Sweetpea
Director(s)Ella Jones
Production year2024
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes42m
CastCalam Lynch, Ella Purnell, Tim Samuels
Sweetpea
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, her father’s death and the reappearance of a figure from her troubled past sees the wallflower Rhiannon bloom in unexpected ways.
violence
A person is stabbed repeatedly and frenziedly, resulting in extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath injury detail.
additional issues
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘piss’ and ‘shit’. A person appears to be ideating suicide. Upsetting scenes are centred on bullying and bereavement. There is moderate threat and infrequent sex references.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, Rhiannon works her way into assisting with the newspaper’s coverage of the murder she committed.
violence
A person is stabbed repeatedly and frenziedly, resulting in extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath injury detail.
language
Very strong language (‘c**t’) and strong language (‘f**k’) feature, as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘cock’, ‘bitch’ and ‘retarded’.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. A man recalls facing false accusations of being a paedophile. There are passing suicide references. Upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement.
very strong language, strong sex, violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, Rhiannon decides that it’s time for attention to be turned to her nemesis Julia.
violence
A film playing on a television features a bloody throat-cutting. In a scene of moderate violence two women have a scrappy fight which concludes with a heavy blow to a head.
language
Infrequent very strong language (‘c**t’) and occasional uses of strong language (‘f**k’) feature, as well as milder terms such as ‘knob’, ‘crap’, ‘shit’, ‘arsehole’ and ‘bollocks’.
sex
A sex scene features thrusting and sexual moaning. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
additional issues
There is moderate threat.
strong language, sex, threat, brief violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, Rhiannon sets out to prove she is not the loser people thought she was, leaving Julia locked in the garage.
violence
A woman has a brief flashback to when she bloodily stabbed two people. Verbal references are made to murder and domestic abuse.
threat and horror
A woman is gagged, tied up and held against her will at knifepoint.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), which is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bitch', 'tosser', 'shit' and 'balls'.
sex
During a scene of strong sex, a woman slaps and then bites a willing man's lip making it bleed; she subsequently becomes more aroused as she thinks about people she has murdered.
additional issues
References are made to suicide and self-harm. There is also a brief reference to drug misuse.
strong language, injury detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a dark comedy drama series; in this episode, with suspicion swirling around Rhiannon, she has to partner with an unlikely ally.
violence
A man tries to choke his girlfriend and there are references to the domestic abuse he has inflicted on her in the past. A person is stabbed in the arm and another is knocked unconscious after a blow to the head.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include 'bitch', 'wanker', 'twat', 'shit', 'piss' and 'God',
injury detail
Scenes include sight of bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence and when a character is hit by a lorry.
additional issues
A man threatens to take his own life. Moderate threat features throughout. References are made to a teenager self-harming after being bullied at school.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
SWEETPEA is a British dark comedy drama series; in this episode, Rhiannon and Julia are interrogated by the police.
violence
A person is stabbed to death, resulting in blood spurts and strong bloody aftermath detail. Other scenes contain verbal references to domestic abuse, bullying, abduction, and murder.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘shit’ and ‘tits’. A strong sex scene features vigorous mechanical thrusting and riding detail but no visible nudity. Other issues include brief verbal references to suicide and self-harm, as well as a short sequence depicting a person buying drugs at a nightclub.
Classified date17/10/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
A person is stabbed repeatedly and frenziedly, resulting in extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath injury detail.
additional issues
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘piss’ and ‘shit’. A person appears to be ideating suicide. Upsetting scenes are centred on bullying and bereavement. There is moderate threat and infrequent sex references.
strong language, injury detail, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man tries to choke his girlfriend and there are references to the domestic abuse he has inflicted on her in the past. A person is stabbed in the arm and another is knocked unconscious after a blow to the head.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'). Milder terms include 'bitch', 'wanker', 'twat', 'shit', 'piss' and 'God',
injury detail
Scenes include sight of bloody injury detail in the aftermath of violence and when a character is hit by a lorry.
additional issues
A man threatens to take his own life. Moderate threat features throughout. References are made to a teenager self-harming after being bullied at school.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed to death, resulting in blood spurts and strong bloody aftermath detail. Other scenes contain verbal references to domestic abuse, bullying, abduction, and murder.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘shit’ and ‘tits’. A strong sex scene features vigorous mechanical thrusting and riding detail but no visible nudity. Other issues include brief verbal references to suicide and self-harm, as well as a short sequence depicting a person buying drugs at a nightclub.
strong language, sex, threat, brief violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman has a brief flashback to when she bloodily stabbed two people. Verbal references are made to murder and domestic abuse.
threat and horror
A woman is gagged, tied up and held against her will at knifepoint.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), which is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bitch', 'tosser', 'shit' and 'balls'.
sex
During a scene of strong sex, a woman slaps and then bites a willing man's lip making it bleed; she subsequently becomes more aroused as she thinks about people she has murdered.
additional issues
References are made to suicide and self-harm. There is also a brief reference to drug misuse.
very strong language, strong sex, violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A film playing on a television features a bloody throat-cutting. In a scene of moderate violence two women have a scrappy fight which concludes with a heavy blow to a head.
language
Infrequent very strong language (‘c**t’) and occasional uses of strong language (‘f**k’) feature, as well as milder terms such as ‘knob’, ‘crap’, ‘shit’, ‘arsehole’ and ‘bollocks’.
sex
A sex scene features thrusting and sexual moaning. There are also moderate verbal sex references.
additional issues
There is moderate threat.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed repeatedly and frenziedly, resulting in extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath injury detail.
language
Very strong language (‘c**t’) and strong language (‘f**k’) feature, as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘cock’, ‘bitch’ and ‘retarded’.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. A man recalls facing false accusations of being a paedophile. There are passing suicide references. Upsetting scenes are centred on bereavement.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
17/10/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed repeatedly and frenziedly, resulting in extensive bloodshed and gory aftermath injury detail.
additional issues
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘bitch’, ‘piss’ and ‘shit’. A person appears to be ideating suicide. Upsetting scenes are centred on bullying and bereavement. There is moderate threat and infrequent sex references.
Director(s)Ella Jones
Production year2024
Genre(s)Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes42m
CastCalam Lynch, Ella Purnell, Tim Samuels
Classified date17/10/2025
LanguageEnglish
