The Handmaid's Tale

strong violence, sexual violence, sex references, language
Director(s)Mike Barker
Production year2017
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes51m
CastElisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Ever Carradine, Nina Kiri, Bahia Watson, Okiki Kendall, Natalia Leite, Rachel Shukert, Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Jacey Heldrich, Nika Castillo, Michael Stoyanov, Elisabeth Williams, Adam Taylor, Stuart Campbell, Aaron Marshall, Sharon Bialy, Russell Scott, Sherry Thomas, Elisabeth Williams

The Handmaid's Tale

strong violence, sexual violence, sex references, language
sexual violence, strong language, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 1 OFFRED
sexual violence, strong language
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16/01/2018
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Season 1 Episode 2 BIRTH DAY
very strong language, strong violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Season 1 Episode 3 LATE
strong violence, sexual violence, sex references, language
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Season 1 Episode 4 NOLITE TE BASTARDES CARBORUNDORUM
sexual violence, strong sex, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 5 FAITHFUL
strong violence, sexual violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 6 A WOMAN'S PLACE
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 7 THE OTHER SIDE
strong language, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Season 1 Episode 8 JEZEBELS
sexual violence, strong language, nudity, suicide references
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 9 THE BRIDGE
very strong language, strong bloody violence, surgical gore
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
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Season 1 Episode 10 NIGHT
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strong threat, violence, injury detail, sex, language, sexual violence
Classified Date:
29/10/2018
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 2 Episodes 1-13 Additional material
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strong violence, sexual violence, language, gory images, sex references
Classified Date:
15/10/2019
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Season 3 Episodes 1-13
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child sex abuse references, strong violence, language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is kicked and beaten by a group of woman and then shown in a bloodied state hanging by his wrists. In the opening flash back sequence, there is brief sight of a man slapping a woman within a domestic setting.
language
The epiosde features strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to child sex abuse when a fourteen year old girl recalls being repeatedly raped by several men.
strong violence, language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in the head with bloody impact detail. A woman refers to her husband having been abusive. Women poison men. There is a brief flashback scene to a man being strung up.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as the term 'bitch'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women are sex trafficked and forced into sex slavery. A girl implies that she was raped by multiple men.
strong violence
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of torture including waterboarding. Other violence includes shooting and punches, and women being pushed off the roof of a building. Women are also run over by a train during a pursuit.
strong language, sexually abusive behaviour, abortion references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'douchebag', 'crap').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which a man attempts to coerce women into performing sexual favours for him.
theme
There are graphic descriptions of abortion.
strong language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('motherf**king', 'f**k') and milder terms ('shit').
strong language
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence, strong language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit')
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed flackbacks which depict a woman being held down and raped. There is a scene in which a woman thrusts on top of a man, despite his protests.
strong violence, sexual violence references, suicide, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is strung up by the neck; characters are shocked with cattle prods. There is a a scene in which victims of abuse fantasise about hurting their attackers. There are also references to domestic abuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to sexual violence and the false imprisonment of a woman who was repeatedly beaten, raped and forced to bear a child. There are also references to a sex worker being forced to have sex with a woman whilst a man watches and masturbates. There are references to the genital mutilation
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide in which a woman is found hanging from a tree.
strong language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'piss', 'crap'. 'shit', 'ass' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman speaks about a couple being complicit in her beating, imprisonment and rape; a flashback shows her being struck down and her arm being pinned to a bed, but there is no further detail of the sexual assault. Later, the woman refers to the man involved as a "f**king rapist".
sexual violence, very strong language, strong violence
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A gang of women beat a man to death and, it is implied, lynch him.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), as well as more frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms such as 'prick' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief flashbacks to scenes of sexual violence in which one woman holds another down while a man rapes her.
