Sister Boniface Mysteries

There are scenes of mild violence, including scenes in which people are poisoned and suffocated; violence mostly occurs in flashback. There are also brief scenes of gun threat.

There is mild bad language ('hussy', 'bloody', 'arse'), accompanied by other milder terms ('God' and 'hell').

White village locals express discriminatory attitudes towards a Black man (e.g. a landlady tells him not to expect any 'foreign' food and alludes to his supposed lack of morals). A woman's progressive, 'feminist', attitudes are ridiculed and questioned by her male family members. Such attitudes and behaviour are indicative of the time period and are not condoned by the work as a whole.

A man attempts to strangle a woman to death but is interrupted.

Scenes of threat include a man lacing the drinks of several women while on a date with them.

There is infrequent mild bad language ('sod'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell').

There are mild verbal references to sex and innuendo, including a man telling a woman that he his pencil still has 'plenty of lead'.

Flashback sequences show a mother forcing her son to eat a piece of a jigsaw puzzle after he fails to complete it within a certain time.

There is close-up emphasis on a bloody head wound during the inspection of a crime scene.

There are verbal references to a woman's injuries sustained as a result of an abusive relationship.

A man threatens another man with a gun.

A dead body is briefly shown next to a pool of blood.

A flashback sequence involves a character being murdered off-screen.

There is infrequent use of mild bad language ('bloody').

Crime scene detail involves a character's body found, and later depicted in photographs, after supposedly being 'smothered'. However, there is limited visual evidence of injury detail.

A man backhands a woman across the face for resisting his sexual advances, creating a small spray of blood.

Referring to blood extraction, a woman says, “I hope you don’t mind a little prick”, resulting in a brief uncomfortable silence.

Several scenes show an unlikeable male character behaving in a sexist manner, including addressing a female employee as ‘sweet cheeks’ and ‘poppet’, ordering her to wear lipstick, and later deriding her by calling her ‘a dog’s dinner’. Sexism is criticised.

There is brief crime scene detail of a moderately bloodied corpse, and of a small puddle of blood on the corner of a table. We also see close up images of blood droplets after people accidentally prick their fingers on a needle.

In a flashback, a man in a position of power grabs a woman by the waist and tells her that for the sake of her career she should ‘stop being so frigid’. She pushes him away and he responds by striking her. Another scene implies that a woman was abused as a child by her stepfather; however, the verbal detail is discreet.

A man is grabbed from behind and injected with a fatal drug.

A character threatens to out two gay men to authorities.

There are references to a man using a mind altering drug to aid his mental performance.

A dead man with bruises and an injection mark on his neck is found slumped over a table.

There are scenes involving the physical and emotional abuse of a child, including ones in which the girl’s parent roughly punishes her for perceived errors, and forbids her from eating in order to control her weight. One man punches another in the face during a sequence of mild comic violence.

There is moderate bloody detail in the aftermath of an off-screen death, including sight of a bloodied dead body and of a pool of blood on the floor.

There are sequences of moderate violence, without sight of blood or wounds. An actor is fatally stabbed in the chest during a stage rehearsal after a prop dagger is sabotaged, and a short flashback sequence shows a person being chased down and shot.

There is moderate bloody detail in the aftermath of a stabbing.

A person is stabbed in masked fashion in a scene with limited detail.

A scared character is menaced by a ghostly apparition which swoops towards him. There are brief scenes of gun threat.

There is brief close-up sight of a corpse with a small puncture wound to the stomach and blood on its clothes. An injured person has a trickle of blood on his forehead. There is brief undetailed sight of frozen corpses.

There are references to characters who have taken their own lives. However, there is limited detail and no glamorisation or promotion.

There is a masked stabbing.

A man is found dead in his office, reportedly with a stab wound. There as also sight of a bloodied knife.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

There are moderate images of a corpse with a fire poker impaling its torso and a small amount of blood on the face and shirt. The act of impalement occurs off screen.

A person is struck over the head with a cricket bat; the blow is hidden from view but we hear a crunchy impact.

There is occasional close-up sight of bloody head wounds and drops of blood on white clothing in the aftermath of a murder.

A woman is held at knifepoint and threatened. After a character is poisoned, they foam at the mouth and collapse to the floor.

There are moments of moderate violence, such as a man heard being stabbed and references to a murder victim having his eye plucked out by a crow.

Brief sex references include a discussion about a woman accused of having 'loose morals'.

A human eye is discovered near a crime scene and there is sight of blood in the aftermath of violence.

References are made to children being abused in orphanages and to them being sent abroad, where they suffered further abuse, neglect and were used as slave labour. There are also references to families abandoning children who had learning disabilities and sending them to mental health institutions where they were abused.

There is a flashback to a man being strangled and references are made to how he was murdered.

A dead body is discovered with straw stuffed into its mouth. Crime scene photographs from the murder are later seen.

Blood is seen on and around a dead body at a crime scene.

A person is shoved roughly and hits their head on a bed frame, producing blood.

A dead body is found, with a bloody head wound. Others are seen with cuts and wounds which are sometimes bloody.

A person considers taking their own life, but is reassured by friends.

A character is struck over the head off-screen and another is punched in the face in a comic scene. Brief references are made to a man's mother being in a violent marriage which resulted in her being injured, but there is no further detail.

A character is threatened with a pointed implement.

There is mild bad language ('bloody') and milder terms such as 'hell'.

A small amount of blood is visible on a man's face after he is punched.