Call The Midwife

Director(s)Philippa Lowthorpe

Production year2012

Genre(s)Drama, Historical

Approx. running minutes59m

CastJessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Helen George

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Call The Midwife

mild bad language, upsetting scenes

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06/01/2020

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06/01/2020

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2019

mild bad language, scenes of emotional upset

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03/01/2019

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2018

distressing scenes, infrequent mild bad language

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21/02/2017

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2D,16:9

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Season 6 Episode 7

injury detail, discriminatory language

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14/02/2017

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Season 6 Episode 5

references to female genital mutilation

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14/02/2017

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Season 6 Episode 6

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28/01/2013

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Contains moderate language, gore and distressing scenes

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19/01/2012

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Episode 1

Contains moderate sex references

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20/01/2012

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Episode 2

Contains infrequent mild threat, gore and language

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26/01/2012

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Episode 3

Contains moderate language and scenes of emotional distress

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06/02/2012

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Season 1 Episode 4

Contains moderate sex references

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06/02/2012

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Season 1 Episode 5

Contains moderate childbirth scenes

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06/02/2012

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Season 1 Episode 6

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Contains moderate threat

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12/12/2012

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Season 2 Episode 1

Contains an infant cot death scene

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29/01/2013

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Season 2 Episode 2

Contains moderate surgical gore

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31/01/2013

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Season 2 Episode 3

Contains a scene of child birth with complications

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29/01/2013

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Season 2 Episode 4

Contains abortion theme and a scene of sexual threat

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19/02/2013

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Season 2 Episode 5

Contains mild language and one scene of childbirth

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19/02/2013

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Season 2 Episode 6

Contains bigotry and bullying themes

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01/03/2013

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Season 2 Episode 7

Contains mild language and scenes of childbirth

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01/03/2013

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Season 2 Episode 8

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Contains mild language, sex references and scenes of childbirth

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18/12/2013

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Season 3 Episode 1

Contains moderate language

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14/01/2014

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Contains mild sex references and violence and scenes of childbirth

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27/01/2014

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Season 3 Episode 3

Contains moderate bloody injury detail

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27/01/2014

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Season 3 Episode 4

Contains mild bad language, sex references and outdated derogatory terms

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06/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 5

Contains mild bad language and scenes of childbirth and smoking

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18/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 6

postnatal depression theme, scene of electroconvulsive therapy

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26/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 7

scene of childbirth, distressing scenes, scenes of smoking

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11/03/2014

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injury detail

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19/01/2015

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Season 4 Episode 1

bloody images, scene of bereavement

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04/03/2015

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19/01/2015

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12/12/2014

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Season 4 Episode 2

attempted suicide, discriminatory language

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19/12/2014

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Season 4 Episode 3

moderate sex references

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19/01/2015

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Season 4 Episode 4

moderate bloody injury, surgery detail

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02/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 5

infrequent moderate sex references

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02/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 6

moderate bloody injury, scenes of emotional distress, scenes of smoking

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18/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 7

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20/02/2015

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scenes of childbirth, emotional distress

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21/01/2016

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Season 5 Episode 1

scenes of emotional distress

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10/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 2

abortion theme

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22/02/2016

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moderate bloody surgery detail, attempted suicide, upsetting scenes

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22/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 4

moderate sex references, scenes of emotional distress, smoking

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23/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 5

moderate threat, references to sexual violence, emotional distress

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23/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 6

moderate sex references

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23/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 7

scenes of emotional distress

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07/03/2016

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Season 5 Episode 8

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scenes of domestic violence, moderate threat, injury detail

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14/02/2017

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Season 6 Episode 1

moderate injury detail

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14/02/2017

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mild bad language, emotional distress

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14/02/2017

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distressing scenes

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14/02/2017

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bloody surgery detail, references to contraception

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13/03/2017

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Season 6 Episode 8

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moderate sex references, childbirth scenes

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12/02/2018

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Season 7 Episode 1

moderate sex references, discriminatory attitudes

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12/02/2018

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distressing scenes, references to abortion

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12/02/2018

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mild injury detail

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05/03/2018

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upsetting scenes

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05/03/2018

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Season 7 Episode 5

moderate sex references

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05/03/2018

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Season 7 Episode 6

infrequent moderate sex references, references to self-harm

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05/03/2018

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Season 7 Episode 7

mild sex references, scenes of childbirth

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19/03/2018

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Season 7 Episode 8

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distressing scenes and references

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31/01/2019

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Season 8 Episode 1

moderate injury detail

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31/01/2019

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Season 8 Episode 2

mild bad language

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31/01/2019

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Season 8 Episode 3

upsetting scenes, references to abortion

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19/02/2019

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Season 8 Episode 4

moderate sex references, distressing scenes

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19/02/2019

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Season 8 Episode 5

mild bad language, drug references, brief medical gore

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19/02/2019

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Season 8 Episode 6

moderate sex references, references to abortion, bloody images

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01/03/2019

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Season 8 Episode 7 n/a

references to abortion and miscarriage

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05/03/2019

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moderate injury detail, medical gore

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13/02/2020

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moderate injury detail, medical gore

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13/02/2020

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Season 9 Episode 1

moderate sex references, childbirth scene

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13/02/2020

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moderate sex references, childbirth scene

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13/02/2020

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Season 9 Episode 2

scene of childbirth

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13/02/2020

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scene of childbirth

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13/02/2020

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Season 9 Episode 3

mild threat, bloody images

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13/02/2020

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mild threat, bloody images

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13/02/2020

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suicide reference

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13/02/2020

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suicide reference

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13/02/2020

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upsetting scenes, bereavement theme

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13/02/2020

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upsetting scenes, bereavement theme

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13/02/2020

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Season 9 Episode 6

drug references, medical gore

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09/03/2020

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drug references, medical gore

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09/03/2020

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brief drug misuse

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09/03/2020

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brief drug misuse

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09/03/2020

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Season 9 Episode 8

mild upsetting scenes, brief threat, medical detail

Classified Date:

02/05/2022

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VOD/Streaming

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BBC Studios

CALL THE MIDWIFE: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2020 is a drama, set in the 1960s, in which a circus comes to Poplar for the Christmas season.

threat and horror

There is mild panic when a fire breaks out at a circus and children are feared missing, but the scene has a reassuring outcome.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images in the aftermath of a surgical procedure which takes place off-screen. There are scenes of childbirth, including a baby being delivered with forceps.

theme

Mild upsetting scenes feature characters talking about the loss of children, experiencing illness and infirmity, and learning about death as part of the natural order. Other characters comfort and reassure them.

additional issues

There are scenes of cigarette smoking which reflect the historical period in which the drama is set.