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strong violence, injury detail, language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence and threat, such as bloody shootings and a man being pursued through woodland before being beaten down and attacked by numerous women.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bastard' and 'Jesus').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is brief visual reference to a woman being restrained by another while a man rapes her.
injury detail
There is strong injury detail, such as a man's mutilated body in a morgue, as well as various scenes featuring bloodshed in the aftermath of violence. Other scenes include cuts and bruises on characters' faces and a man's hand after his finger has been severed.
brief sexual violence, sexual threat, strong bloody images, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of the very mild term 'Jesus'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a man forces an underage teenage girl to eat a chocolate from his hand, as well as a flashback scene to a woman being raped, which is brief and visually discreet.
injury detail
When a teenager poisons herself and another woman, there is some emphasis on injury detail when they both vomit blood. There is also a brief bloody image of a dead body.
child sex abuse references, strong language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence and sexual threat
An underage girl is enslaved and forced to live with an adult male who, it's implied, plans to rape and impregnate her.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'slut', 'whore', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'damn'.
sex
A prolonged scene of sex includes thrusting and moaning detail.
strong injury detail, disturbing images, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bullshit', 'asshole' and 'Jesus'.
injury detail
There is some focus on a man's bloody severed limb after he walks on to a land mine.
disturbing images
A rotting corpse is shown hanging from a tree with a sign around his neck that reads 'rapist'.
strong violence, child sex abuse references, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in the head with bloody impact detail.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'asshole', 'hell').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a young girl being raped and falling pregnant; in some scenes, her attacker is shown gloating about the assault.
injury detail
There is sight of a severed leg in the aftermath of an explosion, as well sight of a dead body strung up on a wall.
strong language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'Jesus Christ').
strong language, brief strong violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is emphasis on bloody detail when a man is shot during the episode recap.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'crap', 'asshole' and 'hell'.
strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings.
threat and horror
Shots fired at a vigil scare participants and protestors, some of which are children.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A character is attacked repeatedly by someone in a car, resulting in an arm break. Other violence consists of crunchy punches and scenes of threat in which characters are punched, restrained and shot at.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch' and 'shit').
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
strong language
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms ('whore', 'cock', 'bitch', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell').
strong language
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘pussy’, ‘shit’ and ‘God’.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn').
sex
There is a brief scene in a brothel in which a woman is seen holding handcuffs. There are undetailed references to sex work.
very strong language, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
03/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as more frequent use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman forced to work at a brothel is spoken to in a degrading and humiliating manner by a client, and made to meow like a cat. She is then sent to a bedroom to ‘do her duty’ with another man who has previously abused her. However, it quickly transpires that his intentions towards her are not sexual.
sexual violence, strong language, violence, sex references, brief nudity
Classified Date:
03/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is strangled to death. Following a scene of violence, a corpse is thrown into a furnace. A person is punched in the face, rendering them unconscious.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
Scenes takes place inside a brothel where sex workers are seen mingling with clients. There is a strong visual reference to BDSM.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is the attempted rape of a woman, as well as repeated verbal references to rape. A woman is forced to kneel down and clean the crotch area of a man's trousers. Men make verbal sexual threats towards women.
nudity
There is breast and buttock nudity in the dressing room of a brothel.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a flashback to someone being strangled to death. A person is slapped across the face. There are verbal references to violence and murder.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'ass', 'damn', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'God'.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A group of people are killed by gunfire, with emphasis on their distress; this results in bloody detail and the sight of corpses. A person is slapped across the face. There are verbal and visual references to violence and murder throughout.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker, 'f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
injury detail
There is a close-up of dead bodies after an execution, alongside sight of blood running down a drain. A person is briefly seen with bruises on their face after implied violence.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed in the eye, resulting in subsequent bloody injury detail. Milder scenes of violence feature undetailed shootings, and there are also verbal references to women being subjected to sexual violence, beatings and mutilation.
language
Strong language (‘motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
strong violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed in the eye, resulting in a close-up of the bloody aftermath. People are hanged using nooses during an execution. People are shot, stabbed and beaten, leading to blood spurts. People are killed by a planted explosive.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features shootings and stabbings accompanied by bloodshed, and the aftermath of executions by hanging.
language
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘bastard’, ‘shit’ and ‘Jesus’.
