A Very British Scandal

Director(s)Anne Sewitsky
Production year2021
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes61m
CastClaire Foy, Paul Bettany, Julia Davis

A Very British Scandal

strong sex references, sex
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL is a British drama series; in this episode, heiress Margaret Sweeny is in the midst of a divorce when she meets the married Ian Campbell, future Duke of Argyll.

sex
Strong sex references include sometimes crude verbal phrases, including those relating to the mechanics of sex. There are also visual sex references, such as a scene featuring several wind-up penises at a party. There are scenes of thrusty sex.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('slut', 'cock', 'hussy', 'areshole', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'fanny', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'damn'). There are scenes in which a husband is cruel to his wife, such as a scene in which he mocks her speech impediment and suggests he only married her for her money. A man jokes briefly about taking his own life. There are frequent scenes of people smoking cigarettes.
strong sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL is a British drama series; in this episode, the animosity between husband and wife ramps up and Margaret schemes to set Ian up to lose a divorce suit.

violence
A man strangles his partner during a domestic row.
sex
There are strong sex references, such as impression of a woman giving a man oral sex and one woman remarking to another about parties that were essentially just "canapes and cock."
additional issues
There is also infrequent strong language ('f**k') and brief drug references.
strong language, sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL is a British drama series; in this episode, heiress Margaret Sweeny is in the midst of a divorce when she meets the married Ian Campbell, future Duke of Argyll.

violence
There is strong threat during a brief scene of a man strangling his wife during a domestic row.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'fanny', 'cock', 'arse' and 'bloody'.
sex
Strong sex references include references relating to the mechanics of oral sex and crude references to a woman's vulva.
additional issues
There is also moderate injury detail.
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Classified date07/09/2022
LanguageEnglish
sex
Strong sex references include sometimes crude verbal phrases, including those relating to the mechanics of sex. There are also visual sex references, such as a scene featuring several wind-up penises at a party. There are scenes of thrusty sex.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('slut', 'cock', 'hussy', 'areshole', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'fanny', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'damn'). There are scenes in which a husband is cruel to his wife, such as a scene in which he mocks her speech impediment and suggests he only married her for her money. A man jokes briefly about taking his own life. There are frequent scenes of people smoking cigarettes.
strong sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man strangles his partner during a domestic row.
sex
There are strong sex references, such as impression of a woman giving a man oral sex and one woman remarking to another about parties that were essentially just "canapes and cock."
additional issues
There is also infrequent strong language ('f**k') and brief drug references.
strong language, sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong threat during a brief scene of a man strangling his wife during a domestic row.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'fanny', 'cock', 'arse' and 'bloody'.
sex
Strong sex references include references relating to the mechanics of oral sex and crude references to a woman's vulva.
additional issues
There is also moderate injury detail.
strong sex references, sex
Classified Date:
07/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Strong sex references include sometimes crude verbal phrases, including those relating to the mechanics of sex. There are also visual sex references, such as a scene featuring several wind-up penises at a party. There are scenes of thrusty sex.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('slut', 'cock', 'hussy', 'areshole', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'fanny', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God' and 'damn'). There are scenes in which a husband is cruel to his wife, such as a scene in which he mocks her speech impediment and suggests he only married her for her money. A man jokes briefly about taking his own life. There are frequent scenes of people smoking cigarettes.
Director(s)Anne Sewitsky
Production year2021
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes61m
CastClaire Foy, Paul Bettany, Julia Davis
Classified date07/09/2022
LanguageEnglish