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
Welsh history in Chicago an international friendly at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois. Since 2009, Chicago's iconic Wrigley Building has been illuminated on March 1 in the Welsh national colours (white, red & green) to honour St. David's Day. On Sunday June 6, 2010 the cult independent Welsh film "A Bit of Tom Jones?" received its North American premiere in Chicago. On March 1, 2018 four Chicago area buildings (The Wrigley Building, Two Prudential Plaza, The InterContinental Hotel and the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier) illuminated red, white & green to celebrate St. David's Day.<ref> Welsh history in Chicago Over the years Chicago has