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upsetting scenes, moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama; in this episode two neighbours give birth on the same day.

injury detail

There is focus on a man's hand after he coughs blood in to it. There is also some focus on blood as a baby is birthed.

theme

There are upsetting scenes when a baby is stillborn, and the family are shown grieving in the aftermath.

additional issues

It is implied via a verbal reference that a church community looking for a place to worship are turned away from potential landlord due to their Jamaican heritage.

upsetting scenes, references to abortion

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, a young midwife strikes up an unexpected friendship in a mother-to-be.

theme

There are distressing scenes as a woman gives birth to a child who is not breathing, accompanied by some bloody detail. There are also upsetting scenes as a husband sits at the bedside of his wife as she passes away.

additional issues

Language is mild ('tart' and 'bloody').

medical detail, suicide attempt, distressing scenes

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21/12/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, a pregnant woman with complications refuses a hospital delivery and medical staff are perplexed by a young female who admits herself with a long list of mystery symptoms.

injury detail

There is brief sight of an infected c-section wound, as well as sight of a small cut on a woman's finger.

suicide and self-harm

A woman overdoses. After the event she receives mental health care.

theme

A new mother struggles to care for her baby after a difficult birth. There are also scenes in which a woman with poor mental health becomes upset after medical staff discovers she has been tampering with her tests.

moderate medical detail, discrimination

Classified Date:

31/12/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, new midwives in training arrive.

discrimination

A young man hides his homosexuality which, at the time, was considered a criminal offence. The initial reactions of his parents to his coming out lead the young man to seek help from a 'Queer' Doctor' to correct apparent 'sexual disorders and perversion'. The work as a whole clearly does not endorse homophobia, with the medical professionals, and eventually the young man's parents, encouraging him not to try and change who he is.

injury detail

There are scenes containing medical detail, including a bloody cist and placenta. There are also brief scenes of child birth and women's water breaking.

additional issues

A mother, worried for her missing son, expresses suicidal thoughts in a moment of grief.

distressing scenes

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama; in this episode, a teenager prepares to give her baby up for adoption.

theme

In one scene a child convulses and fits, causing her mother to panic. Later a heavily pregnant woman falls down the stairs. A woman sobs when her child is taken from her.

additional issues

A father expresses concern that his child is 'backward', however the discriminatory term is not endorsed by the other characters. The episode also features infrequent mild bad language ('bloody'). There are bloody images when babies are born.

moderate threat, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a historical drama series; in this episode, Nurse Franklin takes a stand against the abortion laws while two women have very different domestic situations to overcome which threaten their unborn babies.

violence

The episode includes references to domestic violence. For example, in one scene a woman reveals cigarette burns on her wrists which were apparently inflicted by her husband. A woman tearfully remembers seeing a dead baby on a train in India, and also tells other characters that guards beat her and her mother, and then urinated on her mother before throwing her off the train.

threat and horror

A pregnant woman gets an infection due to an attempt to carry out an abortion herself, with references to her having used a skewer to try and carry it out. The doctors who examine her explain how dangerous this was, advising her that she may have killed herself.

additional issues

There is a scene in which a midwife tells a new mother that the placenta is still in her womb. As she tries to remove it, there is sight of bloody tissue dropping into a pan. There is use of mild bad language including 'bloody' and 'bleeding'. There is occasional smoking within a historical context. There is occasional sight of blood during scenes of childbirth.

brief moderate threat

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, Trixie takes up the cause of tenants living in the squalid conditions of a tenement building.

threat and horror

A man makes an inappropriate suggestion to a woman who, sensing danger, slams a door shut on him. He forces the door open and it hits the woman in the face, causing a small cut to her cheek, but she manages to close it again and the man leaves. There is also some mild threat as a rat is seen in a baby's cot.

additional issues

Discriminatory terms such as 'mongol' and 'handicapped' used in relation to those with Down Syndrome, and discriminatory behaviour towards them, are challenged in the episode's messaging about showing understanding and empathy. There are brief bloody images. There are scenes of mild emotional upset. There is mild bad language (‘bloody’, ‘God’). There is infrequent mild innuendo.

mild upsetting scenes, brief threat, medical detail

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2020 is a drama, set in the 1960s, in which a circus comes to Poplar for the Christmas season.

threat and horror

There is mild panic when a fire breaks out at a circus and children are feared missing, but the scene has a reassuring outcome.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images in the aftermath of a surgical procedure which takes place off-screen. There are scenes of childbirth, including a baby being delivered with forceps.

theme

additional issues

There are scenes of cigarette smoking which reflect the historical period in which the drama is set.

domestic abuse, moderate medical detail, abortion references

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a medical drama series; in this episode, cast and crew look back on the show's history.

violence

In a brief scene, a man burns his wife's chest with a cigarette.

injury detail

Medical detail includes bloody images.

theme

There are bloody images in the aftermath of a backstreet abortion.

additional issues

There are upsetting scenes. Characters smoke cigarettes reflecting the period.

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upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, a couple face uncertainty with their second chance of having a child, and Phyllis becomes involved in the consequences of a heartbreaking discovery.

theme

A couple expecting a baby recall with sadness the death of their first child shortly after its birth. There are brief images of the skeletal remains of two babies found in a house marked for demolition. As the truth of their deaths many years before is revealed, a character involved becomes distressed in recalling the circumstances - which touch on issues of guilt, mental health and societal prejudice - but is treated with sympathy and understanding.

additional issues

There are infrequent mild sex references. There are childbirth scenes. There are references to cancer, including its links to smoking, which is shown infrequently and which reflects the times in which the drama is set.

moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, Lucille helps an expectant mother who is struggling to make ends meet.

injury detail

There is moderate medical detail in the form of brief bloody images following a birth.

additional issues

There are brief verbal references to domestic abuse. There are also mild sex references. Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period.

moderate bloody images, injury detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, the midwives and Violet work to help those in the community who are homeless.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images following the birth of a baby. A man's gangrenous foot falls off.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'sod'), accompanied by other milder terms ('God'). There are also references to alcohol addiction. Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, breastfeeding complications impact upon a new mother's mental health, while an anxious father-to-be struggles with traumatic memories.

theme

A woman becomes upset when she is unable to breastfeed her newborn baby, and begins to suffer from severe depression. A Holocaust survivor recalls his experiences at a concentration camp, including being separated from members of his family, and both seeing and smelling smoke from their burned remains.

additional issues

There is some medical detail such as a childbirth scene, with sight of blood, as well as verbal discussions of symptoms and brief sight of swelling and discolouration caused by mastitis. There are also some undetailed verbal references to discrimination.

domestic abuse, references to miscarriage

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series about nurse midwives working in 1960s London; in this episode, a case of child physical abuse is revealed.

violence

There are references to domestic violence and child physical abuse such as, "Fractures, perforated eardrums and lashings with a dog lead".

theme

There are visual and verbal references to miscarriage, such as sight of blood on a toilet floor and a woman remarking that, "I think I'm miscarrying. It's like my whole period is coming at once. All the pain and all the bleeding."

additional issues

There is also mild injury detail such as a bloody gash on a child's foot. There are mild sex references.

drug misuse, moderate medical detail, distressing scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, Lucille must confront her grief when she returns to work.

drugs

Men and women squatting in a warehouse are shown smoking marijuana; however the episode shows the negative consequences of drug misuse.

injury detail

There are close up images of a tumour on a woman's face. In another scene a baby is shown born next to her own intestines.

theme

After a baby is born with her intestines outside her body, a man and woman who are high on drugs scream with horror, causing distress to the child's mother.

additional issues

There are scenes in which a mother and father grieve the loss of their baby.

moderate threat

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, a young, single mother tries to navigate going out into the world on her own with her newborn baby.

threat and horror

There are scenes of moderate threat as a train derails from the track and collides with another. Sequences show the aftermath of people unconscious inside the derailed train carriages, some with bloody injury.

additional issues

There are mild sex references, including a storyline featuring a sixteen year-old mother. There is mild bad language ('bloody' and 'bugger'), accompanied by other milder terms ('God'). There are undetailed references to discrimination and abortion. There is medical detail in the aftermath of a birth.

moderate threat, injury detail, distressing scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, everyone answers the call to action following the train crash.

threat and horror

There are tense sequences in which injured passengers on a train are trapped, and fearful of fire. First responders carry away dead bodies.

injury detail

There is sight of blood, bruising and burns sustained in a train crash. There is some medical detail during a birth.

general

A young mother loses her baby, and there is brief sight of a bundle containing her dead child. Another woman learns of her husband's death shortly after giving birth. There are scenes of emotional distress as people fear for loved ones and mourn the dead. A woman dies from her injuries before she can be rescued.

additional issues

There are mild sex references, and infrequent very mild bad language ('God').

drug references, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this Christmas episode, a pregnant woman with a secret drug habit places herself and the child she is carrying in danger.

drugs

A woman opens a tin which contains paraphernalia for the purposes of heroin misuse. Although the injecting of the drug is not shown, the pregnant woman is seen in an intoxicated state, and also in a sickly condition which causes concern for her pregnancy. Her baby is born addicted and suffers distress, but the woman comes to a realisation of her mistakes, and there are reassuring outcomes for both mother and child. A man is brought into a surgery following a drug overdose. The dangers of drug misuse are clearly signalled and such misuse is not endorsed by the work.

injury detail

A man is treated for a bloody gash across his collarbone from an off-screen knife attack. There is also mild injury as a woman develops a swollen eye after a fall.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bloody'). There are childbirth scenes, some of which contain bloody images and a sense of tension, but all have reassuring outcomes. There is smoking, which reflects the times in which the drama is set.

