Inside No. 9

Director(s)David Kerr
Production year2014
Genre(s)Horror, Comedy, Drama
Approx. running minutes29m
CastReece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Gemma Arterton, Marc Wootton, Tamsin Greig, Timothy West
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Inside No. 9

Contains strong language and sex references
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16/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 1 Sardines
Contains strong bloody violence
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14/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 2 A Quiet Night In
Contains strong language
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15/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 3 Tom & Gerri
Contains strong language
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15/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 4 Last Gasp
Contains strong gory images of suicide
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23/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 5 The Understudy
Contains strong horror
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13/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 6 The Harrowing
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strong language, sex references
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11/03/2015
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Season 2 La Couchette
strong sex references, psychological horror
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 The 12 Days of Christine
strong sex references, torture violence
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09/03/2015
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Season 2 The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
strong language, suicide references
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 Cold Comfort
strong sex references
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 Nana's Party
strong language
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11/03/2015
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Season 2 Séance Time
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moderate comic threat, moderate injury detail
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Devil of Christmas
bloody injury detail, strong language, sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Bill
strong violence, threat, bloody images
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Riddle of the Sphinx
very strong language, strong sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Empty Orchestra
strong language, moderate threat
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Diddle Diddle Dumpling
strong violence, gore, threat, sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Private View
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strong sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Zanzibar
infrequent strong language
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room
strong violence
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Once Removed
strong sex, sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 To Have and to Hold
strong language, sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 And the Winner Is...
moderate violence, sex references, infrequent strong language
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12/02/2018
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Season 4 Tempting Fate
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strong language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 THE REFEREE'S A W**ER
strong sex references, bloody images, gore
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 DEATH BE NOT PROUD
strong language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 LOVE'S GREAT ADVENTURE
strong violence
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 MISDIRECTION
strong violence, sex references
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 THINKING OUT LOUD
strong gore, language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 STAKEOUT
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strong language, violence
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a gang of diamond robbers fall out when a heist goes wrong.

violence
Strong violence, played in a darkly comic manner, features a throat-cutting and gunshots to heads which produce blood spurts and aftermath bloody detail.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'wank', 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'God'' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
There is comic knife threat. There is moderate innuendo and rude humour. In a comic linguistic misunderstanding over the term 'haemophobia' a man is referred to as not being "a Queen Mary"; the comment is not intended to be malicious.
strong language, violence
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, the writer of a fantasy TV series is blackmailed by an obsessed fan into changing the show’s ending.

violence
A man is smothered to death with a pillow. There is moderate bloody detail in the aftermath of off-screen violence.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘dick’ and ‘shit’.
additional issues
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a man implies that he intends to force his blackmail victim to have sex with him. They lie down on a bed together but no sexual activity occurs. Other issues include infrequent moderate sex references.
strong sex references, language, violence
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a dark comedy TV series; in this episode, a man hires a woman to spy on another woman.

violence
A man is shot in the head, accompanied by sight of an impact wound and blood in the aftermath of violence.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God').
sex
There are strong sex references, including brief sight of a pornographic magazine cover that lacks strong detail.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to harassment and a restraining order.
strong language
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a television actor with a small part in a true crime drama thinks he may have solved the actual case.

language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody' and 'bastard'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include a crude comment about a woman's 'minge'. There is infrequent mild violence. There are references to the abduction and disappearance of a child.
strong language
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a UK comedy drama series; in this episode, the dark past of a palliative care nurse re-emerges.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'bastard', 'God').
additional issues
There are verbal references to an incident of domestic abuse in which a man kidnaps and shoots his ex-wife during a custody dispute. Bloody images include a man cutting his finger and signing a contract in his own blood. There is moderate supernatural threat involving the Devil.
strong violence
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18/06/2021
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a family’s plans for a patriotic evening in, watching the Last Night of the Proms, are disrupted by the arrival of a stranger.

