Asia
Director(s)n/a
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes58m
Asia
ASIA is a nature documentary; in this episode, David Attenborough explores the wildlife living in the waters and seas of ...
ASIA is a nature documentary; in this episode, David Attenborough explores the wildlife living in the waters and seas of Asia.
upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
One sequence shows dead and dying walrus pups lying on a beach as a result of being trampled on by males fighting.
very mild threat, animal attacks, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Various animals hunt and eat prey. In other scenes mountain goats ram one another in a display of strength, and there are references to feral dogs attacking native wildlife.
threat and horror
Cameramen face hazardous weather conditions, though no one is harmed.
sex
There are references to animals mating, as well as scenes depicting it.
injury detail
There is undetailed sight of dead animals.
scenes of animals hunting, mild injury detail
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes in which animals hunt their prey. In one sequence, a wolf chases and kills an antelope and then feasts on its carcass.
injury detail
Bloody injury detail is briefly visible on an animal after it is hunted and killed by a predator. There is sight of body parts and blood from a dead animal in the aftermath of an unseen attack.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is mild innuendo, and scenes of animal mating.
very mild threat, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Animals such as deer, monitor lizards and rhinoceros beetles clash with those of their own species over food and mating rights, but none come to serious harm.
threat and horror
Sequences of very mild threat include animals encroaching on human spaces and being in brief danger from their own natural world predators. These threatening moments have reassuring outcomes.
sex
A humorous comment is made about animals in urban environments during mating seasons seeking 'sex in the city'.
very mild threat, injury detail, animal attacks
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Various animals hunt and eat prey. Cormorant birds attack and peck at each other.
threat and horror
Animals are shown stalking and chasing their prey in tense sequences. A chick is in danger of being eaten by juvenile members of its own species, which have 'turned cannibal'. Gazelles are shown becoming trapped in barbed wire fences. There is footage of a dust storm descending on a city, causing people to flee for cover.
injury detail
There is undetailed sight of dead animals, and partly obscured shots of animals feeding from slightly bloody carcasses. A gazelle's injury, caused by barbed wire, is briefly shown.
references to animal poaching and extinction
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
Animal poaching is a theme of the episode. While there is an emphasis on the positive steps being taken to try to educate those communities responsible for killing and endangering wildlife, the references to poaching and the illegal animal trade are frequent, with sight of dead animals and illegal animal products throughout.
Classified date27/38/2025
LanguageEnglish
theme
One sequence shows dead and dying walrus pups lying on a beach as a result of being trampled on by males fighting.
additional issues
There are frequent scenes of animal hunting, including brief sight of a dead seal with flesh torn from its body. There are also references to animal mating.
references to animal poaching and extinction
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
Animal poaching is a theme of the episode. While there is an emphasis on the positive steps being taken to try to educate those communities responsible for killing and endangering wildlife, the references to poaching and the illegal animal trade are frequent, with sight of dead animals and illegal animal products throughout.
very mild threat, injury detail, animal attacks
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Various animals hunt and eat prey. Cormorant birds attack and peck at each other.
threat and horror
Animals are shown stalking and chasing their prey in tense sequences. A chick is in danger of being eaten by juvenile members of its own species, which have 'turned cannibal'. Gazelles are shown becoming trapped in barbed wire fences. There is footage of a dust storm descending on a city, causing people to flee for cover.
injury detail
There is undetailed sight of dead animals, and partly obscured shots of animals feeding from slightly bloody carcasses. A gazelle's injury, caused by barbed wire, is briefly shown.
very mild threat, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Animals such as deer, monitor lizards and rhinoceros beetles clash with those of their own species over food and mating rights, but none come to serious harm.
threat and horror
Sequences of very mild threat include animals encroaching on human spaces and being in brief danger from their own natural world predators. These threatening moments have reassuring outcomes.
sex
A humorous comment is made about animals in urban environments during mating seasons seeking 'sex in the city'.
mild sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is mild innuendo, and scenes of animal mating.
scenes of animals hunting, mild injury detail
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes in which animals hunt their prey. In one sequence, a wolf chases and kills an antelope and then feasts on its carcass.
injury detail
Bloody injury detail is briefly visible on an animal after it is hunted and killed by a predator. There is sight of body parts and blood from a dead animal in the aftermath of an unseen attack.
very mild threat, animal attacks, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Various animals hunt and eat prey. In other scenes mountain goats ram one another in a display of strength, and there are references to feral dogs attacking native wildlife.
threat and horror
Cameramen face hazardous weather conditions, though no one is harmed.
sex
There are references to animals mating, as well as scenes depicting it.
injury detail
There is undetailed sight of dead animals.
upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
27/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
One sequence shows dead and dying walrus pups lying on a beach as a result of being trampled on by males fighting.
Director(s)n/a
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes58m
Classified date27/38/2025
LanguageEnglish
