An anti-bullying advert from 2010 included scenes where a teenage girl sews her own mouth shut, and was banned immediately from being shown on television. It was, however, allowed to be shown online and in cinemas before films rated 12A and above. In a show of good cause, the ad was part of a £1.2 million campaign launched by children's charity Beatbullying in memory of bullied school girl Megan Gillan. The 15-year-old, a student at Macclesfield High School in Cheshire, took a fatal overdose of painkillers after being bullied on social networking site Bebo. Her family endorsed the campaign. The advert promotes a website, cybermentors.org.uk, which allows young people who have been bullied to help each other and discuss their problems. But a spokeswoman for Clearcast, which decides which adverts can be shown on British television, said it was felt some scenes would be viewed as offensive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4svfZngPgE
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