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racism, moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a Christmas special episode of the British period drama; in this episode, the midwives work together to organise a talent show.

discrimination

A pregnant ex convict is subject to racism when a prejudiced council worker assumes she is not British due to the colour of her skin and tells her she will need proof. There are also references to discrimination when a child is not allowed to attend her local school because she is affected by Thalidomide.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images relating to childbirth.

additional issues

During a brief scene a desperate pregnant woman turns to sex work and is shown getting in to a man's car. There is a scene of emotional distress and mild threat when a woman in labour is evicted by her landlady and found freezing in the snow in labour. A father seeks treatment for his alcoholism after sabotaging his daughter's special Christmas present whilst drunk. In a scene of mild threat a midwife seeks help when a birth is not straightforward. There are also historic references to sexism when a dancer warns her fellow performers of wolf whistles.

moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, Sister Veronica attempts to help an impoverished family, Trixie prepares to meet Matthew's former in-laws and Lucille struggles with her mental health.

injury detail

There is moderate medical detail in the form of bloody, infected varicose veins and brief bloody images following childbirth. Other moments include sight of a child lying on the ground with bloody cuts on her forehead and wrist in the aftermath of a car accident.

additional issues

Mild bad language occurs ('bloody', 'arse'), as well as milder terms such as 'God'. There are occasional references to racist and homophobic attitudes throughout, which are indicative of the historical period in which the show is set. In one scene, an excerpt from an inflammatory anti-immigration speech is heard on the radio. Its sentiment is immediately criticised by characters. Other moments include dockers going on strike and marching in support of the speech; their behaviour is disapproved of by other characters. There are undetailed references to mental health and cancer. Upsetting scenes include a terminally ill woman passing away with her long-time partner at her side.

suicide references

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode, Cyril surprises Lucille when she is at her lowest.

suicide and self-harm

There are visual and verbal references to a character having suicidal thoughts. The overall tone of the episode is reassuring, with the character getting support for their mental health.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes occur when a character must deal with a cancer diagnosis. There is also mild innuendo.

sexual violence, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

19/12/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a period drama series; in this episode, the Turners oversee the arrival of a newborn baby with a genetic bleeding condition, while Sister Veronica supports a woman experiencing abuse at the hands of her newlywed husband.

violence

Domestic abuse is a theme of the episode. There are visual and verbal references to domestic abuse, including physical and sexual abuse. A woman reveals bruises on her neck and chest as a result of abusive behaviour and refers to being strangled by her husband. Domestic abuse is strongly condemned by the work as a whole.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a brief scene of sexual violence in which a man begins to force himself on his wife, pinning her down to the bed; the woman hits the man during the attack but is unable to escape his grip. Sounds from off-screen indicate a rape takes place. The couple's child hears the attack. There are also further verbal references to sexual violence, though these are non-graphic. Sexual violence is strongly condemned by the work as a whole.

additional issues

Mild medical detail includes sight of a bloodied bandage on a newborn’s foot as a result of a bleeding disorder, as well as a childbirth scene.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a UK drama; in this episode, an outbreak of E. coli threatens the health of mothers and their babies.

injury detail

A woman is seen bleeding profusely following childbirth.

additional issues

There are scenes of mild threat and distress as newborn babies and their mothers become ill with a stomach bug. People are seen vomiting from the bug. Following childbirth, a baby struggles to breathe. All scenes have a reassuring outcome. A woman suffers discrimination when her competency is questioned due to her advancing age. This is clearly condemned by the programme itself.

moderate violence, threat, racism

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a UK drama series; in this episode, a new father struggles with his mental health.

violence

There is an off-screen stabbing with a pair of scissors, and aftermath sight of blood on a man's shirt.

threat and horror

During a psychotic episode a character snatches a baby from its crib, refusing to give it back to its mother. The child is soon retrieved and returned unharmed.

discrimination

There are references to a woman's mother abandoning her for having a black baby.

theme

There are references to mental health, and scenes in which a man hears voices, has visions and becomes erratic.

additional issues

There are mild sex references, bad language ('bloody', 'Jesus'), references to abortion and mild medical detail.

child physical abuse references

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, Sister Monica Joan takes in a lost dog and Trixie supports a teenage mother.

violence

A boy has bruises all over his body and shares that they were inflicted by his employer. There are verbal references to the exploitation and mistreatment of child labourers.

additional issues

Scenes include emotional upset throughout. A child becomes increasingly ill and undergoes medical tests in hospital; he is subsequently diagnosed with a serious illness. Verbal references are made to a teenager having underage sexual relations and becoming pregnant. There is brief scene of childbirth and close up sight of a man's skin condition. Use of mild and very mild bad language occurs ('tart', 'crap', 'God' and 'Jesus').

moderate bloody images, drug references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode, a heavily pregnant mother and her family are made homeless, while a hepatitis outbreak starts to spread.

drugs

A character is identified as having an addiction to drugs. There is brief close-up emphasis on bloody track marks along his arm as he is examined by a doctor.

injury detail

There are some bloody images after a woman gives birth.

theme

Some scenes present upsetting situations, such as a mother giving birth without medical support while she and her family squat in a squalid building after being left homeless. Other scenes involve people suffering with hepatitis, including a nun who appears confused and disoriented by her surroundings.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'sod'), accompanied by even milder terms ('screw' and 'God'). There is brief discriminatory behaviour as part of a preview of an upcoming episode, in which a white woman makes a remark towards her Asian housekeeper about the lack of 'English' food and drink at the table.

upsetting scenes, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, the team celebrate a special wedding.

injury detail

After an accident, a pregnant mother lies dead with blood on her face. There is also brief medical detail when a doctor cuts open her stomach to birth her baby. A man involved in the accident spits out blood after biting his tongue.

theme

There are upsetting scenes when a woman who is in labour is killed in an accident.

additional issues

There is brief discrimination when a grandmother fears a child with a Chinese name would struggle at school.