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Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Version:
N/A
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Hope in Gilead Script to Screen: The Salvaging
Classified Date:
08/01/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material, Hope in Gilead
Classified date16/01/2018
LanguageEnglish
strong violence, sexual violence, sex, language
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 6 A WOMAN'S PLACE
sexual violence, strong sex, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 5 FAITHFUL
very strong language, strong violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 3 LATE
sexual violence, strong language, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 1 OFFRED
sexual violence, strong language
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 2 BIRTH DAY
strong violence, sexual violence, sex references, language
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 4 NOLITE TE BASTARDES CARBORUNDORUM
very strong language, strong bloody violence, surgical gore
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 10 NIGHT
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 7 THE OTHER SIDE
sexual violence, strong language, nudity, suicide references
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 9 THE BRIDGE
strong language, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 1 Episode 8 JEZEBELS
strong threat, violence, injury detail, sex, language, sexual violence
Classified Date:
29/10/2018
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episodes 1-13 Additional material
strong violence, sexual violence, language, gory images, sex references
Classified Date:
15/10/2019
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episodes 1-13
strong language
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence, very strong language, strong violence
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A gang of women beat a man to death and, it is implied, lynch him.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t'), as well as more frequent strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), and milder terms such as 'prick' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief flashbacks to scenes of sexual violence in which one woman holds another down while a man rapes her.
strong language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'piss', 'crap'. 'shit', 'ass' and 'God'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman speaks about a couple being complicit in her beating, imprisonment and rape; a flashback shows her being struck down and her arm being pinned to a bed, but there is no further detail of the sexual assault. Later, the woman refers to the man involved as a "f**king rapist".
strong violence, sexual violence references, suicide, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is strung up by the neck; characters are shocked with cattle prods. There is a a scene in which victims of abuse fantasise about hurting their attackers. There are also references to domestic abuse.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to sexual violence and the false imprisonment of a woman who was repeatedly beaten, raped and forced to bear a child. There are also references to a sex worker being forced to have sex with a woman whilst a man watches and masturbates. There are references to the genital mutilation
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide in which a woman is found hanging from a tree.
sexual violence, strong language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit')
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed flackbacks which depict a woman being held down and raped. There is a scene in which a woman thrusts on top of a man, despite his protests.
strong language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('motherf**king', 'f**k') and milder terms ('shit').
strong language, sexually abusive behaviour, abortion references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'douchebag', 'crap').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which a man attempts to coerce women into performing sexual favours for him.
theme
There are graphic descriptions of abortion.
strong violence
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of torture including waterboarding. Other violence includes shooting and punches, and women being pushed off the roof of a building. Women are also run over by a train during a pursuit.
strong violence, language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in the head with bloody impact detail. A woman refers to her husband having been abusive. Women poison men. There is a brief flashback scene to a man being strung up.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as the term 'bitch'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women are sex trafficked and forced into sex slavery. A girl implies that she was raped by multiple men.
child sex abuse references, strong violence, language
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is kicked and beaten by a group of woman and then shown in a bloodied state hanging by his wrists. In the opening flash back sequence, there is brief sight of a man slapping a woman within a domestic setting.
language
The epiosde features strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to child sex abuse when a fourteen year old girl recalls being repeatedly raped by several men.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A character is attacked repeatedly by someone in a car, resulting in an arm break. Other violence consists of crunchy punches and scenes of threat in which characters are punched, restrained and shot at.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch' and 'shit').
strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings.
threat and horror
Shots fired at a vigil scare participants and protestors, some of which are children.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, brief strong violence
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is emphasis on bloody detail when a man is shot during the episode recap.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'crap', 'asshole' and 'hell'.
strong language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'Jesus Christ').
strong violence, child sex abuse references, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot in the head with bloody impact detail.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('shit', 'asshole', 'hell').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references to a young girl being raped and falling pregnant; in some scenes, her attacker is shown gloating about the assault.
injury detail
There is sight of a severed leg in the aftermath of an explosion, as well sight of a dead body strung up on a wall.
strong injury detail, disturbing images, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'bullshit', 'asshole' and 'Jesus'.
injury detail
There is some focus on a man's bloody severed limb after he walks on to a land mine.
disturbing images
A rotting corpse is shown hanging from a tree with a sign around his neck that reads 'rapist'.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'slut', 'whore', 'bullshit', 'shit' and 'damn'.
sex
A prolonged scene of sex includes thrusting and moaning detail.
