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Harm & Offence

Exorcism, the occult and the paranormal

We must act responsibly when including material looking at any aspect of exorcism, the occult, the paranormal, divination or any related practices, particularly in pre-Watershed programmes, on radio when children are particularly likely to be listening or in online content likely to appeal to a high proportion of children.

Demonstrations of such practices in factual programmes must be treated with due objectivity and in entertainment programmes they must be clearly labelled. Also they should not normally contain advice about health, finance, employment or relationships which could encourage people to make life changing decisions.

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