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moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, an expectant mother gets a Christmas surprise.

injury detail

A man briefly displays some grisly looking blood-filled cuts on his legs. When a mother goes into shock during childbirth, there is some bloody detail on her bed sheets.

additional issues

The episode features mild bad language ('bloody'). There are scenes of mild threat, including a scene in which a midwife cannot detect a heartbeat when a patient goes into labour. There is also a scene in which a man is hit by a car during a blizzard.

moderate threat, bloody images, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, a pregnant woman with cerebral palsy determines not to allow her condition to be a barrier to a healthy delivery, while an abusive criminal creates problems for his heavily pregnant wife.

violence

A woman explains bruises on her body by referring to her husband's short temper. There are also further verbal references to domestic abuse.

threat and horror

A criminal is locked out of his home while his wife gives birth. He produces a gun and tries to shoot the door open. Once inside, he flushes drugs down the toilet and a stand-off with police ensues.

injury detail

There are infrequent bloody images, which occur during scenes in which complications arise during childbirth.

additional issues

During a scene in which she learns that her daughter, who has cerebral palsy, has become pregnant, a woman angrily says that she must have been molested, and attacks the baby's father. The daughter indignantly explains that she and her partner share a loving relationship. There are scenes in which young nurses smoke cigarettes.

mild bad language, medical detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, a pregnant woman's living conditions threaten the welfare of her child, while Trixie takes driving lessons.

language

There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'floozy').

injury detail

A woman has a seizure, but receives medical treatment and recovers. Other scenes include women encountering difficulties during childbirth.

additional issues

There are upsetting scenes in which children are made ill by mould on their walls.

medical detail, upsetting scenes, discrimination

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, Violet's campaign to become mayor hits a snag, while a model struggles in the aftermath of a difficult birth.

discrimination

A sexist man makes patronising remarks to a female political rival. A woman is distressed when she is advised that her daughter must wear a corrective harness, protesting that it makes her look 'like a cripple'.

injury detail

A man cuts himself while using gardening equipment and contracts tetanus; his wound grows increasingly infected, and he becomes critically ill.

theme

A man's loved ones are distressed when he becomes critically ill, and they prepare for the likelihood of his death. A new mother struggles to adapt to her new role and shouts angrily at her crying baby, but is given support and care by medical professionals.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, a cantankerous patient proves a challenge for Joyce, while a family's troubles with tuberculosis trigger painful memories for Nancy.

theme

In one scene, a man suffering from tuberculosis bleeds heavily from the mouth and collapses. ln another, a woman bleeds heavily following childbirth.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bloody'). A heavily pregnant woman smokes cigarettes, against medical advice, and suffers complications and ill health as a result.

mild threat, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical drama; in this episode two young parents are forced to do some growing up, and a seaside trip exposes a child to danger.

threat and horror

Two children go missing at the beach; one is knocked from her lilo and saved from drowning. Another scene shows an ill child rushed to the hospital, and nurses finding an abandoned child. Moments of threat are accompanied by reassuring outcomes.

theme

There are scenes of emotional upset and references to childhood cancer.

additional issues

There are passing references to a woman growing up in foster care and having neglectful parents. There are references to falling pregnant out of wedlock and also medical detail of a child being born.

domestic abuse references, suicide references

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, two children are found abandoned in a church and the trainee midwives are nervous about their upcoming exams.

violence

A woman describes the brutal violence she suffered at the hands of her husband and there is sight of the bruises he inflicted on her with a belt. She expresses concern that her children would be next had she not left him. Social services are called when a mother abandons her children and references are made to their poor physical condition.

suicide and self-harm

A pregnant and distressed woman decides to take her own life but passes out before she can carry out her attempt.

additional issues

Infrequent use of mild bad language occurs ('bloody'). There is undetailed sight of a man's dead body and brief bloody detail occurs during childbirth. Upsetting scenes occur due to a woman's cancer diagnosis and there is a brief reference to abortion.

child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, medical detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical drama series; in this episode, Nurse Clifford accompanies Nurse Crane on a visit to a factory to give a talk on reproductive health, while Nurse Highland receives an unexpected visitor.

sex

There is a brief moderate verbal reference to an off-screen character visiting sex workers, including use of the term ‘tart’.

injury detail

Moderate medical detail includes a woman bleeding profusely following a difficult childbirth.

sexual violence and sexual threat

References are made to a teenage girl being impregnated by her abusive stepfather. In one scene, the victim appears distressed as she recalls being sexually abused as a child. She is diagnosed with syphilis as a result of the abuse and receives treatment for the infection, along with her newborn infant and mother.

additional issues

A woman defiantly stands up to her estranged abusive husband who attempts to blackmail her. Scenes of emotional upset include a woman explaining that she has developed insomnia as a result of her financial worries; she receives both treatment and emotional support. Characters are shown smoking cigarettes, however, these scenes are indicative of the historical period in which the show is set.

mild threat, domestic abuse references, drug references

Classified Date:

23/02/2024

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical drama series; in this episode, Miss Higgins receives a surprise visit, while Shelagh becomes anxious upon hearing that May’s biological mother wishes to speak to her.

violence

A woman is blackmailed by her estranged abusive husband, however, the issue is ultimately reassuringly resolved. Verbal references are also made to physical abuse, but these are brief and lack any graphic detail.

threat and horror

A woman accidentally knocks over an alcohol burner which sets her apron alight; another character quickly intervenes to extinguish the flames. During a childbirth scene, an umbilical cord is wrapped around a baby’s neck, however, the midwife reassuringly delivers the baby safely.

drugs

Visual and verbal references are made to prescription sleeping pills to treat insomnia. A character destroys the pills to prevent his sister from becoming dependent on them. There are accompanying references to a woman’s struggles with alcohol addiction.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes include distressed characters preparing for a terminally ill loved one’s death and undetailed sight of a man's dead body.

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moderate sex references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical period drama series; in this episode, the Nuns and the Midwives of Nonnatus House help a pregnant teenage girl with devoutly religious parents.

sex

There are multiple references to sex within the context of a teenage pregnancy; the expectant mother is only thirteen-years-old and there are references to sexual violence when adults seek to learn more. A dialogue line references 'rude magazines' but this is played for comedy. Other dialogue includes references to a 'brothel' and 'venereal disease' but these are undetailed.

theme

The story features a teenager who is admonished for her pregnancy; upsetting scenes include an exorcism, and a brief scene in which a mother throws her daughter onto the bed. A woman is fearful that giving birth naturally may be dangerous, even fatal.

additional issues

There are references to Christian sectarianism amongst Protestants and Catholics. There is mild verbal and visual medical detail, including sight of blood. A brief shot features a bottle of the drug Lithium. There are also scenes in which people smoke.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, the residents of Poplar become unsettled to learn that there are escaped criminals on the loose.

injury detail

A woman bleeds profusely following childbirth and loses consciousness. A dead body is discovered in a flat.

additional issues

There are moments of mild threat in which escaped criminals plan an armed robbery and a man goes missing from a bus stop. A woman describes how her mother gave her to social services after she was born due to the colour of her skin. A debt -stricken family with young children are forced onto the streets. References are made to a flu epidemic and to a child with a heart condition. Use of mild bad language ('sod', 'ruddy') occurs. There are scenes of childbirth.

moderate sex references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical period drama series; in this episode, the Nuns and the Midwives of Nonnatus House help a pregnant woman who suffers from mental illness.

sex

There are multiple references to sex within the context of an outbreak of an STI; references to prostitution and sexually transmitted disease include multiple dialogue mentions and a scene in a brothel setting.

theme

The story features a pregnant woman who suffers from mental illness; upsetting sequences include moments in which the mother is in emotional distress, and scenes in which medical staff are fearful for the welfare of the mother and the unborn child.

additional issues

There are references to racial divisions between Greeks and Turks within the context of Cyprus. There is mild verbal and visual medical detail, including the sight of blood. A fight breaks out between two people and some punches are thrown. Brief close-up shots feature the drug Lithium. There are also scenes in which people smoke.

moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, Fred and Violent are desperate to find Reggie and Trixie misses her old life.

injury detail

A man accidentally slashes his hand with a knife resulting in a wound that bleeds profusely. There is a sequence of childbirth that includes bloody detail.

additional issues

Brief and undetailed references are made to sex education, venereal disease, teenage pregnancy, contraception and abortion. There is a brief, light hearted reference to a man feeling like he is 'on drugs'. Moments of mild threat occur as a criminal runs from the law and a baby is taken seriously ill. Upsetting scenes arise due to a family with young children living in poverty as well as illness and bereavement. Bad language includes use of 'ruddy'.

