• Director(s)

    Robin Sheppard

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Lydia Page

TV Show

The Larkins (2021)

mild bad language, sex references

THE LARKINS is a UK drama series; in this episode, a village-wide blackout leads to the Larkins hosting everyone for Christmas and using their barn for the nativity play. …

THE LARKINS is a UK drama series; in this episode, a village-wide blackout leads to the Larkins hosting everyone for Christmas and using their barn for the nativity play.

  • Director(s)

    Robin Sheppard

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Bradley Walsh, Joanna Scanlan, Lydia Page

moderate threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
02/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a scene of mild gun threat in which a burglar points his weapon at a man and fires a shot menacingly into the ground as the man tries to calmly talk him down. The gun misfires and there is brief sight of a trail of blood in the aftermath. It is later revealed that the gunman accidentally shot off his toe.
additional issues
There are verbal references to a man who was once incarcerated sharing a cell with someone who would rip their fingernails off. There is mild bad language ('bugger', 'bloody') and sex references.
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moderate bad language
Classified Date:
16/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Moderate bad language includes 'cock' and 'bitch', as well as milder terms including 'bloody', 'damn' and 'hell'.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references. A woman angrily slaps a man in the face, however, this lacks focus on detail. A girl climbs inside a cement mixer headfirst while playing with her siblings. The scene is portrayed in a comic, slapstick manner.
moderate bad language
Classified Date:
28/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Moderate bad language occurs (‘bitch’), as well as milder terms including ‘bloody’.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references and innuendo including an insinuation that a man’s girlfriend is withholding sex because she is angry with him. A woman is accidentally elbowed in the face during a water baptism when a flock of geese enter a pool causing panic. The woman is swiftly rescued by another character. A character becomes drunk for the first time and has to be taken home in a wheelbarrow. Excessive drinking is presented as aversive and is not encouraged by the work as a whole.
mild sex references, language, threat
Classified Date:
28/11/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A character drops a lit cigar into a suitcase belonging to a villainous character as an act of comeuppance, which results in the contents going up in flames. The scene is comic and the behaviour is not condoned by the work as a whole.
language
Mild bad language occurs ('bloody'), as well as milder terms including 'God'.
sex
There are occasional mild sex references and innuendo throughout including a comic, post-coital scene featuring a married couple slightly out of breath as they lie in bed. Other moments include a woman straddling her boyfriend fully clothed after he tells her she is not allowed to sit on a uniformed policeman.
additional issues
An already inebriated woman drinks alcohol out of a milk jug. Excessive drinking is presented as aversive and is not encouraged by the work as a whole.
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  • Classified date

    02/11/2022

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English