child sex abuse references, strong language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k').
sexual violence and sexual threat
An underage girl is enslaved and forced to live with an adult male who, it's implied, plans to rape and impregnate her.
brief sexual violence, sexual threat, strong bloody images, language
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of the very mild term 'Jesus'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a man forces an underage teenage girl to eat a chocolate from his hand, as well as a flashback scene to a woman being raped, which is brief and visually discreet.
injury detail
When a teenager poisons herself and another woman, there is some emphasis on injury detail when they both vomit blood. There is also a brief bloody image of a dead body.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
07/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence and threat, such as bloody shootings and a man being pursued through woodland before being beaten down and attacked by numerous women.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bastard' and 'Jesus').
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is brief visual reference to a woman being restrained by another while a man rapes her.
injury detail
There is strong injury detail, such as a man's mutilated body in a morgue, as well as various scenes featuring bloodshed in the aftermath of violence. Other scenes include cuts and bruises on characters' faces and a man's hand after his finger has been severed.
strong language
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms ('whore', 'cock', 'bitch', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'hell').
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'Jesus', 'hell' and 'damn').
sex
There is a brief scene in a brothel in which a woman is seen holding handcuffs. There are undetailed references to sex work.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
07/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence features shootings and stabbings accompanied by bloodshed, and the aftermath of executions by hanging.
language
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘bastard’, ‘shit’ and ‘Jesus’.
very strong language, sexually abusive behaviour
Classified Date:
03/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as more frequent use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman forced to work at a brothel is spoken to in a degrading and humiliating manner by a client, and made to meow like a cat. She is then sent to a bedroom to ‘do her duty’ with another man who has previously abused her. However, it quickly transpires that his intentions towards her are not sexual.
sexual violence, strong language, violence, sex references, brief nudity
Classified Date:
03/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is strangled to death. Following a scene of violence, a corpse is thrown into a furnace. A person is punched in the face, rendering them unconscious.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'hell' and 'God'.
sex
Scenes takes place inside a brothel where sex workers are seen mingling with clients. There is a strong visual reference to BDSM.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is the attempted rape of a woman, as well as repeated verbal references to rape. A woman is forced to kneel down and clean the crotch area of a man's trousers. Men make verbal sexual threats towards women.
nudity
There is breast and buttock nudity in the dressing room of a brothel.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed in the eye, resulting in subsequent bloody injury detail. Milder scenes of violence feature undetailed shootings, and there are also verbal references to women being subjected to sexual violence, beatings and mutilation.
language
Strong language (‘motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘bitch’, ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
strong violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is stabbed in the eye, resulting in a close-up of the bloody aftermath. People are hanged using nooses during an execution. People are shot, stabbed and beaten, leading to blood spurts. People are killed by a planted explosive.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A group of people are killed by gunfire, with emphasis on their distress; this results in bloody detail and the sight of corpses. A person is slapped across the face. There are verbal and visual references to violence and murder throughout.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker, 'f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'asshole', 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'.
injury detail
There is a close-up of dead bodies after an execution, alongside sight of blood running down a drain. A person is briefly seen with bruises on their face after implied violence.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a flashback to someone being strangled to death. A person is slapped across the face. There are verbal references to violence and murder.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'ass', 'damn', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'God'.
strong language
Classified Date:
02/07/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language (‘f**k’) features, as well as milder terms such as ‘pussy’, ‘shit’ and ‘God’.
Director(s)Mike Barker
Production year2017
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes51m
CastElisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Samira Wiley, Ever Carradine, Nina Kiri, Bahia Watson, Okiki Kendall, Natalia Leite, Rachel Shukert, Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Jacey Heldrich, Nika Castillo, Michael Stoyanov, Elisabeth Williams, Adam Taylor, Stuart Campbell, Aaron Marshall, Sharon Bialy, Russell Scott, Sherry Thomas, Elisabeth Williams
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
31/03/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
18/02/2022
Version:
N/A
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Warner Bros Entertainment UK Ltd
Classified Date:
16/01/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Hope in Gilead Script to Screen: The Salvaging
Classified Date:
08/01/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material, Hope in Gilead
Classified date16/01/2018
LanguageEnglish