mild bad language, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical period drama series; in this episode, the Nuns and the Midwives of Nonnatus House look after a newborn with a birth defect.

threat and horror

A scene features an explosion in a home.

language

There is also mild bad language ('bloody'); other milder terms include 'hell'.

theme

The story features a baby born with a birth defect; upsetting moments include the emotional distress of the parents and of those caring for her. A widow struggles to cope with his loss of her husband.

additional issues

A patient behaves unpleasantly with a nurse owing to the color of her skin. There are also scenes in which people smoke.

mild upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical period drama series; in this episode, the Nuns and the Midwives of Nonnatus House help a woman who is pregnant with her eighth child.

theme

There are multiple references to abortion and miscarriage, as well as sight of blood within a medical context. Emotional scenes feature a grieving family and a mother struggling to provide and care for her son alone.

additional issues

In some scenes people smoke. There is also very mild bad language ('bleeding', 'ruddy').

domestic abuse, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode, Sister Julienne offers help to an expectant mother living in harrowing circumstances.

violence

There are verbal and visual references, including injury detail, to a woman suffering physical domestic abuse at the hands of her drunk husband, which is clearly condemned and the woman’s story has a reassuring outcome.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes feature a wife who has cared lovingly for her paralysed husband facing the prospect of death from a terminal illness. There is mild threat from complications during childbirth. There is infrequent mild bad language (‘bloody’). Cigarette smoking reflects the times in which the drama is set.

racism

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode, the refuse collectors' strike causes disease to spread in Poplar.

discrimination

There are scenes in which white characters express racist attitudes towards black people. Overall, however, racism is condemned.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes deal with illness and death, and include brief sight of a patient's leg rash. However, these scenes are handled with sensitivity and restraint. There is a mild undetailed verbal sex reference to adultery. A woman is told not to smoke when pregnant and also whilst undergoing medical examination. Very mild bad language ('God', 'hell') occurs.

drug references, upsetting scenes, racism

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode, Nurse Highland prepares for her disciplinary hearing, while the community eagerly awaits a film premiere.

discrimination

There are references to racism directed towards black characters. A black man and his white partner become the target of racist remarks. Such attitudes are condemned, however.

drugs

A pregnant woman and her husband struggle with heroin addiction. Visual references to addiction include track marks and a bag of heroin. A potentially upsetting scene depicts the aftermath of an accidental overdose.

additional issues

Bad language is very mild ('God'). A childbirth scene contains brief bloody detail. There is also very mild rude humour, and brief scenes of smoking.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British period drama series; in this episode the midwives care for a group of teen mothers, Nancy shares some unexpected news and Sister Catherine takes her first vows.

theme

Pregnant teens and new mothers face the realities of birth, disapproving parents, as well as fears of adoption and motherhood. These challenges are balanced by support from medical staff and family members.

additional issues

There is occasional bloody detail during birthing scenes. A boy with learning disabilities is taunted by a group of bullies until an adult nearby comes to his aid.

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upsetting scenes, drug references, moderate threat

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, the sisters travel to Hong Kong to provide help after a building collapses and find the city is more dangerous than they anticipated.

threat and horror

Women are briefly threatened at gunpoint by a member of a gang. Verbal references are made to Triad gangs active in Hong Kong in the 1970s and to their use of violence and extortion.

drugs

Verbal references are made to an area of Hong Kong that is known for drug dealing and drug addicts. In one scene, a drug addict who has passed out on the street is seen with injection marks on his arm, suggesting hard drug misuse.

theme

Injured adults and children are seen in the aftermath of a building collapse, in which several people are said to have died. Two women experience difficult and complex childbirths. Verbal references are made to terminal illnesses, stillbirth, death and bereavement.

additional issues

Undetailed verbal references are made to a particular area of Hong Kong being known for its sex workers. There are also mild comic verbal sex references and innuendo. A child briefly bullies another by shoving him. Adults drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes in a 1970s setting. There is brief natural buttock nudity after childbirth.

moderate threat, sex references

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, the midwives face challenges involving an anxious pregnant woman, a sickly child and a dying man.

threat and horror

A criminal threatens people with a gun in a prolonged scene, and there are other briefer scenes of gun threat.

sex

There is a brief reference to sexual behaviour involving a sex worker. Milder sex references include brief innuendo.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes include references to stillbirth, terminal illness and death. A woman experiences difficulty during childbirth; however, her baby is delivered safely. There are negative references to criminal behaviour involving drug trafficking and sex work. Bad language includes 'tart' and 'God'. There are also scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.

domestic abuse references, upsetting scenes

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30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, concerns are raised when a group of siblings are found underdressed and hungry.

violence

There are references to child abuse, including physical violence against children. A woman briefly speaks of her former husband beating her.

theme

A woman is distressed when her premature baby is found in the toilet. In an upsetting scene, a child is found on a road after falling out of a window.

additional issues

A man wolf whistles a woman; however, sexual harassment and sexism is clearly condemned. A theme of the episode is the women's liberation movement. There are images of natural breast nudity on the front cover of a book.

upsetting scenes, moderate threat

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a drama series; in this episode, the community is alarmed by the threat of a rabies outbreak and a young woman has doubts about her capability to see her pregnancy through.

threat and horror

People’s medical conditions place them in vulnerable situations. A woman recounts a traumatic event during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

theme

Occasionally prolonged and intense scenes of emotional upset are centred on a woman experiencing complications during childbirth, and serious illnesses suffered by adults, children and an animal. A woman recalls her mother dying in childbirth.

additional issues

A young white woman recognises her parents’ are prejudiced against her Black boyfriend and challenges their attitudes. There is occasional mild injury detail. There are infrequent mild sex references and a passing comment about abortion. There is occasional smoking which reflects the times in which the drama is set.

sexual violence references, domestic abuse, moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a UK drama series; in this episode, Nurse Clifford encounters a family with a dark secret, while Nurse Highland comforts a mother-to-be with pregnancy complications.

violence

Physical domestic abuse includes characters being burned.

injury detail

A haemorrhage results in a large pool of blood; medical detail is also shown during a childbirth sequence. Characters reveal large burn marks on their arms.

sexual violence and sexual threat

It is verbally revealed that a young woman is being held captive by family members and raped, resulting in pregnancy. A woman is briefly threatened by the calls of a male relative, implying sexual violence is about to occur, although this is not shown. Physical abuse includes characters being burned. A character becomes visibly distressed when encountering their abusers. The episode presents a reassuring outcome.

additional issues

There is a verbal reference to 'strippers'. Mild bad language ('tart') is used. There are passing and undetailed references to historical racism. Upsetting scenes are centered around death, cancer and other illnesses. Characters are threatened with pregnancy-related illness and emergencies; these have reassuring outcomes.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British medical period drama series; in this episode, the staff of Nonnatus House help a young mother in the process of separating from her husband.

theme

A woman has a dead foetus removed from her body that has been inside her for several years. There is brief sight of the foetus, which is of four month gestation. There are frequent references to miscarriage and baby loss, and scenes in which people grieve. In other scenes, an ill baby is kidnapped; however, the outcome is reassuring.

additional issues

There is a scene of childbirth. Mild bad language includes use of the term 'bloody'; the term 'God' is also used throughout. There are also infrequent verbal references to drugs and drug dealing, as well as references to sex, which include references to contraception. Characters occasionally consume alcohol.

upsetting scenes, brief moderate violence

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a medical drama series; in this episode, the clinic moves to St. Cuthbert's Annexe, while Dr. Turner comes under fire for his handling of a patient.

