The Mating Game
Director(s)na
Production year2021
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes57m
CastDavid Attenborough, Simon Nash, Simon Nash, Tom Howe, Doug Anderson, Paul Collins, Ben Cunningham, Jeff Hester, Andrew Chastney
The Mating Game
THE MATING GAME is a nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough; in this episode, the mating habits of spi ...
THE MATING GAME is a nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough; in this episode, the mating habits of spiders, ostriches and kangaroos are explored.
mild sex references, language, bloody images
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes in which predators attack and kill prey, with sight of bloody detail in the aftermath.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language ('shit') and very mild terms ('God' and 'Jesus').
sex
Scenes in which animals perform mating rituals feature some tongue in cheek commentary, and include sight of a kangaroo demonstrating the size of his testicles to a female onlooker. The commentary also refers to 'foreplay', in relation to ostriches presenting themselves to potential mates.
additional issues
A filmmaker becomes upset when he sees some land damaged by drought.
mild natural world violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Large male sealions slam and bite each other in fights for mating territories and fertile females, which leave some with bloody wounds.
additional issues
There are very mild sex references in the context of descriptions of mating rituals.
very mild bad language, threat, sex references, scenes of animal fighting
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A female praying mantis is shown eating the head of a male, who is attempting to mate with her.
threat and horror
There's some very mild threat when male animals display aggression towards each other as they compete over female animals.
language
There is a use of very mild bad language ('God').
sex
Images of animals mating, and verbal sex references are very mild and undetailed.
animal fighting, very mild threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are brief undetailed scenes in which animals fight.
threat and horror
There is brief very mild threat in which animals are stalked and attacked by predators.
sex
There are very mild sex references, all of which relate to animals' mating habits.
theme
There are brief upsetting scenes in which dead animals are shown.
very mild threat, upsetting scenes, sex references
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Footage shows animals in the struggle for survival, both for natural reasons and man-made ones.
sex
There are references to animal mating habits.
general
Scenes of animal death include that of an unhatched chick.
additional issues
There are brief scenes in which animals fight, without detail.
Classified date29/11/2021
LanguageEnglish
violence
There are scenes in which predators attack and kill prey, with sight of bloody detail in the aftermath.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language ('shit') and very mild terms ('God' and 'Jesus').
sex
Scenes in which animals perform mating rituals feature some tongue in cheek commentary, and include sight of a kangaroo demonstrating the size of his testicles to a female onlooker. The commentary also refers to 'foreplay', in relation to ostriches presenting themselves to potential mates.
additional issues
A filmmaker becomes upset when he sees some land damaged by drought.
mild natural world violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Large male sealions slam and bite each other in fights for mating territories and fertile females, which leave some with bloody wounds.
additional issues
There are very mild sex references in the context of descriptions of mating rituals.
very mild threat, upsetting scenes, sex references
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Footage shows animals in the struggle for survival, both for natural reasons and man-made ones.
sex
There are references to animal mating habits.
general
Scenes of animal death include that of an unhatched chick.
additional issues
There are brief scenes in which animals fight, without detail.
animal fighting, very mild threat, sex references, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are brief undetailed scenes in which animals fight.
threat and horror
There is brief very mild threat in which animals are stalked and attacked by predators.
sex
There are very mild sex references, all of which relate to animals' mating habits.
theme
There are brief upsetting scenes in which dead animals are shown.
very mild bad language, threat, sex references, scenes of animal fighting
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A female praying mantis is shown eating the head of a male, who is attempting to mate with her.
threat and horror
There's some very mild threat when male animals display aggression towards each other as they compete over female animals.
language
There is a use of very mild bad language ('God').
sex
Images of animals mating, and verbal sex references are very mild and undetailed.
mild sex references, language, bloody images
Classified Date:
29/11/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes in which predators attack and kill prey, with sight of bloody detail in the aftermath.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language ('shit') and very mild terms ('God' and 'Jesus').
sex
Scenes in which animals perform mating rituals feature some tongue in cheek commentary, and include sight of a kangaroo demonstrating the size of his testicles to a female onlooker. The commentary also refers to 'foreplay', in relation to ostriches presenting themselves to potential mates.
additional issues
A filmmaker becomes upset when he sees some land damaged by drought.
Director(s)na
Production year2021
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes57m
CastDavid Attenborough, Simon Nash, Simon Nash, Tom Howe, Doug Anderson, Paul Collins, Ben Cunningham, Jeff Hester, Andrew Chastney
Classified date29/11/2021
LanguageEnglish
