Yep, cell gets annihilated by beams on several occasions in the one shown in the UK. He gets wasted (above) by the finalflash and the pics show exactly what's on the show, he gets blown to bits by goku's kame~ wave and his top half blows away and into little bits, then gohan repeats this with the most insanely huge kame~ ever, and cell loses his head things, his legs and one of his arms. That's all not including the final obliteration where all of his cells are disintegrated.
Of course, who knows if that was 'censored down' or not, but it was ALL srotyline dependant so they /had/ to show it.