violence

A midwife is spat at and physically assaulted by a patient, resulting in bloody scratch marks on her neck.

theme

People enter a family's home and discover corpses lying in bed, including the body of a young child. It is established that the people died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. This sequence is accompanied by scenes of bereavement in which loved ones grieve their deaths.

additional issues

A child appears distressed and quickly seeks help as the rest of her household comes down with a sickness. A woman experiences complications after giving birth, but her condition reassuringly and rapidly improves. Mild bloody images occur within a childbirth context. Infrequent and undetailed verbal references are made to a couple ‘having sex’ and using contraception. There are scenes of cigarette smoking which reflect the historical period in which the series is set. Scenes of very mild rude humour include comic visual and verbal references to urine. Mild bad language (‘bloody’) occurs.

moderate violence, injury detail, sex references

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, Trixie meets a wrestler struggling to care for her son.

violence

People are seen wrestling in a ring, throwing, striking and kicking their opponents in crunchy fashion.

threat and horror

There is a brief tense sequence when a woman cannot find her young son.

sex

Sex references include a discussion about adult wrestling fixtures involving women in bikinis, and a remark about 'stripping'.

discrimination

There is an implied reference to racism, but it is clearly condemned within the narrative. A man struggles with a breast cancer diagnosis because of historic, societal sexist attitudes.

injury detail

Medical detail occurs, including close up sight of a man's wounded nipple in one scene.

theme

There are references throughout to illnesses such as cancer, and to death.

alcohol and smoking

People are seen smoking, and there are references to alcoholism.

moderate threat, brief bloody images

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, newly qualified Timothy Turner joins the midwives on their district rounds.

threat and horror

A midwife frantically tries to resuscitate a baby after it stops breathing. There are childbirth scenes and a young girl falls down the stairs.

language

There is an implied use of the word 'bloody'.

sex

There is a brief, very mild sex reference in the form of innuendo.

discrimination

In a historical context, references are made to racist attitudes which are clearly condemned.

injury detail

There is brief sight of blood in a medical context when a mother is seen bleeding after giving birth. A child has bloody blisters on her leg.

theme

Upsetting and emotional scenes stem from illness and references to a child dying. A mother becomes increasingly distressed after her baby falls unconscious. References are made to a child who has disabilities caused by thalidomide.

alcohol and smoking

Characters are seen drinking alcohol and a man goes to a support group for his alcoholism.

upsetting scenes, mild injury detail

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

CALL THE MIDWIFE is a British drama series; in this episode, the Nuns say goodbye to one of their own.

discrimination

A pregnant woman is warned that she will face discrimination as an unmarried mother; however this attitude is not endorsed by other characters.

injury detail

During a childbirth scene, some blood is briefly visible.

alcohol and smoking

A dying person tries an alcoholic drink for the first time.

theme

An elderly person dies and people grieve their loss. A child listens to her parents argue about her disability.

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06/04/2026

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30/03/2026

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24/03/2025

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24/03/2025

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

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09/03/2020

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09/03/2020

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09/03/2020

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09/03/2020

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05/03/2019

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05/03/2019

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05/03/2019

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 Bob Cuts Beehives & Buns

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 New Lines Textures & Colours

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 House Clearances & A New Midwife

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05/01/2018

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21/02/2017

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07/03/2016

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26/01/2015

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26/06/2014

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25/02/2014

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31/01/2013

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Contains moderate sex references

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06/02/2012

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Contains moderate childbirth scenes

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06/02/2012

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Contains moderate language and scenes of emotional distress

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06/02/2012

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Contains infrequent mild threat, gore and language

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26/01/2012

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Contains moderate sex references

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20/01/2012

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19/01/2012

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Episode 1

Contains bigotry and bullying themes

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01/03/2013

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Contains mild language and scenes of childbirth

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01/03/2013

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Contains mild language and one scene of childbirth

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19/02/2013

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Season 2 Episode 6

Contains abortion theme and a scene of sexual threat

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19/02/2013

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Contains moderate surgical gore

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31/01/2013

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Contains an infant cot death scene

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29/01/2013

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Contains a scene of child birth with complications

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29/01/2013

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Contains moderate threat

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12/12/2012

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Season 2 Episode 1

scene of childbirth, distressing scenes, scenes of smoking

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11/03/2014

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Season 3 Episode 8

postnatal depression theme, scene of electroconvulsive therapy

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26/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 7

Contains mild bad language and scenes of childbirth and smoking

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18/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 6

Contains mild bad language, sex references and outdated derogatory terms

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06/02/2014

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Season 3 Episode 5

Contains mild sex references and violence and scenes of childbirth

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27/01/2014

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Season 3 Episode 3

Contains moderate bloody injury detail

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27/01/2014

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Season 3 Episode 4

Contains moderate language

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14/01/2014

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Season 3 Episode 2

Contains mild language, sex references and scenes of childbirth

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18/12/2013

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Season 3 Episode 1

bloody images, scene of bereavement

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04/03/2015

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mild injury detail, emotional distress

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20/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 8

moderate bloody injury, scenes of emotional distress, scenes of smoking

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18/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 7

infrequent moderate sex references

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02/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 6

moderate bloody injury, surgery detail

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02/02/2015

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Season 4 Episode 5

moderate sex references

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19/01/2015

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Season 4 Episode 4

bloody images, scene of bereavement

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19/01/2015

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19/01/2015

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attempted suicide, discriminatory language

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19/12/2014

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bloody images, scene of bereavement

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12/12/2014

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scenes of emotional distress

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07/03/2016

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Season 5 Episode 8

moderate sex references, scenes of emotional distress, smoking

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23/02/2016

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moderate threat, references to sexual violence, emotional distress

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23/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 6

moderate sex references

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23/02/2016

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Season 5 Episode 7

abortion theme

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22/02/2016

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moderate bloody surgery detail, attempted suicide, upsetting scenes

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22/02/2016

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scenes of emotional distress

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10/02/2016

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scenes of childbirth, emotional distress

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21/01/2016

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Season 5 Episode 1

bloody surgery detail, references to contraception

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13/03/2017

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distressing scenes

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14/02/2017

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scenes of domestic violence, moderate threat, injury detail

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14/02/2017

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mild bad language, emotional distress

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14/02/2017

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moderate injury detail

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14/02/2017

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mild sex references, scenes of childbirth

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19/03/2018

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upsetting scenes

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05/03/2018

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mild injury detail

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05/03/2018

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moderate sex references

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05/03/2018

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infrequent moderate sex references, references to self-harm

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05/03/2018

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moderate sex references, discriminatory attitudes

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12/02/2018

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moderate sex references, childbirth scenes

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12/02/2018

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distressing scenes, references to abortion

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12/02/2018

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references to abortion and miscarriage

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05/03/2019

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moderate sex references, references to abortion, bloody images

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01/03/2019

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upsetting scenes, references to abortion

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19/02/2019

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Season 8 Episode 4

mild bad language, drug references, brief medical gore

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19/02/2019

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moderate sex references, distressing scenes

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19/02/2019

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Season 8 Episode 5

moderate injury detail

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31/01/2019

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mild bad language

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31/01/2019

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Season 8 Episode 3

distressing scenes and references

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31/01/2019

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Season 8 Episode 1

mild upsetting scenes, brief threat, medical detail

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02/05/2022

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BBC Studios

threat and horror

There is mild panic when a fire breaks out at a circus and children are feared missing, but the scene has a reassuring outcome.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images in the aftermath of a surgical procedure which takes place off-screen. There are scenes of childbirth, including a baby being delivered with forceps.

theme

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There are scenes of cigarette smoking which reflect the historical period in which the drama is set.

