Protection
Director(s)Simen Alsvik
Production year2024
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes46m
Protection
PROTECTION is a British crime series; in this episode, Liz gets into trouble when the truth about her relationship with ...
PROTECTION is a British crime series; in this episode, Liz gets into trouble when the truth about her relationship with Brandice comes to light.
strong threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a sequence of strong threat in which a child witnesses the invasion of her home by armed men who murder her parents.
injury detail
Bloodied bodies are seen in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is moderate sex and moderate violence. There are also verbal references to drug trafficking. There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'piss', 'arse'), and very mild terms such as 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
After a character is shot offscreen, blood spurts onto a window. Large pools of blood are seen on the floor in the aftermath of a violent incident.
additional issues
There are brief scenes of moderate sex and references to adultery. Use of moderate bad language ('prick') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bastard', 'Christ' and 'God'. Sequences of moderate threat are directed towards a young girl. A reference is made to heroin dealing.
strong language, threat
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Two men hold a knife up to the face of a gagged and tied up woman and threaten to cut off her nose. In a flashback, a scared child is seen hiding from two masked men who have broken into her house.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'hell' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
Blood briefly sprays onto a window after a character is shot off-screen. References are made to heroin trafficking. There is a brief scene of moderate sex. Characters become emotional as they discuss a man's dementia.
strong language, moderate violence, references to sex and sexual violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is struck across the face with a gun, causing blood to appear from a resultant wound to her nose.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss' and 'sod'.
sex
There are sex references, including remarks made about an affair between two people, who are briefly seen embracing in a state of undress in bed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
References are made to convictions against a man, including for sexual assault, which have led to him being put on the sex offenders list.
additional issues
A dead body is briefly seen, without focus on injury detail. A masked person breaks into a family's home, wielding a gun; however, the threat subsides before long.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bullshit', 'crap', ‘Jesus’ and ‘damn’.
additional issues
People are seen fighting, including a woman being struck across the face with the butt of a gun, and a man being strangled by an assailant from behind. A man is arrested for having indecently exposed himself in public in the presence of a minor, however this is verbally referenced and not seen, and is clearly disapproved of. A person's murder is staged to look as though the man took his own life. References are made to an affair between a woman and a married man. There are brief scenes of gun threat.
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
During a fight between two people, a woman uses a knife to stab a man, producing a spurt of blood. Repeated blows and kicks are delivered, and a person is briefly strangled.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as use of milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'screw' and 'God'. There are undetailed references to drug dealing, including the sale of heroin, however this is clearly disapproved of. People are threatened and shot at with guns. Characters discuss whether a man's death was a result of suicide, giving little detail. A woman becomes upset as she contends with her father's dementia. There is brief profile male buttock nudity.
Classified date17/04/2024
LanguageEnglish
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bullshit', 'crap', ‘Jesus’ and ‘damn’.
additional issues
People are seen fighting, including a woman being struck across the face with the butt of a gun, and a man being strangled by an assailant from behind. A man is arrested for having indecently exposed himself in public in the presence of a minor, however this is verbally referenced and not seen, and is clearly disapproved of. A person's murder is staged to look as though the man took his own life. References are made to an affair between a woman and a married man. There are brief scenes of gun threat.
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
During a fight between two people, a woman uses a knife to stab a man, producing a spurt of blood. Repeated blows and kicks are delivered, and a person is briefly strangled.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as use of milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'screw' and 'God'. There are undetailed references to drug dealing, including the sale of heroin, however this is clearly disapproved of. People are threatened and shot at with guns. Characters discuss whether a man's death was a result of suicide, giving little detail. A woman becomes upset as she contends with her father's dementia. There is brief profile male buttock nudity.
strong language, threat
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Two men hold a knife up to the face of a gagged and tied up woman and threaten to cut off her nose. In a flashback, a scared child is seen hiding from two masked men who have broken into her house.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'hell' and 'Jesus'.
additional issues
Blood briefly sprays onto a window after a character is shot off-screen. References are made to heroin trafficking. There is a brief scene of moderate sex. Characters become emotional as they discuss a man's dementia.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
After a character is shot offscreen, blood spurts onto a window. Large pools of blood are seen on the floor in the aftermath of a violent incident.
additional issues
There are brief scenes of moderate sex and references to adultery. Use of moderate bad language ('prick') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bastard', 'Christ' and 'God'. Sequences of moderate threat are directed towards a young girl. A reference is made to heroin dealing.
strong threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
23/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a sequence of strong threat in which a child witnesses the invasion of her home by armed men who murder her parents.
injury detail
Bloodied bodies are seen in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
There is moderate sex and moderate violence. There are also verbal references to drug trafficking. There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'piss', 'arse'), and very mild terms such as 'hell', 'God' and 'Jesus'.
strong language, moderate violence, references to sex and sexual violence
Classified Date:
17/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is struck across the face with a gun, causing blood to appear from a resultant wound to her nose.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'piss' and 'sod'.
sex
There are sex references, including remarks made about an affair between two people, who are briefly seen embracing in a state of undress in bed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
References are made to convictions against a man, including for sexual assault, which have led to him being put on the sex offenders list.
additional issues
A dead body is briefly seen, without focus on injury detail. A masked person breaks into a family's home, wielding a gun; however, the threat subsides before long.
strong language
Classified Date:
17/04/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bloody', 'bullshit', 'crap', ‘Jesus’ and ‘damn’.
additional issues
People are seen fighting, including a woman being struck across the face with the butt of a gun, and a man being strangled by an assailant from behind. A man is arrested for having indecently exposed himself in public in the presence of a minor, however this is verbally referenced and not seen, and is clearly disapproved of. A person's murder is staged to look as though the man took his own life. References are made to an affair between a woman and a married man. There are brief scenes of gun threat.
Director(s)Simen Alsvik
Production year2024
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes46m
Classified date17/04/2024
LanguageEnglish