violence
A man is stabbed repeatedly with a rake and then a letter opener, resulting in blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references and innuendo, as well as a comic scene in which it is implied that a woman masturbates as she dances to music coming from another room. There is moderate rude humour. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'wanker', bloody', 'piss off', 'bastard' and 'tit'.
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strong bloody images, suicide
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01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO 9 is a horror comedy drama series; in this episode, Helen gets an unexpected visit from neighbour Bob and enlists his help in tutoring her son, Zach.

suicide and self-harm
A man dies by suicide off-screen; it's implied he has shot himself in the head.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermath of a suicide.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'shit').
strong violence, bloody images
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01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO 9 is a comedy horror series; in this episode, a woman is kidnapped.

violence
A man is shot with blood impact detail. In one scene, a character has their ears cut off.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'tosser', 'prick', 'bitch'). There is moderate threat and moderate sex references.
crude humour
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01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a British comedy drama series; in this episode, a new teacher arrives.

theme
There is crude humour, including references to the child sex abuse offences committed by Michael Jackson. Such references do not contain strong detail, however. There are also close-up photographs of several penises.
additional issues
There is also moderate bad language ('cock').
sexual threat, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, a man recalls a pivotal event from his childhood and how it relates to a character from a children's public information film series.

sexual violence and sexual threat
There is sexual threat from a father towards his son. It is implied that there is a history of sexual abuse within the family, including a scene in which the father tells his son to go upstairs with him, and later references to the abuse being 'just a game'.
additional issues
There is a scene of attempted suicide when a clothed man steps into a full bath and picks up an electric radio plugged into the mains. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). There are moderately gory images, such as the blood smeared carcass of a rabbit which has been poorly reconstructed for taxidermy. There is moderate threat, such as a boy about to climb an electricity pylon and one man trying to stab another with a kitchen knife. There is also a bereavement theme in mild visual and verbal references to a young girl's death in a house fire.
strong language
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01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO. 9 is an anthology comedy drama series; in this episode, a group of old friends meet up to go boating.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. Sex references and innuendo are also moderate.
strong language
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01/06/2022
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INSIDE NO. 9 is an anthology drama series; in this episode, a police detective's life is not all it seems.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), and other terms such as 'cock' and 'God'. There is infrequent use of discriminatory language ('queen').
additional issues
There is moderate threat and horror. There are brief references to self-harm, alcoholism and prescription drug misuse. Sex references are moderate, for instance to 'shagging'.
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scene of hanging
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO 9 is a British anthology horror series; in this episode, a man travels to spend the night in a church on Christmas eve.

disturbing images
A man accidentally hangs to death. The scene is prolonged and emphasises the man's pain as he dies.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as use of milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'balls'). There is also comic innuendo.
strong bloody violence, language, threat
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO.9 is a horror anthology series; in this episode, a seance goes wrong when a pair of brothers attempt to contact their dead mother.

violence
A man's foot is cut off with an electric saw, this includes bloody aftermath. A man is stabbed in chest by his woman during an argument, and a man's hand is injured when a mug is smashed on it. There is aftermath detail of a body with a knife sticking from it.
threat and horror
There are multiple scenes of knife threat. A man prepares to sacrifice a bird during a ritual but is stopped by his brother.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bastard', 'bloody hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
infrequent strong language, moderate injury detail
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO.9 is a comedy horror anthology series; in this episode, a superstitious man calls in sick on Friday 13th.

language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bloody', 'shit', 'bugger', 'crap', 'God' and 'damn'.
injury detail
There are images of children who were victims of a coach accident with bloody faces reflected back at a man via a broken mirror, but they are brief. A man has a bloody scratch on his arm after the cat attacked him.
additional issues
There is mild threat. A man tries to hit a cat with a bean bag in a comic scene, before realising the cat has already fled.
strong language, injury detail
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO.9 is a British anthology horror series; in this episode, a woman tries out online speed dating.