drug references, medical gore

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09/03/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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brief drug misuse

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09/03/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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s, e, S, 9, n, o, a

drug references, medical gore

Classified Date:

09/03/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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Season 9 Episode 7

brief drug misuse

Classified Date:

09/03/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 9 Episode 8

mild threat, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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e, 9, s, o, n, S, a

moderate injury detail, medical gore

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

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o, n, a, s, 9, S, e

moderate sex references, childbirth scene

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

a, n, o, 9, e, S, s

upsetting scenes, bereavement theme

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

9, a, e, S, n, o, s

suicide reference

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

e, S, s, a, n, o, 9

scene of childbirth

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

n, o, s, a, 9, e, S

scene of childbirth

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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Season 9 Episode 3

mild threat, bloody images

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 9 Episode 4

suicide reference

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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Season 9 Episode 5

upsetting scenes, bereavement theme

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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Season 9 Episode 6

moderate sex references, childbirth scene

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 9 Episode 2

moderate injury detail, medical gore

Classified Date:

13/02/2020

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

Paperwork Remarks:

Season 9 Episode 1

moderate medical detail, discrimination

Classified Date:

31/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

injury detail

There are scenes containing medical detail, including a bloody cist and placenta. There are also brief scenes of child birth and women's water breaking.

additional issues

A mother, worried for her missing son, expresses suicidal thoughts in a moment of grief.

mild upsetting scenes, brief threat, medical detail

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

There is mild panic when a fire breaks out at a circus and children are feared missing, but the scene has a reassuring outcome.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images in the aftermath of a surgical procedure which takes place off-screen. There are scenes of childbirth, including a baby being delivered with forceps.

theme

additional issues

There are scenes of cigarette smoking which reflect the historical period in which the drama is set.

upsetting scenes, moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

There is focus on a man's hand after he coughs blood in to it. There is also some focus on blood as a baby is birthed.

theme

There are upsetting scenes when a baby is stillborn, and the family are shown grieving in the aftermath.

additional issues

It is implied via a verbal reference that a church community looking for a place to worship are turned away from potential landlord due to their Jamaican heritage.

upsetting scenes, references to abortion

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

additional issues

Language is mild ('tart' and 'bloody').

medical detail, suicide attempt, distressing scenes

Classified Date:

21/12/2021

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

There is brief sight of an infected c-section wound, as well as sight of a small cut on a woman's finger.

suicide and self-harm

A woman overdoses. After the event she receives mental health care.

theme

domestic abuse, moderate medical detail, abortion references

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

In a brief scene, a man burns his wife's chest with a cigarette.

injury detail

Medical detail includes bloody images.

theme

There are bloody images in the aftermath of a backstreet abortion.

additional issues

There are upsetting scenes. Characters smoke cigarettes reflecting the period.

brief moderate threat

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

additional issues

moderate threat, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

threat and horror

additional issues

distressing scenes

Classified Date:

02/07/2021

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

In one scene a child convulses and fits, causing her mother to panic. Later a heavily pregnant woman falls down the stairs. A woman sobs when her child is taken from her.

additional issues

drug references, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

drugs

injury detail

A man is treated for a bloody gash across his collarbone from an off-screen knife attack. There is also mild injury as a woman develops a swollen eye after a fall.

additional issues

moderate threat, injury detail, distressing scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

There are tense sequences in which injured passengers on a train are trapped, and fearful of fire. First responders carry away dead bodies.

injury detail

There is sight of blood, bruising and burns sustained in a train crash. There is some medical detail during a birth.

general

additional issues

There are mild sex references, and infrequent very mild bad language ('God').

moderate threat

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

additional issues

drug misuse, moderate medical detail, distressing scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

drugs

Men and women squatting in a warehouse are shown smoking marijuana; however the episode shows the negative consequences of drug misuse.

injury detail

There are close up images of a tumour on a woman's face. In another scene a baby is shown born next to her own intestines.

theme

After a baby is born with her intestines outside her body, a man and woman who are high on drugs scream with horror, causing distress to the child's mother.

additional issues

There are scenes in which a mother and father grieve the loss of their baby.

domestic abuse, references to miscarriage

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

There are references to domestic violence and child physical abuse such as, "Fractures, perforated eardrums and lashings with a dog lead".

theme

additional issues

There is also mild injury detail such as a bloody gash on a child's foot. There are mild sex references.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

additional issues

moderate bloody images, injury detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

There are brief bloody images following the birth of a baby. A man's gangrenous foot falls off.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bastard', 'sod'), accompanied by other milder terms ('God'). There are also references to alcohol addiction. Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period.

moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

There is moderate medical detail in the form of brief bloody images following a birth.

additional issues

There are brief verbal references to domestic abuse. There are also mild sex references. Characters smoke cigarettes, reflecting the period.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

21/03/2022

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

additional issues

sexual violence, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

19/12/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

sexual violence and sexual threat

additional issues

Mild medical detail includes sight of a bloodied bandage on a newborn’s foot as a result of a bleeding disorder, as well as a childbirth scene.

racism, moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

injury detail

There are brief bloody images relating to childbirth.

additional issues

moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

Use:

Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

additional issues

suicide references

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

suicide and self-harm

There are visual and verbal references to a character having suicidal thoughts. The overall tone of the episode is reassuring, with the character getting support for their mental health.

additional issues

Upsetting scenes occur when a character must deal with a cancer diagnosis. There is also mild innuendo.

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

A woman is seen bleeding profusely following childbirth.

additional issues

moderate violence, threat, racism

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

There is an off-screen stabbing with a pair of scissors, and aftermath sight of blood on a man's shirt.

threat and horror

During a psychotic episode a character snatches a baby from its crib, refusing to give it back to its mother. The child is soon retrieved and returned unharmed.

discrimination

There are references to a woman's mother abandoning her for having a black baby.

theme

There are references to mental health, and scenes in which a man hears voices, has visions and becomes erratic.

additional issues

There are mild sex references, bad language ('bloody', 'Jesus'), references to abortion and mild medical detail.

child physical abuse references

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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violence

A boy has bruises all over his body and shares that they were inflicted by his employer. There are verbal references to the exploitation and mistreatment of child labourers.

additional issues

moderate bloody images, drug references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

drugs

A character is identified as having an addiction to drugs. There is brief close-up emphasis on bloody track marks along his arm as he is examined by a doctor.

injury detail

There are some bloody images after a woman gives birth.

theme

additional issues

upsetting scenes, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

10/03/2023

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

theme

There are upsetting scenes when a woman who is in labour is killed in an accident.

additional issues

There is brief discrimination when a grandmother fears a child with a Chinese name would struggle at school.

moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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injury detail

A man briefly displays some grisly looking blood-filled cuts on his legs. When a mother goes into shock during childbirth, there is some bloody detail on her bed sheets.

additional issues

moderate threat, bloody images, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

A woman explains bruises on her body by referring to her husband's short temper. There are also further verbal references to domestic abuse.

threat and horror

A criminal is locked out of his home while his wife gives birth. He produces a gun and tries to shoot the door open. Once inside, he flushes drugs down the toilet and a stand-off with police ensues.

injury detail

There are infrequent bloody images, which occur during scenes in which complications arise during childbirth.

additional issues

mild bad language, medical detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

language

There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'floozy').

injury detail

A woman has a seizure, but receives medical treatment and recovers. Other scenes include women encountering difficulties during childbirth.

additional issues

There are upsetting scenes in which children are made ill by mould on their walls.

medical detail, upsetting scenes, discrimination

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

injury detail

A man cuts himself while using gardening equipment and contracts tetanus; his wound grows increasingly infected, and he becomes critically ill.

