Darby And Joan
Director(s)Jovita O'Shaughnessy
Production year2021
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes44m
CastBryan Brown, Greta Scacchi, Jolene Anderson, Darren Gilshenan, Damien Garvey, Kimberley Joseph, Charlie Clausen, Aliandra Calabrese, Francis McMahon, Dane Brady, Mairi Cameron, Paul Bennett, Phillip Gwynne, Glenys Rowe, Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, Dave Redman, Tom McSweeney, David Newman, Anousha Zarkesh, Samuel Rickard
Darby And Joan
DARBY AND JOAN is an Australian mystery crime drama series; in this episode, widow Joan travels from her home in the UK ...
DARBY AND JOAN is an Australian mystery crime drama series; in this episode, widow Joan travels from her home in the UK to Australia to investigate the mysterious events surrounding her husband’s death.
drug misuse, moderate violence, brief sexual harassment
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A short flashback scene shows one person strangling another to death, without strong visual detail.
drugs
A group of former hippies and their guest share marijuana joints around a campfire.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man introduces himself to a woman by hugging her and squeezing her behind, prompting disapproval from another man. A woman makes a rueful remark about women in the 1960s counterculture movement having felt pressured to have ‘heaps of sex’ to prove they rejected the establishment.
moderate sex references, drug references, references to suicide
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a comic reference to adulterous ‘shagging’, in addition to occasional mild sex references and innuendo.
drugs
A short scene shows a man dealing marijuana and unidentified pills.
suicide and self-harm
There are upsetting scenes involving bereavement and suicidal ideation. However, the episode emphasises the importance of communicating in times of emotional distress and of seeking help and support.
moderate threat, drug references
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat. Armed thieves steal a motorhome without realising that a woman is inside, forcing her to hide as she tries to contact help. A man suspects that a young woman travelling with an older man may be in trouble and asks her if someone’s hurting her; however, it later transpires that the older man is her father and that he poses no threat to her.
drugs
There are infrequent verbal references to drug misuse, including ones to people dealing and buying oxycodone.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a moderate scene of attempted drowning. A man is suspected of attempting to murder his wife for financial gain; video footage appears to show a physical altercation between the couple, but this is quickly revealed not to be the case.
moderate bad language, brief violence
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is punched and a brief, chaotic fight ensues. An audio recording of a riot includes the sounds of a gunshot that killed an undercover police officer and the shocked screams of people at the incident.
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick'), as well as milder terms such as 'sod', 'bloody', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
moderate bad language, drug references
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Use of moderate bad language ('prick') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bugger', 'bloody', 'sod' and 'hell'.
drugs
There are verbal references to characters taking cocaine and performance enhancing steroids. The negative consequences of this drug misuse are clearly shown.
moderate threat
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Scenes of moderate threat occur as frantic family and friends search in the bush for a missing autistic 10 year old boy. A ghostly child appears and disappears.
moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of moderate violence such as a bloody shooting and a brief fist fight. A woman purposely hits characters with her car causing one to be hospitalised.
injury detail
After being shot, there is sight of a woman lying on the floor with a bloody bullet wound.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Flashbacks depict a fatal police shootout, without bloody detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
mild threat, language, references to sex, drugs & suicide, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
10/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include one in which a woman is found injured in the aftermath of an off-screen car crash.
language
Bad language includes ‘bollocks’, ‘crap’ and ‘oh my God’.
sex
A woman refers to a man as ‘a friend - not with benefits’. Other scenes contain very mild references to 'lovers' and affairs.
drugs
There are brief and undetailed verbal references to opioid addiction. Drug misuse is not condoned.
suicide and self-harm
A scene contains a discreet reference to an unseen character having taken their own life.
theme
There are occasional scenes involving bereavement, as well as undetailed references to terminal illness and assisted dying.
moderate bad language
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitching'); other milder terms include 'crap' and 'piss'.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature a property on fire, an explosion, and a hit-and-run car accident; a fist fight includes punches, a body slam, and use of an improvised weapon; however, there is no sight of blood.
drug misuse
Classified Date:
21/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
In one sequence people ingest 'magic mushrooms' and one of them hallucinates; drug references include dialogue mentions such as 'Viagra' and 'Psilocybin' as well as several shots of pills in bags.
moderate violence, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature fist-fighting, a chase, gun violence, and a hit-and-run car accident; sequences include several brief shots of corpses at a crime scene however there is no sight of blood.
language
There is moderate bad language ('shag’); other milder terms include 'crap', 'piss', 'bloody', 'damn' and 'God'.
