• Director(s)

    Janicza Bravo

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Rebecca Hall, Scottee, Claire Ashton

TV Show

The Listeners

THE LISTENERS is a British drama series; in this episode, an English teacher starts to hear a mysterious humming sound that no-one else can detect.…

THE LISTENERS is a British drama series; in this episode, an English teacher starts to hear a mysterious humming sound that no-one else can detect.

  • Director(s)

    Janicza Bravo

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Rebecca Hall, Scottee, Claire Ashton

moderate threat, bloody images, sex and drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
13/11/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Sequences of unsettling moderate threat occur in which a woman experiences a constant and disturbing humming sound which disrupts her everyday life.
language
Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'dick', 'bitch', 'wanker', 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
There are mentions to 'dick-pics' as well as a discussion about incest in a literary context. A school teacher and her teenage pupil raise suspicions that they might be in an intimate relationship; however, nothing sexual occurs between them.
drugs
A teenage boy references 'getting high' with his friends.
injury detail
People suffer from sudden nose and ear bleeds.
additional issues
A teenager vapes. References are made to cancer and other illnesses.
strong language
Classified Date:
13/11/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'piss', 'shit', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'hell'.
additional issues
References are made to a teacher and her teenage pupil's inappropriate relationship; however, both deny that any sexual abuse has taken place. In one scene, her family discover the word 'Pedo' spray painted on their garage door. Two teenage girls briefly smoke what is implied to be a joint. Images in a book show real but blurred historical photographs of a man being tortured. There are moments of moderate threat and references are made to mental health issues. A woman suffers a brief nosebleed.
very strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
13/11/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent very strong language ('c**t') and more frequent strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'bullshit', 'hell' and 'God'.
drugs
At a party, a teenage boy gives a classmate an unnamed pill which she flirtatiously takes from his finger.
additional issues
A woman calls a teacher a rapist after she is investigated for an inappropriate relationship with a student. References are made to 'sex cults' and incels. There are moments of moderate threat in which a woman has hallucinations and hears disturbing sounds. A reference is made to 'dry humping'.
strong language, threat, violence
Classified Date:
13/11/2024
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a sequence of strong violence in which people are shot, resulting in blood spurts.
threat and horror
Moments of strong threat occur in which vulnerable people writhe around on the floor and scream in a manic state. A woman hallucinates and hears voices.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
References are made to a sex cult. A teenage boy discusses his suicidal thoughts.
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.

  • Classified date

    13/11/2024

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English