The Couple Next Door
Director(s)Dries Vos
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes48m
CastSam Heughan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch, Jessica De Gouw, Hugh Dennis, Kate Robbins, Janine Duvitski, Emma Moortgat, Joel Morris, Lauren Douglin, Dries Vos, David Allison, Saskia Noort, Jennifer Burnet, Hannes De Maeyer, Laurens De Geyter, Ruben Beunckens, Rae Hendrie, Jeff Otte
The Couple Next Door
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR is a UK drama thriller series; in this episode, Evie and Pete move to a new home in a suburban area ...
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR is a UK drama thriller series; in this episode, Evie and Pete move to a new home in a suburban area of Leeds and begin a fateful friendship with a neighbouring couple.
sex
In a scene of strong sex, a woman unbuckles her husband’s pants and he removes her underwear as she perches on a kitchen worktop. A conversation between a married couple implies their interest in sharing sexual experiences with other couples.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man demonstrates an unhealthy obsession with a woman, spying on her with a telescope, following her online and finding spurious reasons to be in her presence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘twat’, ‘shit’, ‘bloody’, ‘bugger’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘hell’, ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’.
There is moderate gun threat.
There are upsetting scenes centred on a woman’s miscarriage.
There is brief joint smoking.
strong sex, sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
In a scene of strong sex, a woman unbuckles her husband’s pants and he removes her underwear as she perches on a kitchen worktop. A conversation between a married couple implies their interest in sharing sexual experiences with other couples.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man demonstrates an unhealthy obsession with a woman, spying on her with a telescope, following her online and finding spurious reasons to be in her presence.
strong sex, sex references, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Still images show characters having sex with multiple partners, and a man watches a home video of a threesome. There are also strong sex references, such as detailed discussions about polyamory.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man breaks into a house and watches personal videos of people having sex. He uploads still images he has taken of the video onto a website. References are made to the man spying, stalking and having a sinister obsession with his female neighbour.
strong language, sex, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'slut', 'whore', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'hell', 'Christ', 'God', 'OMG').
sex
There is a scene of strong sex within a polyamorous context. The sequence includes male buttock nudity during a scene in which the man thrusts into a woman, whilst in the next room his wife kisses down a man's torso. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to erections.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man develops an unhealthy obsession with a female neighbour, spying on her with a telescope, breaking into her house when she is away, rubbing her underwear over his face, and briefly masturbating below frame in her bedroom. The same man also uploads a computer file showing the woman in a sexual context with an extramarital partner, and following which people post offensive comments
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms including ‘prick’, ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’ and ‘God’.
sex
A woman is implied to be masturbating whilst recalling a sexual encounter with a man; flashbacks show the couple thrusting on a bed together. There are moderate verbal sex references.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bloody', 'crap', 'hell', 'God').
sex
There is a clothed sex scene with different positions.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'shit', 'arse' and 'Christ'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date08/11/2024
LanguageEnglish
sex
In a scene of strong sex, a woman unbuckles her husband’s pants and he removes her underwear as she perches on a kitchen worktop. A conversation between a married couple implies their interest in sharing sexual experiences with other couples.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man demonstrates an unhealthy obsession with a woman, spying on her with a telescope, following her online and finding spurious reasons to be in her presence.
additional issues
There is infrequent strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘twat’, ‘shit’, ‘bloody’, ‘bugger’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘hell’, ‘God’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ’.
There is moderate gun threat.
There are upsetting scenes centred on a woman’s miscarriage.
There is brief joint smoking.
strong language
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') along with milder terms which include 'shit', 'arse' and 'Christ'.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'prick', 'shit', 'bloody', 'crap', 'hell', 'God').
sex
There is a clothed sex scene with different positions.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms including ‘prick’, ‘Jesus’, ‘Christ’ and ‘God’.
sex
A woman is implied to be masturbating whilst recalling a sexual encounter with a man; flashbacks show the couple thrusting on a bed together. There are moderate verbal sex references.
strong language, sex, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'slut', 'whore', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'hell', 'Christ', 'God', 'OMG').
sex
There is a scene of strong sex within a polyamorous context. The sequence includes male buttock nudity during a scene in which the man thrusts into a woman, whilst in the next room his wife kisses down a man's torso. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to erections.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man develops an unhealthy obsession with a female neighbour, spying on her with a telescope, breaking into her house when she is away, rubbing her underwear over his face, and briefly masturbating below frame in her bedroom. The same man also uploads a computer file showing the woman in a sexual context with an extramarital partner, and following which people post offensive comments
strong sex, sex references, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Still images show characters having sex with multiple partners, and a man watches a home video of a threesome. There are also strong sex references, such as detailed discussions about polyamory.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man breaks into a house and watches personal videos of people having sex. He uploads still images he has taken of the video onto a website. References are made to the man spying, stalking and having a sinister obsession with his female neighbour.
strong sex, sex references, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
08/01/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
In a scene of strong sex, a woman unbuckles her husband’s pants and he removes her underwear as she perches on a kitchen worktop. A conversation between a married couple implies their interest in sharing sexual experiences with other couples.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man demonstrates an unhealthy obsession with a woman, spying on her with a telescope, following her online and finding spurious reasons to be in her presence.
Director(s)Dries Vos
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes48m
CastSam Heughan, Eleanor Tomlinson, Alfred Enoch, Jessica De Gouw, Hugh Dennis, Kate Robbins, Janine Duvitski, Emma Moortgat, Joel Morris, Lauren Douglin, Dries Vos, David Allison, Saskia Noort, Jennifer Burnet, Hannes De Maeyer, Laurens De Geyter, Ruben Beunckens, Rae Hendrie, Jeff Otte
Classified date08/11/2024
LanguageEnglish
