwide Festival of Light, a grouping with an evangelical Christian base, of which they knew nothing. Some bans continued into the 21st century. In 2008, Torbay Council finally permitted the film to be shown after it won an online vote for the English Riviera International Comedy Film Festival. In 2009, it was announced that a thirty-year-old ban of the film in the Welsh town of Aberystwyth had finally been lifted, and the subsequent showing was attended by Terry Jones
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen through this documentary. However, Jeff Silverman of "Variety" said that the film did not refer to any familial troubles and added "God save the queen; the BBC couldn't." Its video version became one of the fastest selling video in the United Kingdom the same year. Amazon customers rated its video 4.5 out of 5. In February 2016 its IMDb rate is 8.5 out of 10 based on 20 reviews. Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen Elizabeth R is a 1992 television documentary film about Queen Elizabeth II. It was produced by the BBC and directed by