theme

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

In one scene, a man suffering from tuberculosis bleeds heavily from the mouth and collapses. ln another, a woman bleeds heavily following childbirth.

additional issues

There is mild bad language ('bloody'). A heavily pregnant woman smokes cigarettes, against medical advice, and suffers complications and ill health as a result.

mild threat, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

theme

There are scenes of emotional upset and references to childhood cancer.

additional issues

There are passing references to a woman growing up in foster care and having neglectful parents. There are references to falling pregnant out of wedlock and also medical detail of a child being born.

domestic abuse references, suicide references

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

suicide and self-harm

A pregnant and distressed woman decides to take her own life but passes out before she can carry out her attempt.

additional issues

child sex abuse references, moderate sex references, medical detail

Classified Date:

25/03/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

sex

There is a brief moderate verbal reference to an off-screen character visiting sex workers, including use of the term ‘tart’.

injury detail

Moderate medical detail includes a woman bleeding profusely following a difficult childbirth.

sexual violence and sexual threat

additional issues

mild threat, domestic abuse references, drug references

Classified Date:

23/02/2024

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

threat and horror

drugs

additional issues

Upsetting scenes include distressed characters preparing for a terminally ill loved one’s death and undetailed sight of a man's dead body.

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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theme

additional issues

There is occasional bloody detail during birthing scenes. A boy with learning disabilities is taunted by a group of bullies until an adult nearby comes to his aid.

drug references, upsetting scenes, racism

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

There are references to racism directed towards black characters. A black man and his white partner become the target of racist remarks. Such attitudes are condemned, however.

drugs

additional issues

Bad language is very mild ('God'). A childbirth scene contains brief bloody detail. There is also very mild rude humour, and brief scenes of smoking.

racism

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

There are scenes in which white characters express racist attitudes towards black people. Overall, however, racism is condemned.

additional issues

domestic abuse, moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

additional issues

mild upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

additional issues

In some scenes people smoke. There is also very mild bad language ('bleeding', 'ruddy').

mild bad language, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

A scene features an explosion in a home.

language

There is also mild bad language ('bloody'); other milder terms include 'hell'.

theme

additional issues

A patient behaves unpleasantly with a nurse owing to the color of her skin. There are also scenes in which people smoke.

moderate sex references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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sex

theme

additional issues

moderate sex references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

sex

theme

additional issues

moderate injury detail

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

A man accidentally slashes his hand with a knife resulting in a wound that bleeds profusely. There is a sequence of childbirth that includes bloody detail.

additional issues

moderate bloody images

Classified Date:

24/03/2025

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

injury detail

A woman bleeds profusely following childbirth and loses consciousness. A dead body is discovered in a flat.

additional issues

upsetting scenes, drug references, moderate threat

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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threat and horror

Women are briefly threatened at gunpoint by a member of a gang. Verbal references are made to Triad gangs active in Hong Kong in the 1970s and to their use of violence and extortion.

drugs

theme

additional issues

upsetting scenes, brief moderate violence

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

A midwife is spat at and physically assaulted by a patient, resulting in bloody scratch marks on her neck.

theme

additional issues

moderate violence, injury detail, sex references

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

People are seen wrestling in a ring, throwing, striking and kicking their opponents in crunchy fashion.

threat and horror

There is a brief tense sequence when a woman cannot find her young son.

sex

Sex references include a discussion about adult wrestling fixtures involving women in bikinis, and a remark about 'stripping'.

discrimination

There is an implied reference to racism, but it is clearly condemned within the narrative. A man struggles with a breast cancer diagnosis because of historic, societal sexist attitudes.

injury detail

Medical detail occurs, including close up sight of a man's wounded nipple in one scene.

theme

There are references throughout to illnesses such as cancer, and to death.

alcohol and smoking

People are seen smoking, and there are references to alcoholism.

moderate threat, sex references

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

A criminal threatens people with a gun in a prolonged scene, and there are other briefer scenes of gun threat.

sex

There is a brief reference to sexual behaviour involving a sex worker. Milder sex references include brief innuendo.

additional issues

domestic abuse references, upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

There are references to child abuse, including physical violence against children. A woman briefly speaks of her former husband beating her.

theme

A woman is distressed when her premature baby is found in the toilet. In an upsetting scene, a child is found on a road after falling out of a window.

additional issues

upsetting scenes, moderate threat

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

People’s medical conditions place them in vulnerable situations. A woman recounts a traumatic event during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

theme

additional issues

upsetting scenes, mild injury detail

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

discrimination

A pregnant woman is warned that she will face discrimination as an unmarried mother; however this attitude is not endorsed by other characters.

injury detail

During a childbirth scene, some blood is briefly visible.

alcohol and smoking

A dying person tries an alcoholic drink for the first time.

theme

An elderly person dies and people grieve their loss. A child listens to her parents argue about her disability.

sexual violence references, domestic abuse, moderate medical detail

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

violence

Physical domestic abuse includes characters being burned.

injury detail

A haemorrhage results in a large pool of blood; medical detail is also shown during a childbirth sequence. Characters reveal large burn marks on their arms.

sexual violence and sexual threat

additional issues

upsetting scenes

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

theme

additional issues

moderate threat, brief bloody images

Classified Date:

30/03/2026

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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

threat and horror

A midwife frantically tries to resuscitate a baby after it stops breathing. There are childbirth scenes and a young girl falls down the stairs.

language

There is an implied use of the word 'bloody'.

sex

There is a brief, very mild sex reference in the form of innuendo.

discrimination

In a historical context, references are made to racist attitudes which are clearly condemned.

injury detail

There is brief sight of blood in a medical context when a mother is seen bleeding after giving birth. A child has bloody blisters on her leg.

theme

alcohol and smoking

Characters are seen drinking alcohol and a man goes to a support group for his alcoholism.

Director(s)Philippa Lowthorpe

Production year2012

Genre(s)Drama, Historical

Approx. running minutes59m

CastJessica Raine, Jenny Agutter, Pam Ferris, Judy Parfitt, Cliff Parisi, Helen George

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mild bad language, upsetting scenes

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06/01/2020

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A, S, T, M, A, S, S, P, E, C, I, L, C, 2, 0, 1, 9, H, R, I

mild bad language, upsetting scenes

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06/01/2020

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2019

mild bad language, scenes of emotional upset

Classified Date:

03/01/2019

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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2018

distressing scenes, infrequent mild bad language

Classified Date:

21/02/2017

Version:

2D,16:9

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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Season 6 Episode 7

injury detail, discriminatory language

Classified Date:

14/02/2017

Version:

2D,16:9

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Season 6 Episode 5

references to female genital mutilation

Classified Date:

14/02/2017

Version:

2D,16:9

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Season 6 Episode 6

Classified Date:

28/01/2013

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06/04/2026

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30/03/2026

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24/03/2025

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24/03/2025

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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25/03/2024

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10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

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10/03/2023

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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21/03/2022

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02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

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02/07/2021

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2 entertain Video Ltd.

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09/03/2020

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2D,16:9

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09/03/2020

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05/03/2019

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 Bob Cuts Beehives & Buns

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Additional material Season 7 Cataracts Demons & Bigamy

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 Sex Ed Operations & Community

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 A New Café Clinic & Kitchen

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Additional material Season 7 Huntingtons & Beauty Pageants

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Additional material Season 7 Humanity & Fear in Poplar

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 New Lines Textures & Colours

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19/03/2018

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Additional material Season 7 House Clearances & A New Midwife

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05/01/2018

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Additional material, Season 7

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21/02/2017

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07/03/2016

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26/01/2015

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26/06/2014

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Additional Material DTO

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25/02/2014

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31/01/2013

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Additional Material Season 2

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