Studio Project: Age rating Legalities

As one of the segments on our program features an 18 rated game we need to establish the rules about showing footage from the game.
As i understand it no 18 content can be broadcast until after 10pm so my current time slot of 9pm is unsuitable, however as our target audience is between 16-25 the content would be also unsuitable for the under 18's.
"There should be a gentle transition to adult material, and 18-rated content must not air until 22:00 on most channels that are without PIN protection. However, channels that are dedicated to airing adult content such as Horror Channel may be allowed to start 18-rated content at 21:00 without PIN protection. R18-rated material is not allowed at all, and must be edited to fit 18-rated content guidelines if shown on television." - Ofcom

I wanted to clarify what we could and could show to 16 year olds so i emailed some relevant game and tv age rating expert websites including of com and the video game council.

"Hello,

Im the producer of an upcoming TV Pilot and part of our show involves 18 year olds + playing a 18 video game called Hatred as we are wanting to debate the content involved and discuss violence in video games. Our tv show is aimed at 16 - 25 year old so we wanted to know what content we could show from the game if any?

For example we are hoping to have the 18 year old and over play the game and have a split screen where we can see specific parts of the game they are playing. Obviously I'm aware the content of this game is mature so i just wanted clarification about whether we could use any of the game footage or not?

Kind Regards,

Helen Welsh"

Hopefully we will hear back soon.

Stay safe,

Helen