language
Strong language occurs (‘f**k’), as well as other terms including ‘bitch’, ‘piss’ and ‘God'.
injury detail
A pair of severed fingers are shown floating in a jar of water. A dead body lies in a pool of blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
Infrequent scenes of moderate violence include a blow to the head using an improvised weapon, however, no impact detail is shown. There is a brief scene of sexual threat in which a character attempts to kiss a woman, however, he is prevented from doing so and his behaviour is clearly condemned. An unsympathetic character makes a discriminatory comment about the LGBT community. Occasional moderate sex references also occur.
strong gory images
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO.9 is a TV drama series; in this episode, a TV game show takes a sinister turn.

injury detail
A woman's head explodes with strong bloody detail.
additional issues
There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as unsettling scenes, and mild sex references.
strong language, threat, sex references, suicide references
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26/05/2023
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy horror series; in this episode, a man and his terminally ill boyfriend have a weekend away. 

threat and horror
In a scene of strong threat, a man encases another man in cement and then pours honey over him so that insects will eat him as he dies. 
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k'). 
sex
There is a crude verbal reference to bestiality.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to a teenager's suicide attempt.
additional issues
There is moderate violence when a man drugs a man's drink with Xanax before encasing him in cement. 
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strong language
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22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, an incident occurs in an underground train carriage stuck in a tunnel, and some of the passengers come to regret getting involved.

language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch'. 'prick', 'cock', 'frig', 'dick', 'knob', 'arsehole', 'tits', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'Jesus' and 'damn'. There is also use of the discriminatory term 'fag'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references and innuendo include comments about oral sex, 'shagging', sex shows and sex pests. A drag artist sitting in a train carriage cheekily removes a fake breast from his low-cut dress, which is met with a disapproving look from a fellow passenger. There is moderate threat as people are overcome and by a toxic gas released into an underground train carriage. Moderate violence includes a man being grabbed by the throat and choked. There is moderate rude humour as a drag artist says, "Not everyone who tapes their knob to their arsehole is a drag queen".
strong language, references to abusive behaviour, suicide and self-harm
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a therapist comes to the aid of a man whom he believes is contemplating ending his own life.

language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to the abusive behaviour of a male therapist who sexually exploited a vulnerable female patient; the references are undetailed, but unsettling.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to people with mental health issues ideating and carrying out suicidal impulses.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the self-harming behaviour of a person with mental health issues.
additional issues
There is moderate gun threat and references to a person who is in a helpless situation that endangers their life. There is also moderate violence involving an undetailed stabbing, with brief sight of bloody clothing.
strong language
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22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a doorbell camera records the escalating tensions between neighbours in a quiet residential street

language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bloody’, ‘arse’, ‘piss’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
additional issues
Arguments and violent episodes take place off-screen, and are implied by sound.
strong language, threat
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22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a family takes part in an escape room challenge.

threat and horror
There is strong threat as a killer in a blood-splattered hazmat suit and wearing a gas mask launches an attack on people with an axe, and puts a choke-hold on a man before preparing a lethal injection to be administered to him. Moderate horror images include prop severed limbs and heads decorating a dingy basement that is referred to as a serial killer’s lair forming part of an escape room game.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘piss’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘hell’, ‘damn’ and ‘Jesus’. A jokey reference is made to the ‘c-word’, which turns out to be an entirely innocuous term.
additional issues
There are comic references to bondage and necrophilia. There are mild upsetting scenes involving a person in a comatose state.
suicide, strong injury detail
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22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a comedy drama anthology series; in this episode, a piano tuner discovers the last, unfinished symphony of a great composer.

suicide and self-harm
A person takes their own life in a sudden and unexpected manner.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail, including sight of a dead body lying in a pool of blood, in the aftermath of shootings and attacks with improvised weapons.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, some of which is of a supernatural nature. Moderate violence includes a heavy blow to the head and a person being buried alive. Moderate innuendo includes a reference to “fingering”. There are also references to mental health and infrequent very mild rude humour.
very strong language, drug misuse
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22/07/2024
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INSIDE NO. 9 is a British comedy drama series; in this episode, a wrap party celebrates the end of the latest series.

