Show us the Messiah! Torquay lifts its ban on Monty Python's Life of Brian

The Times of London reports

Organisers of a comedy film festival in the seaside resort next week have been obliged to get special dispensation after discovering that the film was still on the local authority's blacklist, 28 years after its release.

Specifically, it had assigned the film an "X certificate", meaning only persons over 18 could view it in theaters, and distributors wouldn't show it under that rating.

It remains banned in Aberystwyth, though Mayor wants Python film ban ended .