- A lifelong enemy of censorship Antony Balch was even less endeared to them when the British censors removed around 9 minutes from his first feature Secrets of Sex. It was shown in America initially intact as Bizarre (approx 90 minutes) then in a cut down R rated version called Tales of the Bizarre (approx 72 minutes).
- For its original UK cinema release around 9 minutes of footage was removed by the BBFC. It was resubmitted later the same year (1970) when the age limit for X-rated films had been raised to 18 from the previous 16 and received less cuts, mainly to the 'mummy' commentary and the torture photography scene. A heavily condensed version (running barely 30 mins) was released in 1977 and the complete version was passed fully uncut for the Odeon DVD release in 2010.
- Towards the end of his life Balch distributed in the UK what was known as 'Secrets of Sex/short version' which cut the film down to 30 minutes.
- The British video released after Balch's death in 1980 is the full uncut version entitled Bizarre (on the Iver Film Services label).
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