Harlan Coben's Lazarus - Season 1

Director(s)Nicole Volavka
Production year2025
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes51m
CastSam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Alexandra Roach, David Fynn

Harlan Coben's Lazarus - Season 1

moderate injury detail, language, suicide references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN'S LAZARUS is a British drama series; in this episode, forensic psychiatrist Joel finds himself investigating the murder of a stranger in the wake of a family tragedy.

violence
Psychiatric patients admit to fantasising about murder. There are also references to a domestic abuse and stalking.
language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'crap', 'asshole', 'hell' and 'God'.
injury detail
The bloodied corpse of a young woman is found.
suicide and self-harm
Verbal references to suicide are present.
additional issues
A person is knocked over during a home invasion, and a man is followed at night. There are also mild sex references, themes of bereavement, and references to mental health.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex references
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN'S LAZARUS is a British drama series; in this episode, Laz struggles to come to terms with the visions he is seeing.

violence
A person hits another across the head with a heavy statuette. References are made to a number of murders.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'whore', 'bellend', 'piss', 'bullshit' and 'God'.
sex
Strong sex references include a crude mentions to fellatio. Moderate verbal references relate to sex work.
injury detail
There is sight of a large bloody head wound in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There are references to a man's reported suicide, and mention of a man stealing a girl's underwear from her house. Sequences of supernatural threat occur. A man uses the term 'looney bin', but acknowledges that it is a derogatory term.
strong language, violence, suicide
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN'S LAZARUS is a British supernatural drama series, in this episode, Laz is shaken by a visitation from his deceased sister.

violence
Brief scenes feature strikes with bladed weapons, resulting in blood spurts and clear sight of bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language (f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'shit', 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell').
suicide and self-harm
A person takes his own life, and there are multiple verbal references to suicide, but these are without graphic detail. In another scene, healed scars are visible on a person's arm.
additional issues
There are verbal references to murder and paedophilia. Several sustained sequences have an unsettling tone, and feature suspense and jump scares; there is also brief sight of horror iconography.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN'S LAZARUS is a drama series; in this episode, a woman disappears.

language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('dick', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of a heavily bloodstained corpse lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
A gang attack includes undetailed blows. The scene is darkly lit and lacks detail. Scenes of threat include jump scares. There are verbal references to drug spiking which lack detail. There are mild verbal sex references. A brief verbal reference is made to suicide.
strong language, sexual threat, violence
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN’S LAZARUS is a British crime thriller series; in this episode, Laz becomes increasingly desperate after his suspect evades the police.

violence
A person’s head is repeatedly struck against a hard surface, resulting in bloody aftermath detail. Moderate violence includes fist fights, knife threat and sequences of attempted drowning.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘shit’ and ‘bollocks’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A series of fragmented flashbacks shows a home invader forcibly restraining a distressed teenage girl with the intention of sexual violence. In another scene, photographs of the girl’s underwear are found concealed in the man’s home.
additional issues
There are moderately intense scenes of threat and suspense, and infrequent moderate sex references. Other issues include upsetting scenes of bereavement and emotional distress, as well as non-graphic verbal references to mental illness and suicide.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

HARLAN COBEN'S LAZARUS is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Laz finally closes in on the truth behind his father's death.

language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'shit', 'crap' and 'Jesus'.
injury detail
Strong bloody injury detail is briefly visible in the aftermath of a road accident and there is sight of a bloody gash on a man's hand.
additional issues
There are verbal references to suicide throughout and it is visually implied that a character takes their own life. Undetailed verbal references are made to the rape and murder of women. Moderate scenes of brief violence include a man having a glass smashed into his head, sight of a woman being strangled and a man is tasered. There is gun threat as well as a tense chase sequence. Mild verbal references are made to sex. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
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Classified date07/01/2025
LanguageEnglish
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('dick', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of a heavily bloodstained corpse lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
A gang attack includes undetailed blows. The scene is darkly lit and lacks detail. Scenes of threat include jump scares. There are verbal references to drug spiking which lack detail. There are mild verbal sex references. A brief verbal reference is made to suicide.
moderate injury detail, language, suicide references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Psychiatric patients admit to fantasising about murder. There are also references to a domestic abuse and stalking.
language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'crap', 'asshole', 'hell' and 'God'.
injury detail
The bloodied corpse of a young woman is found.
suicide and self-harm
Verbal references to suicide are present.
additional issues
A person is knocked over during a home invasion, and a man is followed at night. There are also mild sex references, themes of bereavement, and references to mental health.
strong language, sexual threat, violence
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person’s head is repeatedly struck against a hard surface, resulting in bloody aftermath detail. Moderate violence includes fist fights, knife threat and sequences of attempted drowning.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘shit’ and ‘bollocks’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A series of fragmented flashbacks shows a home invader forcibly restraining a distressed teenage girl with the intention of sexual violence. In another scene, photographs of the girl’s underwear are found concealed in the man’s home.
additional issues
There are moderately intense scenes of threat and suspense, and infrequent moderate sex references. Other issues include upsetting scenes of bereavement and emotional distress, as well as non-graphic verbal references to mental illness and suicide.
strong language, violence, suicide
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Brief scenes feature strikes with bladed weapons, resulting in blood spurts and clear sight of bloody injuries.
language
There is strong language (f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'bastard', 'bullshit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'shit', 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell').
suicide and self-harm
A person takes his own life, and there are multiple verbal references to suicide, but these are without graphic detail. In another scene, healed scars are visible on a person's arm.
additional issues
There are verbal references to murder and paedophilia. Several sustained sequences have an unsettling tone, and feature suspense and jump scares; there is also brief sight of horror iconography.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
08/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'shit', 'crap' and 'Jesus'.
injury detail
Strong bloody injury detail is briefly visible in the aftermath of a road accident and there is sight of a bloody gash on a man's hand.
additional issues
There are verbal references to suicide throughout and it is visually implied that a character takes their own life. Undetailed verbal references are made to the rape and murder of women. Moderate scenes of brief violence include a man having a glass smashed into his head, sight of a woman being strangled and a man is tasered. There is gun threat as well as a tense chase sequence. Mild verbal references are made to sex. Characters grieve for lost loved ones.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex references
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person hits another across the head with a heavy statuette. References are made to a number of murders.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'whore', 'bellend', 'piss', 'bullshit' and 'God'.
sex
Strong sex references include a crude mentions to fellatio. Moderate verbal references relate to sex work.
injury detail
There is sight of a large bloody head wound in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There are references to a man's reported suicide, and mention of a man stealing a girl's underwear from her house. Sequences of supernatural threat occur. A man uses the term 'looney bin', but acknowledges that it is a derogatory term.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/01/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('dick', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
injury detail
There is brief close-up sight of a heavily bloodstained corpse lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
A gang attack includes undetailed blows. The scene is darkly lit and lacks detail. Scenes of threat include jump scares. There are verbal references to drug spiking which lack detail. There are mild verbal sex references. A brief verbal reference is made to suicide.
Director(s)Nicole Volavka
Production year2025
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes51m
CastSam Claflin, Bill Nighy, Alexandra Roach, David Fynn
Classified date07/01/2025
LanguageEnglish