Desperate Measures
Director(s)Anthony Philipson
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes43m
CastWarren Brown, Sunetra Sarker, Francis Magee
Desperate Measures
strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
DESPERATE MEASURES is a UK crime drama miniseries; in this episode, a single mother is made redundant from her bank cashier job at the same time as her teenage son gets in trouble with a ruthless drug boss.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'cock', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'shit', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, including with guns. There is brief moderate violence and mild bloody images. There are drug references.
strong language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
DESPERATE MEASURES is a crime drama series in which a female bank clerk tries to recover the money her teenage son lost in a drug deal; in this episode, the woman decides to rob a bank.
violence
A young man is shot and killed in undetailed long-shot, followed by sight of blood on his clothes.
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat, including an armed bank robbery. There are also scenes in which a teenage boy is kidnapped, held hostage and threatened.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'wanker', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'arsehole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell).
additional issues
A teenage boy briefly smokes a marijuana joint. There are also scenes of emotional upset, references to mental health, and brief negative verbal drug references.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
DESPERATE MEASURES is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Rowan and friends hatch a plan to secure some quick cash.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'hell').
additional issues
There is moderate violence as people are shot, which results in some aftermath detail of blood. There are also scenes of threat in which people are threatened at gunpoint.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
DESPERATE MEASURES is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Rowan is on the run from the police while the threat against her son ramps up.
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings. Blood in the aftermath of violence is also a key feature of such scenes.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit' and 'God').
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat in which characters are held at gunpoint.
Classified date27/01/2023
LanguageEnglish
violence
A young man is shot and killed in undetailed long-shot, followed by sight of blood on his clothes.
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat, including an armed bank robbery. There are also scenes in which a teenage boy is kidnapped, held hostage and threatened.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'wanker', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'arsehole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell).
additional issues
A teenage boy briefly smokes a marijuana joint. There are also scenes of emotional upset, references to mental health, and brief negative verbal drug references.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'cock', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'shit', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, including with guns. There is brief moderate violence and mild bloody images. There are drug references.
strong language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'hell').
additional issues
There is moderate violence as people are shot, which results in some aftermath detail of blood. There are also scenes of threat in which people are threatened at gunpoint.
strong violence, language
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
Scenes of strong violence include bloody shootings. Blood in the aftermath of violence is also a key feature of such scenes.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('shit' and 'God').
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat in which characters are held at gunpoint.
strong language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
27/01/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A young man is shot and killed in undetailed long-shot, followed by sight of blood on his clothes.
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun threat, including an armed bank robbery. There are also scenes in which a teenage boy is kidnapped, held hostage and threatened.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'wanker', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'arsehole', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell).
additional issues
A teenage boy briefly smokes a marijuana joint. There are also scenes of emotional upset, references to mental health, and brief negative verbal drug references.
Director(s)Anthony Philipson
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes43m
CastWarren Brown, Sunetra Sarker, Francis Magee
Classified date27/01/2023
LanguageEnglish
