Karen Pirie
Director(s)Gareth Bryn
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama, Crime
Approx. running minutes86m
CastLauren Lyle, Emer Kenny, Gemma McElhinney
Karen Pirie
drug misuse, strong sex references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KAREN PIRIE is a UK crime series; in this episode, police reopen the case of a 1996 murder of a barmaid.
sex
There is a reference to a dead woman's injuries possibly being the result of 'rough sex'. There are other references to strippers and 'humping'.
drugs
A student crushes a drug and drinks it with beer.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to sexual violence. There is a references to a girl getting pregnant aged fifteen. Threat, violence and bloody images are moderate. There is use of moderate bad language ('slut'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'dick', 'shit' and 'sod'. There are fleeting references to domestic abuse.
drug misuse, suicide references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KAREN PIRIE is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Karen tests the boundaries in order to try and get a new lead.
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, such as people taking LSD at a party and experiencing the effects of intoxication. A man pours some unknown powder into a pint.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes various prescription medications at once with alcohol; they collapse and begin to convulse shortly after. In a flashback sequence, a character threatens to take his own life while stood on the edge of a wall above open water. There are also further references to a character's suffering mental health, such as scenes in which they experience paranoia and scary hallucinations.
additional issues
There are also scenes of moderate threat and violence. Crime scene photographs show graphic bloody injuries from a woman's murder, but these are not depicted in a close-up manner. Sex references include brief mention to a woman 'sexting'. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shite', 'frickin'', 'bloody', 'piss', 'tits', 'Jesus', 'screwed', 'hell' and 'God').
moderate threat, bloody images, sex, sexual violence and suicide references
Classified Date:
14/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KAREN PIRIE is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Karen finally pieces the truth about Rosie's murder together.
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of gun threat. One scene culminates in a man being shot, although the shooting is fairly undetailed. In brief scenes, a man is seen drowning.
sex
A couple are seen preparing for sex by unbuttoning their clothes. A woman sits on top of a man and, it's implied, rides him. There are also verbal references to semen being identified on a victim's cardigan.
injury detail
There are repeated crime scene images of a woman's dead body and of a close-up stab wound. In a brief flashback, a dead woman has blood on her stomach and a man is seen with blood on his hands.
suicide and self-harm
It is suggested that a man attempts suicide. The scene includes sight of pills and verbal references to a man suffering an overdose.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to a 21 one year old man having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old and getting her pregnant. A police officer suggests that a male suspect 'forced himself' on a woman. Other sex references are mild.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of the terms 'screw', 'piss' and 'damn'. A Black man talks about his personal experience with institutional racism.
moderate threat, injury detail, sex, language
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KAREN PIRIE is a British crime drama; in this episode, Pirie investigates a cold kidnapping case from the 1980s.
threat and horror
A woman and baby are kidnapped at gunpoint.
language
The episode features moderate bad language ('prick') and milder terms ('bloody', 'arse', 'BS', 'God', 'Jesus').
sex
A scene of sex includes brief thrusting detail.
injury detail
There are images of dead bodies within a crime scene context. A murder victim is shown with blood pooling from his head.
additional issues
There are verbal references to heroin dealing. A reference is made to a man jumping to his death
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KARIEN PIRIE is a British crime drama; in this episode, Pirie's private life threatens to interfere with her investigation.
violence
A man is shot. There is also a scene in which a man is punched and briefly strangled.
threat and horror
A woman and baby are kidnapped during a flashback scene.
language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('dick', 'piss', 'shit', 'bastard', 'God', 'Christ').
injury detail
There are images of dead bodies. A murder victim is shown with blood briefly pooling from his head.
additional issues
A desperate man briefly speaks about his plan to end his life. There are mild sex references.
moderate violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
KAREN PIRIE is a crime drama series; in this episode, the team travel to Malta where the secrets behind Catriona’s death start to unravel.
violence
Moderate violence features undetailed shootings and the tasering of a person.
threat and horror
There is moderate gun threat.
injury detail
There is brief sight of a body lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of violence. There are also images of a partly decomposed corpse and skeletal remains.