Classified date18/28/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
A short flashback scene shows one person strangling another to death, without strong visual detail.
drugs
A group of former hippies and their guest share marijuana joints around a campfire.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man introduces himself to a woman by hugging her and squeezing her behind, prompting disapproval from another man. A woman makes a rueful remark about women in the 1960s counterculture movement having felt pressured to have ‘heaps of sex’ to prove they rejected the establishment.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘bloody’, ‘arse’, ‘tit’, ‘bugger’, ‘piss off’, ‘sod’, ‘God’, ‘damn’, ‘bum’ and ‘hell’. A mild traffic accident sequence is followed by sight of a small red wound on a man’s forehead. Other scenes contain brief mild images of undetailed dead bodies. There are also occasional mild sex references, such as references to ‘free love’ and couples ‘spending the night together’.
moderate bad language, brief violence
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is punched and a brief, chaotic fight ensues. An audio recording of a riot includes the sounds of a gunshot that killed an undercover police officer and the shocked screams of people at the incident.
language
There is moderate bad language ('prick'), as well as milder terms such as 'sod', 'bloody', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
moderate threat
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Scenes of moderate threat occur as frantic family and friends search in the bush for a missing autistic 10 year old boy. A ghostly child appears and disappears.
moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
24/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of moderate violence such as a bloody shooting and a brief fist fight. A woman purposely hits characters with her car causing one to be hospitalised.
injury detail
After being shot, there is sight of a woman lying on the floor with a bloody bullet wound.
moderate sex references, drug references, references to suicide
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a comic reference to adulterous ‘shagging’, in addition to occasional mild sex references and innuendo.
drugs
A short scene shows a man dealing marijuana and unidentified pills.
suicide and self-harm
There are upsetting scenes involving bereavement and suicidal ideation. However, the episode emphasises the importance of communicating in times of emotional distress and of seeking help and support.
moderate threat, drug references
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat. Armed thieves steal a motorhome without realising that a woman is inside, forcing her to hide as she tries to contact help. A man suspects that a young woman travelling with an older man may be in trouble and asks her if someone’s hurting her; however, it later transpires that the older man is her father and that he poses no threat to her.
drugs
There are infrequent verbal references to drug misuse, including ones to people dealing and buying oxycodone.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a moderate scene of attempted drowning. A man is suspected of attempting to murder his wife for financial gain; video footage appears to show a physical altercation between the couple, but this is quickly revealed not to be the case.
moderate bad language, drug references
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Use of moderate bad language ('prick') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bugger', 'bloody', 'sod' and 'hell'.
drugs
There are verbal references to characters taking cocaine and performance enhancing steroids. The negative consequences of this drug misuse are clearly shown.
drug misuse, moderate violence, brief sexual harassment
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A short flashback scene shows one person strangling another to death, without strong visual detail.
drugs
A group of former hippies and their guest share marijuana joints around a campfire.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man introduces himself to a woman by hugging her and squeezing her behind, prompting disapproval from another man. A woman makes a rueful remark about women in the 1960s counterculture movement having felt pressured to have ‘heaps of sex’ to prove they rejected the establishment.
drug misuse
Classified Date:
21/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
In one sequence people ingest 'magic mushrooms' and one of them hallucinates; drug references include dialogue mentions such as 'Viagra' and 'Psilocybin' as well as several shots of pills in bags.
mild threat, language, references to sex, drugs & suicide, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
10/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Scenes of mild threat include one in which a woman is found injured in the aftermath of an off-screen car crash.
language
Bad language includes ‘bollocks’, ‘crap’ and ‘oh my God’.
sex
A woman refers to a man as ‘a friend - not with benefits’. Other scenes contain very mild references to 'lovers' and affairs.
drugs
There are brief and undetailed verbal references to opioid addiction. Drug misuse is not condoned.
suicide and self-harm
A scene contains a discreet reference to an unseen character having taken their own life.
theme
There are occasional scenes involving bereavement, as well as undetailed references to terminal illness and assisted dying.
moderate violence, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature fist-fighting, a chase, gun violence, and a hit-and-run car accident; sequences include several brief shots of corpses at a crime scene however there is no sight of blood.
language
There is moderate bad language ('shag’); other milder terms include 'crap', 'piss', 'bloody', 'damn' and 'God'.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature a property on fire, an explosion, and a hit-and-run car accident; a fist fight includes punches, a body slam, and use of an improvised weapon; however, there is no sight of blood.
moderate bad language
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitching'); other milder terms include 'crap' and 'piss'.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Flashbacks depict a fatal police shootout, without bloody detail.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Director(s)Jovita O'Shaughnessy
Production year2021
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Mystery
Approx. running minutes44m
CastBryan Brown, Greta Scacchi, Jolene Anderson, Darren Gilshenan, Damien Garvey, Kimberley Joseph, Charlie Clausen, Aliandra Calabrese, Francis McMahon, Dane Brady, Mairi Cameron, Paul Bennett, Phillip Gwynne, Glenys Rowe, Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, Dave Redman, Tom McSweeney, David Newman, Anousha Zarkesh, Samuel Rickard
Classified date18/28/2023
LanguageEnglish