language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'). Strong language ('f**k') is used, and there is also use of milder terms including 'bloody', 'shit', and 'arse'.
drugs
A woman produces a bag of cocaine and prepares the drug before it is implied she snorts it.
additional issues
Innuendo and humourous sex references are heard, including infrequent references to oral and anal sex. There is comic male buttock nudity. Very mild rude humour includes jokes about toilet use.
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22/07/2024
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22/07/2024
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22/07/2024
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 5 Diddle Diddle Dumpling
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 4 Empty Orchestra
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 2 The Bill
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 3 The Riddle of the Sphinx
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23/03/2017
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Additional Material Season 3 A Step Back In Time
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 6 Private View
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 1 The Devil of Christmas
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07/04/2015
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Additional Material Season 2
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20/02/2014
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Additional Material Photogallery
Classified date13/01/2014
LanguageEnglish
Contains strong gory images of suicide
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23/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 5 The Understudy
Contains strong language and sex references
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16/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 1 Sardines
Contains strong language
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15/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 4 Last Gasp
Contains strong language
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15/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 3 Tom & Gerri
Contains strong bloody violence
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14/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 2 A Quiet Night In
Contains strong horror
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13/01/2014
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Season 1 Episode 6 The Harrowing
strong sex references, psychological horror
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 The 12 Days of Christine
strong language, suicide references
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 Cold Comfort
strong sex references
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27/03/2015
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Season 2 Nana's Party
strong language, sex references
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11/03/2015
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Season 2 La Couchette
strong language
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11/03/2015
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Season 2 Séance Time
strong sex references, torture violence
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09/03/2015
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Season 2 The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
moderate comic threat, moderate injury detail
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Devil of Christmas
strong violence, gore, threat, sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Private View
strong violence, threat, bloody images
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Riddle of the Sphinx
very strong language, strong sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Empty Orchestra
bloody injury detail, strong language, sex references
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 The Bill
strong language, moderate threat
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23/03/2017
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Season 3 Diddle Diddle Dumpling
moderate violence, sex references, infrequent strong language
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12/02/2018
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Season 4 Tempting Fate
strong sex, sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 To Have and to Hold
infrequent strong language
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room
strong sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Zanzibar
strong language, sex references
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 And the Winner Is...
strong violence
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02/02/2018
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Season 4 Once Removed
strong violence
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 MISDIRECTION
strong sex references, bloody images, gore
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 DEATH BE NOT PROUD
strong language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 LOVE'S GREAT ADVENTURE
strong violence, sex references
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 THINKING OUT LOUD
strong gore, language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 STAKEOUT
strong language
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20/03/2020
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Season 5 THE REFEREE'S A W**ER
strong language
Classified Date:
18/06/2021
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language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'bastard', 'God').
additional issues
There are verbal references to an incident of domestic abuse in which a man kidnaps and shoots his ex-wife during a custody dispute. Bloody images include a man cutting his finger and signing a contract in his own blood. There is moderate supernatural threat involving the Devil.
strong language
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18/06/2021
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language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody' and 'bastard'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include a crude comment about a woman's 'minge'. There is infrequent mild violence. There are references to the abduction and disappearance of a child.
strong sex references, language, violence
Classified Date:
18/06/2021
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violence
A man is shot in the head, accompanied by sight of an impact wound and blood in the aftermath of violence.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God').
sex
There are strong sex references, including brief sight of a pornographic magazine cover that lacks strong detail.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to harassment and a restraining order.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