Classified date13/09/2022
LanguageEnglish
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, such as people taking LSD at a party and experiencing the effects of intoxication. A man pours some unknown powder into a pint.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes various prescription medications at once with alcohol; they collapse and begin to convulse shortly after. In a flashback sequence, a character threatens to take his own life while stood on the edge of a wall above open water. There are also further references to a character's suffering mental health, such as scenes in which they experience paranoia and scary hallucinations.
additional issues
There are also scenes of moderate threat and violence. Crime scene photographs show graphic bloody injuries from a woman's murder, but these are not depicted in a close-up manner. Sex references include brief mention to a woman 'sexting'. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shite', 'frickin'', 'bloody', 'piss', 'tits', 'Jesus', 'screwed', 'hell' and 'God').
moderate threat, bloody images, sex, sexual violence and suicide references
Classified Date:
14/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of gun threat. One scene culminates in a man being shot, although the shooting is fairly undetailed. In brief scenes, a man is seen drowning.
sex
A couple are seen preparing for sex by unbuttoning their clothes. A woman sits on top of a man and, it's implied, rides him. There are also verbal references to semen being identified on a victim's cardigan.
injury detail
There are repeated crime scene images of a woman's dead body and of a close-up stab wound. In a brief flashback, a dead woman has blood on her stomach and a man is seen with blood on his hands.
suicide and self-harm
It is suggested that a man attempts suicide. The scene includes sight of pills and verbal references to a man suffering an overdose.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to a 21 one year old man having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old and getting her pregnant. A police officer suggests that a male suspect 'forced himself' on a woman. Other sex references are mild.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of the terms 'screw', 'piss' and 'damn'. A Black man talks about his personal experience with institutional racism.
drug misuse, strong sex references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a reference to a dead woman's injuries possibly being the result of 'rough sex'. There are other references to strippers and 'humping'.
drugs
A student crushes a drug and drinks it with beer.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to sexual violence. There is a references to a girl getting pregnant aged fifteen. Threat, violence and bloody images are moderate. There is use of moderate bad language ('slut'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'dick', 'shit' and 'sod'. There are fleeting references to domestic abuse.
drug misuse, suicide references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, such as people taking LSD at a party and experiencing the effects of intoxication. A man pours some unknown powder into a pint.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes various prescription medications at once with alcohol; they collapse and begin to convulse shortly after. In a flashback sequence, a character threatens to take his own life while stood on the edge of a wall above open water. There are also further references to a character's suffering mental health, such as scenes in which they experience paranoia and scary hallucinations.
additional issues
There are also scenes of moderate threat and violence. Crime scene photographs show graphic bloody injuries from a woman's murder, but these are not depicted in a close-up manner. Sex references include brief mention to a woman 'sexting'. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shite', 'frickin'', 'bloody', 'piss', 'tits', 'Jesus', 'screwed', 'hell' and 'God').
moderate violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Moderate violence features undetailed shootings and the tasering of a person.
threat and horror
There is moderate gun threat.
injury detail
There is brief sight of a body lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of violence. There are also images of a partly decomposed corpse and skeletal remains.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot. There is also a scene in which a man is punched and briefly strangled.
threat and horror
A woman and baby are kidnapped during a flashback scene.
language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('dick', 'piss', 'shit', 'bastard', 'God', 'Christ').
injury detail
There are images of dead bodies. A murder victim is shown with blood briefly pooling from his head.
additional issues
A desperate man briefly speaks about his plan to end his life. There are mild sex references.
moderate threat, injury detail, sex, language
Classified Date:
04/08/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A woman and baby are kidnapped at gunpoint.
language
The episode features moderate bad language ('prick') and milder terms ('bloody', 'arse', 'BS', 'God', 'Jesus').
sex
A scene of sex includes brief thrusting detail.
injury detail
There are images of dead bodies within a crime scene context. A murder victim is shown with blood pooling from his head.
additional issues
There are verbal references to heroin dealing. A reference is made to a man jumping to his death
Director(s)Gareth Bryn
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama, Crime
Approx. running minutes86m
CastLauren Lyle, Emer Kenny, Gemma McElhinney
Classified date13/09/2022
LanguageEnglish
