Monty Python's Life of Brian and Michael Palin alongside mayor Sue Jones-Davies (who portrayed Judith Iscariot in the film). However, before the showing, an Aberystwyth University student discovered that a ban had only been discussed by the council and in fact that it had been shown (or scheduled to be shown) at a cinema in the town in 1981. In 2013, a German official in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia considered the film to be possibly offensive to Christians and hence subject to a local regulation prohibiting its public screening on Good Friday, despite protests by local atheists. In New York (the film's release in
Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen royal documentary, "Royal Family". The program was narrated by Ian Holm and Rachel Portman's music was specially composed for the film. The filming took place over 18 months. Before its public air, the Royal Family watched it and approved its broadcasting. The format of the 110-minute film is color and NTSC. A VHS video of the program was released in 1992. The script of the program was later published as a book with the same title. The film was aired on 6 February 1992, the 40th Accession Day of the Queen, and it was also broadcast in more than 25