• Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Cast

    Tim Renkow, Lorraine Bracco, Sharon Rooney, Rob Madin

TV Show

Jerk

JERK is a British sitcom; in this episode, an American with cerebral palsy gets a job at a greetings card company in order to stay in the UK.…

JERK is a British sitcom; in this episode, an American with cerebral palsy gets a job at a greetings card company in order to stay in the UK.

  • Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy

  • Cast

    Tim Renkow, Lorraine Bracco, Sharon Rooney, Rob Madin

strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'pussy' and 'shit'. There is use of discriminatory terms such as 'retard' and 'gimpy'.
sex
There are cartoon images of sexual activity, including nudity. There are crude sex references.
additional issues
There is natural nudity.
strong language, discrimination
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘piss’, ‘ass’, ‘arse’, ‘dickhead’ and ‘shit’.
discrimination
A man who is pretending to be a Syrian Muslim refugee in order to receive donations from a food bank introduces himself as “Muhammad Ali” and uses the phrases ‘hakuna matata’ and ‘Al Jazeera’ to feign speaking Arabic. A man addresses another man who he believes to be gay as ‘Sir F**king Ponce-alot’, and in another scene the mother of a man with cerebral palsy addresses him affectionately as ‘Gimpy’. Discrimination is not endorsed by the episode as a whole.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references, and infrequent non-graphic suicide references.
very strong language, strong sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), as well as more frequent strong language (motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms ('pussy', 'dick', 'ass', 'piss', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'God', 'damn').
sex
There are strong sex references to penis sizes, masturbation and gag reflexes.
additional issues
There are scenes where different women on blind dates with a man react badly to his cerebral palsy. Some are rude, others fetishize his disability and one asks an insensitive question about his ability to get erections. There are references to prescription medication misuse.
strong language
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and other terms like 'twat', 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'asshole', 'son-of-a-bitch', 'Jesus' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There are comic references to the Nazi movement's historic discrimination toward disabled people. There are moderate comic references to sex and to alcoholism.
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strong language, sex references, drug misuse
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms like 'bitch', 'dick', 'arse', 'shit', and 'God'.
sex
There are verbal comic references to masturbation and sex acts, and a comic moment when a man with cerebral palsy claims to an official that he works as a prostitute.
drugs
It is implied a woman has snorted cocaine. Several people attempt, unsuccessfully, to help a man with cerebral palsy snort a line of cocaine in a comic scene. There are several references to obtaining cocaine illegally.
additional issues
An airport security guard suggests a man with cerebral palsy might be a terrorist who got caught in his own bomb-blast; this discriminatory comment is made in a comic context. The man later claims he identifies as an able-bodied person to mock people with comically exaggerated inclusive attitudes.
very strong language, strong sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent use of very strong language occurs ('c**t'), as well as more frequent strong language ('f**k','motherf**ker', 'bloodclaat'), and milder terms including 'dick', 'son of a bitch', 'shit' and 'Jesus'.
sex
There are references to penis sizes.
additional issues
There is natural nudity. There are infrequent sequences in which a character is hit by a car, however, the impact is not shown.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and other terms like 'twat', 'cock', 'prick', 'shit' and 'ass'.
sex
There are comic scenes in which a man giving a school talk about disability makes inappropriate comments to children about prostitution, condoms and sex acts between adults.
additional issues
An innocent man is suspected of being a paedophile by two school mums in comic scenes, only for his protestations to make him look more guilty. There are scenes of discrimination as upset children run from a man with cerebral palsy as he walks down the road; these are also presented in a comic context.
drug misuse, strong language, discrimination
Classified Date:
20/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms like 'pussy', 'bitch', 'shit' and 'piss'.
discrimination
There are comic scenes of discrimination in which members of a church congregation believe a man's disability has been caused by demonic possession or sinfulness.
drugs
A man misuses methadone and experiences hallucinatory effects, such as seeing a character turn into a puppet, but we do not see him take the drug. He attempts to get more methadone through dishonest means.
additional issues
There is brief moderate toilet humour.
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very strong language, strong sex references
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent strong language ('f**k').
sex
Verbal references to 'sucking c**k' are within a comic context. There are also undetailed references to pornography.
additional issues
A production company who are criticised for casting an able bodied actor for the role of a disabled man, attempt to cast disabled characters in smaller roles in a PR campaign. Protestors heavily criticise the stunt and an able bodied actor is mocked for attempting to move like a disabled person. The episode carries a clear anti-discrimination message.
strong language, drug references
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms ('pussy', 'prick', 'shit', 'bloody', 'arsehole', 'bastard', 'arse', 'God', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
drugs
There are references to the sale and misuse of marijuana. Characters are seen smoking joints, and there is sight of the drug loose and in bags.
additional issues
Characters display racist and sexist behaviour, including when police use racial profiling to determine the culprits of a crime. The tone of the episode is satirical, and such discriminatory attitudes are not in any way condoned. A teenager refers to a man as a 'paedo', to insult him. A character makes a remark relating to her genitals. A woman punches a man's face.
very strong language, strong sex references
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t') as well as use of milder terms ('f**k', 'dickhead', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bullshit', 'arse', 'God').
sex
Strong sex references include the sight of sex toys, and allusions to pornography.
additional issues
A character makes xenophobic and racist remarks, which are challenged. There are references to marijuana and cocaine, and a man is briefly seen smoking a joint. A woman punches a man's face.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘twat’, ‘cock’, ‘dick’, ‘crap’, ‘dickhead’, ‘shit’, ‘asshole’, ‘damn’ and ‘God’.
additional issues
There is a running joke about the size of a man’s penis. A bookstore manager is suitably offended when a customer refers to his Black assistant as “your help”. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole, and jokes delivered by disabled characters about their own and other conditions are intended to puncture discriminatory attitudes to disability.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
30/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘piss’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘asshole’, ‘tits’, ‘Jesus’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’. A man makes a rude V-sign gesture.
sex
Strong sex references include comments about sitting on a man’s face, pornography and prostitution. In a comic scene, a disabled couple intending to have sex experience difficulties in opening a condom packet.
additional issues
A man with cerebral palsy is refused entry to a strip club on health and safety grounds. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole, and jokes delivered by disabled characters about their own and other conditions are intended to puncture discriminatory attitudes to disability.
very strong language
Classified Date:
30/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as more frequent uses of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘bloody’, ‘shit’, ‘tits’, ‘dick’, ‘arsehole’, ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’.
additional issues
There is moderate sex referencing in a scene in which a man is fooled into believing that two women in a bar are prostitutes, and another man says to his prospective father-in-law, “I’m the guy that knocked up your daughter”. A woman invites a man to have a feel of her surgically enhanced breasts. There is brief sight of blood after a man cuts his foot on broken glass. Jokes delivered by disabled characters about their own and other conditions are intended to puncture discriminatory attitudes to disability.
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  • Classified date

    20/12/2022

  • Distributor

    BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

  • Language

    English