The film was originally refused a licence to be shown in Glasgow Councillors in Glasgow have lifted an unofficial 30-year-old ban on the Monty Python film The Life of Brian. The council's licensing and regulatory committee approved a request on Tuesday from Glasgow Film Theatre to show the biblical satire under a 15 certificate. Glasgow was one of 39 local authorities in the UK that refused to grant the film a general release in 1979. Opponents said the film, about a Jewish man... [read full story]


