The Good Ship Murder
Director(s)Steve Hughes, Gordon Anderson
Production year2023
Genre(s)Crime, Musical
Approx. running minutes46m
The Good Ship Murder
THE GOOD SHIP MURDER is a British crime drama series; in this episode, a former police detective turned cruise ship sing ...
THE GOOD SHIP MURDER is a British crime drama series; in this episode, a former police detective turned cruise ship singer teams up with the First Mate to solve the murder of a passenger in La Rochelle.
moderate bad language
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch') along with milder terms which include 'balls' and 'God'. There is also use of the French term 'merde'.
moderate injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed, without strong detail. There is also a brief sequence of undetailed gunfire, as well as references to people murdering their spouses or romantic partners.
injury detail
We hear a ‘crack’ sound as a falling body hits the ground off screen, followed by aftermath shots of the corpse lying in a pool of blood. Blood appears on another person’s hand due to an off-screen knife injury.
moderate injury detail, language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
During a flashback, a brief struggle between two people results in one falling and fatally striking their head.
threat and horror
There is an attempted drive-by shooting. Other scenes contain verbal references to child trafficking.
language
Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘sod’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’.
injury detail
A dead body is found near a puddle of blood.
moderate sex references, threat
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A frightened, crying woman is shown in a hostage video, after being kidnapped off the street and bundled into a van by masked men.
sex
Moderate sex references include comic mention of orgasms and scenes in which characters flirt or attempt to attract others.
moderate bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
References are made to a man's misuse of heroin and there is sight of needle marks over his arm.
injury detail
A dead man is discovered with a knife in his back and blood over his clothing; this image is seen repeatedly in crime scene photos. Stylised shots of blood are included in the opening credits and blood is seen over a handkerchief.
moderate injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a reference to paying an escort to seduce a person. Milder references include those relating to characters sleeping together.
injury detail
Scenes include a moderately bloodstained corpse.
moderate violence, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person stabs a man in the neck with a spike. A distressed woman briefly punches a man.
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes knife threat.
injury detail
After a man is killed, there is a close-up image of a stab wound, which is small and briefly shown. There are also bloody images in the opening credits.
moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A dead body is found in the aftermath of an undetailed strangling. There are also references to murders, including stylised bloody images.
sex
A comment is made about a woman being ‘knocked up’.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there is sight of blood in several shots of the crime scene. here are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
mild rude humour, references to violence and suicide
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered but this is not bloody. There are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
rude humour
A person uses the word 'balls' in a double entendre.
suicide and self-harm
A person plans to ingest poison, however the scene is brief and not overly distressing.
moderate violence, bad language
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there is sight of a corpse in several shots of the crime scene. There is a shooting and brief sight of a bloody wound as well as verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
language
There is moderate bad language ('slapper’); other milder terms include 'tart', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'God'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed, resulting in blood spatter as well as sight of the bleeding wound. here are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
moderate bad language, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('knob'); other milder terms include 'God'.
injury detail
Blood is visible at a murder scene; a man's shirt is splashed with blood.
moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there are shots of the dead body at the crime scene but there is limited visual detail. Scenes feature knife threat, and in one sequence there is a fight. There are verbal references to violence within the context of a murder investigation.
sex
Dialogue references include 'mucky photos' and brief mentions of infidelity however there is no accompanying visual.
rude gesture
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is a middle-finger gesture and mild bad language ('bloody', 'balls'); other milder terms include 'God'.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A crime scene features a corpse and there is a close-up shot of a deep cut on a murder victim's hand.
Classified date22/40/2025
LanguageEnglish
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch') along with milder terms which include 'balls' and 'God'. There is also use of the French term 'merde'.
additional issues
A man is struck in the back of the head with a rock off-screen. A woman makes an attempt to strike another with a blunt instrument, but is interrupted. There is undetailed sight of dead bodies and sight of a small amount of blood on a rock. Undetailed verbal references are made about adulterous relationships. People drink alcohol and there are verbal references to heavy drinking.
moderate violence, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person stabs a man in the neck with a spike. A distressed woman briefly punches a man.
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes knife threat.
injury detail
After a man is killed, there is a close-up image of a stab wound, which is small and briefly shown. There are also bloody images in the opening credits.
moderate injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a reference to paying an escort to seduce a person. Milder references include those relating to characters sleeping together.
injury detail
Scenes include a moderately bloodstained corpse.
moderate injury detail, language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
During a flashback, a brief struggle between two people results in one falling and fatally striking their head.
threat and horror
There is an attempted drive-by shooting. Other scenes contain verbal references to child trafficking.
language
Bad language includes ‘whore’, ‘sod’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’.
injury detail
A dead body is found near a puddle of blood.
moderate injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed, without strong detail. There is also a brief sequence of undetailed gunfire, as well as references to people murdering their spouses or romantic partners.
injury detail
We hear a ‘crack’ sound as a falling body hits the ground off screen, followed by aftermath shots of the corpse lying in a pool of blood. Blood appears on another person’s hand due to an off-screen knife injury.
moderate bloody images, drug references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
References are made to a man's misuse of heroin and there is sight of needle marks over his arm.
injury detail
A dead man is discovered with a knife in his back and blood over his clothing; this image is seen repeatedly in crime scene photos. Stylised shots of blood are included in the opening credits and blood is seen over a handkerchief.
moderate sex references, threat
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A frightened, crying woman is shown in a hostage video, after being kidnapped off the street and bundled into a van by masked men.
sex
Moderate sex references include comic mention of orgasms and scenes in which characters flirt or attempt to attract others.
moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A dead body is found in the aftermath of an undetailed strangling. There are also references to murders, including stylised bloody images.
sex
A comment is made about a woman being ‘knocked up’.
moderate bad language
Classified Date:
22/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('bitch') along with milder terms which include 'balls' and 'God'. There is also use of the French term 'merde'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed, resulting in blood spatter as well as sight of the bleeding wound. here are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
mild rude humour, references to violence and suicide
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered but this is not bloody. There are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
rude humour
A person uses the word 'balls' in a double entendre.
suicide and self-harm
A person plans to ingest poison, however the scene is brief and not overly distressing.
moderate injury detail
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A crime scene features a corpse and there is a close-up shot of a deep cut on a murder victim's hand.
rude gesture
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is a middle-finger gesture and mild bad language ('bloody', 'balls'); other milder terms include 'God'.
moderate violence, sex references
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there are shots of the dead body at the crime scene but there is limited visual detail. Scenes feature knife threat, and in one sequence there is a fight. There are verbal references to violence within the context of a murder investigation.
sex
Dialogue references include 'mucky photos' and brief mentions of infidelity however there is no accompanying visual.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there is sight of blood in several shots of the crime scene. here are verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
moderate violence, bad language
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is murdered and there is sight of a corpse in several shots of the crime scene. There is a shooting and brief sight of a bloody wound as well as verbal references to violence within the context of the murder investigation.
language
There is moderate bad language ('slapper’); other milder terms include 'tart', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'God'.
moderate bad language, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is moderate bad language ('knob'); other milder terms include 'God'.
injury detail
Blood is visible at a murder scene; a man's shirt is splashed with blood.
Director(s)Steve Hughes, Gordon Anderson
Production year2023
Genre(s)Crime, Musical
Approx. running minutes46m
Classified date22/40/2025
LanguageEnglish