18/06/2021
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violence
A man is smothered to death with a pillow. There is moderate bloody detail in the aftermath of off-screen violence.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘dick’ and ‘shit’.
additional issues
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a man implies that he intends to force his blackmail victim to have sex with him. They lie down on a bed together but no sexual activity occurs. Other issues include infrequent moderate sex references.
strong violence
Classified Date:
18/06/2021
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is stabbed repeatedly with a rake and then a letter opener, resulting in blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references and innuendo, as well as a comic scene in which it is implied that a woman masturbates as she dances to music coming from another room. There is moderate rude humour. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'wanker', bloody', 'piss off', 'bastard' and 'tit'.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
18/06/2021
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violence
Strong violence, played in a darkly comic manner, features a throat-cutting and gunshots to heads which produce blood spurts and aftermath bloody detail.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder bad language such as 'wank', 'prick', 'bitch', 'shit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'God'' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
There is comic knife threat. There is moderate innuendo and rude humour. In a comic linguistic misunderstanding over the term 'haemophobia' a man is referred to as not being "a Queen Mary"; the comment is not intended to be malicious.
strong bloody images, suicide
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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suicide and self-harm
A man dies by suicide off-screen; it's implied he has shot himself in the head.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermath of a suicide.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'shit').
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot with blood impact detail. In one scene, a character has their ears cut off.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'tosser', 'prick', 'bitch'). There is moderate threat and moderate sex references.
crude humour
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01/06/2022
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theme
There is crude humour, including references to the child sex abuse offences committed by Michael Jackson. Such references do not contain strong detail, however. There are also close-up photographs of several penises.
additional issues
There is also moderate bad language ('cock').
sexual threat, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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sexual violence and sexual threat
There is sexual threat from a father towards his son. It is implied that there is a history of sexual abuse within the family, including a scene in which the father tells his son to go upstairs with him, and later references to the abuse being 'just a game'.
additional issues
There is a scene of attempted suicide when a clothed man steps into a full bath and picks up an electric radio plugged into the mains. There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'). There are moderately gory images, such as the blood smeared carcass of a rabbit which has been poorly reconstructed for taxidermy. There is moderate threat, such as a boy about to climb an electricity pylon and one man trying to stab another with a kitchen knife. There is also a bereavement theme in mild visual and verbal references to a young girl's death in a house fire.
strong language
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. Sex references and innuendo are also moderate.
strong language
Classified Date:
01/06/2022
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language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), and other terms such as 'cock' and 'God'. There is infrequent use of discriminatory language ('queen').
additional issues
There is moderate threat and horror. There are brief references to self-harm, alcoholism and prescription drug misuse. Sex references are moderate, for instance to 'shagging'.
scene of hanging
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
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disturbing images
A man accidentally hangs to death. The scene is prolonged and emphasises the man's pain as he dies.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') as well as use of milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'balls'). There is also comic innuendo.
strong bloody violence, language, threat
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26/05/2023
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violence
A man's foot is cut off with an electric saw, this includes bloody aftermath. A man is stabbed in chest by his woman during an argument, and a man's hand is injured when a mug is smashed on it. There is aftermath detail of a body with a knife sticking from it.
threat and horror
There are multiple scenes of knife threat. A man prepares to sacrifice a bird during a ritual but is stopped by his brother.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bastard', 'bloody hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
strong language, injury detail
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26/05/2023
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language
Strong language occurs (‘f**k’), as well as other terms including ‘bitch’, ‘piss’ and ‘God'.
injury detail
A pair of severed fingers are shown floating in a jar of water. A dead body lies in a pool of blood in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
Infrequent scenes of moderate violence include a blow to the head using an improvised weapon, however, no impact detail is shown. There is a brief scene of sexual threat in which a character attempts to kiss a woman, however, he is prevented from doing so and his behaviour is clearly condemned. An unsympathetic character makes a discriminatory comment about the LGBT community. Occasional moderate sex references also occur.
strong language, threat, sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
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threat and horror
In a scene of strong threat, a man encases another man in cement and then pours honey over him so that insects will eat him as he dies. 
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k'). 
sex
There is a crude verbal reference to bestiality.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to a teenager's suicide attempt.
additional issues
There is moderate violence when a man drugs a man's drink with Xanax before encasing him in cement. 
infrequent strong language, moderate injury detail
