Payback

Director(s)Jennie Darnell
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes46m
CastMorven Christie, Thoren Ferguson, Prasanna Puwanarajah

Payback

strong injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a British crime thriller series; in this episode, a woman left reeling after her accountant husband is murdered finds herself caught between the police and a criminal organisation when she discovers his links to the underworld.

injury detail
A man is left lying on the ground bleeding heavily in the aftermath of stabbing. We see further blood and injury detail in a medical context when paramedics treat him on the scene.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'shit', 'screw', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'God'. A man is surrounded and attacked by a gang; visual detail of the attack is hidden, but it is implied he is beaten and stabbed. A woman's bag is violently snatched by men on a motorbike, leaving her shaken and upset. A man makes veiled threats toward a woman's daughter. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters grieve for lost loved ones as well as undetailed references to adultery.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a UK crime drama series in which a woman becomes involved with a criminal following the death of her husband; in this episode, the criminal discovers that the woman's late husband was stealing from him.

injury detail
Police officers look at close-up crime scene photographs of a man whose face has been sliced open. They also look at photographs showing a bullet embedded in a person's neck.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bastard', 'God'). In a prolonged scene of threat, a criminal threatens to harm a woman's young daughter if the woman does not help him retrieve his stolen money. A man is pushed to the ground and kicked by a group of men. The scene lacks strong detail; however, the attack results in the victim's death. There is also a mild sex reference to a man's mistress, as well as brief undetailed verbal references to death and murder.
strong violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a UK crime drama series; in this episode, Guthrie's investigation into Morris's criminal activities is disrupted by the discovery of an event in Lexie's past.

violence
A bloodied man receives a punishment beating in which he is stamped on and his fingers are broken. There are references to a teenage girl being complicit in a physical assault on her father which resulted in injuries.
additional issues
A scared woman talks about her family being threatened by a criminal. There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody', 'arse', 'bollocks', 'screw', 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'. There are undetailed references to an adulterous relationship.
strong language
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a UK crime drama series in which a woman becomes involved with a criminal following the death of her husband; in this episode, the woman discovers her late husband's secret account.

language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
additional issues
There are frequent scenes of threat and menace, including implied threat to the woman's daughter who has been abducted by a criminal gang. There are also mild sex references, including to having an affair, negative verbal drug references, death and violence references, and scenes of emotional upset.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a Scottish crime drama series; in this episode Lexi's children are abducted and she is forced to work for a violent criminal to secure their safety.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'God', 'hell').
injury detail
There is strong injury detail of a dead man with a knife protruding from his body.
additional issues
A man is jumped on in the street by a group of people and kicked to the ground. A woman's children are abducted by a criminal who forces her to work for them. A woman's captor questions her and tosses her things around a room, accusing her of having a phone. She is later taken to a secluded property and threatened with a gun for information.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment

PAYBACK is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Lexie finds out some key information that could help her understand the motive for Jared's murder.

language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('prick') and milder terms such as 'shit', 'bloody, 'arsehole', 'hell' and 'Christ'.
injury detail
There is close up bloody sight of a man's bullet wound to the head. Blood and injuries are visible on characters in the aftermath of attacks. A stabbed man lies dead with the knife still embedded in his torso.
additional issues
A woman with a bruised eye describes how her boyfriend hit her and references that it has happened before. There are scenes of moderate threat throughout including a beaten man being blindfolded and interrogated for information. Sex references include mentions of adultery. References are made to the murder of a man and a character is shot off-screen.
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language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('prick') and milder terms such as 'shit', 'bloody, 'arsehole', 'hell' and 'Christ'.
injury detail
There is close up bloody sight of a man's bullet wound to the head. Blood and injuries are visible on characters in the aftermath of attacks. A stabbed man lies dead with the knife still embedded in his torso.
additional issues
A woman with a bruised eye describes how her boyfriend hit her and references that it has happened before. There are scenes of moderate threat throughout including a beaten man being blindfolded and interrogated for information. Sex references include mentions of adultery. References are made to the murder of a man and a character is shot off-screen.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'God', 'hell').
injury detail
There is strong injury detail of a dead man with a knife protruding from his body.
additional issues
A man is jumped on in the street by a group of people and kicked to the ground. A woman's children are abducted by a criminal who forces her to work for them. A woman's captor questions her and tosses her things around a room, accusing her of having a phone. She is later taken to a secluded property and threatened with a gun for information.
strong violence
Classified Date:
18/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
violence
A bloodied man receives a punishment beating in which he is stamped on and his fingers are broken. There are references to a teenage girl being complicit in a physical assault on her father which resulted in injuries.
additional issues
A scared woman talks about her family being threatened by a criminal. There is moderate bad language ('bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'shit', 'piss', 'bloody', 'arse', 'bollocks', 'screw', 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'. There are undetailed references to an adulterous relationship.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
Police officers look at close-up crime scene photographs of a man whose face has been sliced open. They also look at photographs showing a bullet embedded in a person's neck.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bastard', 'God'). In a prolonged scene of threat, a criminal threatens to harm a woman's young daughter if the woman does not help him retrieve his stolen money. A man is pushed to the ground and kicked by a group of men. The scene lacks strong detail; however, the attack results in the victim's death. There is also a mild sex reference to a man's mistress, as well as brief undetailed verbal references to death and murder.
strong language
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'screw', 'God', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'Christ').
additional issues
There are frequent scenes of threat and menace, including implied threat to the woman's daughter who has been abducted by a criminal gang. There are also mild sex references, including to having an affair, negative verbal drug references, death and violence references, and scenes of emotional upset.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
injury detail
A man is left lying on the ground bleeding heavily in the aftermath of stabbing. We see further blood and injury detail in a medical context when paramedics treat him on the scene.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms such as 'shit', 'screw', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'God'. A man is surrounded and attacked by a gang; visual detail of the attack is hidden, but it is implied he is beaten and stabbed. A woman's bag is violently snatched by men on a motorbike, leaving her shaken and upset. A man makes veiled threats toward a woman's daughter. There are scenes of emotional upset as characters grieve for lost loved ones as well as undetailed references to adultery.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
15/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('prick') and milder terms such as 'shit', 'bloody, 'arsehole', 'hell' and 'Christ'.
injury detail
There is close up bloody sight of a man's bullet wound to the head. Blood and injuries are visible on characters in the aftermath of attacks. A stabbed man lies dead with the knife still embedded in his torso.
additional issues
A woman with a bruised eye describes how her boyfriend hit her and references that it has happened before. There are scenes of moderate threat throughout including a beaten man being blindfolded and interrogated for information. Sex references include mentions of adultery. References are made to the murder of a man and a character is shot off-screen.
Director(s)Jennie Darnell
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes46m
CastMorven Christie, Thoren Ferguson, Prasanna Puwanarajah