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26/05/2023
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language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bloody', 'shit', 'bugger', 'crap', 'God' and 'damn'.
injury detail
There are images of children who were victims of a coach accident with bloody faces reflected back at a man via a broken mirror, but they are brief. A man has a bloody scratch on his arm after the cat attacked him.
additional issues
There is mild threat. A man tries to hit a cat with a bean bag in a comic scene, before realising the cat has already fled.
strong gory images
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26/05/2023
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injury detail
A woman's head explodes with strong bloody detail.
additional issues
There is implied strong language ('f**k'), as well as unsettling scenes, and mild sex references.
very strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'). Strong language ('f**k') is used, and there is also use of milder terms including 'bloody', 'shit', and 'arse'.
drugs
A woman produces a bag of cocaine and prepares the drug before it is implied she snorts it.
additional issues
Innuendo and humourous sex references are heard, including infrequent references to oral and anal sex. There is comic male buttock nudity. Very mild rude humour includes jokes about toilet use.
suicide, strong injury detail
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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suicide and self-harm
A person takes their own life in a sudden and unexpected manner.
injury detail
There is strong bloody injury detail, including sight of a dead body lying in a pool of blood, in the aftermath of shootings and attacks with improvised weapons.
additional issues
There is moderate threat, some of which is of a supernatural nature. Moderate violence includes a heavy blow to the head and a person being buried alive. Moderate innuendo includes a reference to “fingering”. There are also references to mental health and infrequent very mild rude humour.
strong language, threat
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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threat and horror
There is strong threat as a killer in a blood-splattered hazmat suit and wearing a gas mask launches an attack on people with an axe, and puts a choke-hold on a man before preparing a lethal injection to be administered to him. Moderate horror images include prop severed limbs and heads decorating a dingy basement that is referred to as a serial killer’s lair forming part of an escape room game.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘piss’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘hell’, ‘damn’ and ‘Jesus’. A jokey reference is made to the ‘c-word’, which turns out to be an entirely innocuous term.
additional issues
There are comic references to bondage and necrophilia. There are mild upsetting scenes involving a person in a comatose state.
strong language
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bloody’, ‘arse’, ‘piss’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
additional issues
Arguments and violent episodes take place off-screen, and are implied by sound.
strong language, references to abusive behaviour, suicide and self-harm
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to the abusive behaviour of a male therapist who sexually exploited a vulnerable female patient; the references are undetailed, but unsettling.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to people with mental health issues ideating and carrying out suicidal impulses.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to the self-harming behaviour of a person with mental health issues.
additional issues
There is moderate gun threat and references to a person who is in a helpless situation that endangers their life. There is also moderate violence involving an undetailed stabbing, with brief sight of bloody clothing.
strong language
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'bitch'. 'prick', 'cock', 'frig', 'dick', 'knob', 'arsehole', 'tits', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'Jesus' and 'damn'. There is also use of the discriminatory term 'fag'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references and innuendo include comments about oral sex, 'shagging', sex shows and sex pests. A drag artist sitting in a train carriage cheekily removes a fake breast from his low-cut dress, which is met with a disapproving look from a fellow passenger. There is moderate threat as people are overcome and by a toxic gas released into an underground train carriage. Moderate violence includes a man being grabbed by the throat and choked. There is moderate rude humour as a drag artist says, "Not everyone who tapes their knob to their arsehole is a drag queen".
Director(s)David Kerr
Production year2014
Genre(s)Horror, Comedy, Drama
Approx. running minutes29m
CastReece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Gemma Arterton, Marc Wootton, Tamsin Greig, Timothy West
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Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified Date:
22/07/2024
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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22/07/2024
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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23/03/2017
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2D
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 5 Diddle Diddle Dumpling
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 4 Empty Orchestra
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23/03/2017
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 2 The Bill
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23/03/2017
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 3 The Riddle of the Sphinx
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23/03/2017
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2D
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Additional Material Season 3 A Step Back In Time
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23/03/2017
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 6 Private View
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23/03/2017
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2D
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Audio commentary Season 3 Episode 1 The Devil of Christmas
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07/04/2015
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2D
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2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Additional Material Season 2
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20/02/2014
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2D
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Additional Material Photogallery
Classified date13/01/2014
LanguageEnglish