The Power Of Parker

Director(s)na
Production year2023
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes30m
CastConleth Hill, Sian Gibson, Judith Baker

The Power Of Parker

strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a British dark comedy series; in this episode, businessman Martin Parker is deeply in debt and starting to lose control of his double life.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘sweet FA’). Milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘sod’, ‘tits’, ‘bugger’, ‘bastard’, ‘screw you’, ‘arsehole’ and ‘arse’.
additional issues
There is a brief comic sequence of prescription drug misuse, when a hungover care home worker downs a cup of pills intended for a patient, as well as infrequent moderate references to drugs. Sex references are moderate and occasionally crude. Other issues include a moderate scene of threatening behaviour, and mild rude humour.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a UK comedy series; in this episode, Diane has a day of discovery as she finds out about Martin's true financial position and his relationship with her sister Kath.

language
There are clear uses of strong language ('f**k'), as well as implied uses ('mofo', 'sweet FA'). Milder terms include 'prick', 'whore', 'bitch', 'shag', 'bloody', 'sod', 'shit', 'bastard', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'tits', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'balls', 'bugger', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references. There is moderate rude humour, which includes a woman faxing a grainy photocopied image of her breasts to a man. An elderly woman makes a comment about an encounter with a Black and White minstrel in a reference to her age. There is mild comic violence.
drug misuse
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a British dark comedy series; in this episode, Kath and Diane leave Dougie’s bedside to surreptitiously follow Martin.

drugs
Two people become highly intoxicated and dance wildly at a nightclub after sharing an unidentified pill.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘effing’); milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘whore’, ‘slut’, ‘bitch’, ‘skanky’, ‘dickhead’, ‘gobshite’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘bollock’, ‘tit’, ‘ballbag’ and ‘bloody’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘fartknocker’. There are brief non-graphic references to child abuse, when a teenager calls a man a ‘nonce’ and threatens to falsely accuse him of molestation. There are also occasional moderate sex references.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a British dark comedy series; in this episode, Martin is abducted by the Slaters, and Alan plots revenge with Diane and Kath.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘wanker’, ‘screwed’, ‘frig’, ‘dickhead’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘knackers’, ‘arsehole’, ‘bastard’, ‘bollocks’, ‘balls’, ‘tits’ and ‘shit’. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘fartknocker’.
sex
Misinterpreting the warning that she and her sister are ‘getting screwed’, a woman tells a man that they’re ‘not into any of that sister shit’. Other scenes contain moderate sex references and innuendo.
additional issues
There are moderate visual and verbal references to ecstasy dealing. Other issues include scenes of comic threat.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a British dark comedy series; in this episode, Martin panics when he realises the pills are missing, and Diane and Kath plan a heist.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘effing’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘shag’, ‘screw you’, ‘frig’, ‘piss’, ‘sod’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘arse’, ‘shit’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘tits’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ and ‘V-sign’ gestures.
additional issues
There are moderate visual and verbal references to ecstasy dealing, which is not condoned. Moderate sex references include a comic reference to pornography. There are also scenes of historical sexist behaviour by unlikeable male characters, such as one in which a man makes a sexually suggestive comment to his employee's wife at a dinner party.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a British dark comedy series; in this episode, Martin loses a lifeline, and Diane and Kath visit the bank.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘prick’, ‘bugger’, ‘bloody’, ‘bollocks’, ‘bastard’, ‘sod’, ‘piss off’, ‘arse’ and ‘shit’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
additional issues
It is implied that a person takes their own life, though this is later revealed not to be the case. There are moderate visual and verbal references to drug dealing. Other issues include occasional moderate sex references, and mild rude humour.
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:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode the store is in the running for a trade show award.

language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('prick', 'dickhead', 'shag', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'bloody', 'arse', 'tits', 'frig, 'toss', 'Jesus', 'God', 'hell').
additional issues
There are comic sex references, including to sex-trafficking. Comic fight scenes include blows to the head; however, there is limited detail. There is a passing verbal suicide reference. Discriminatory attitudes displayed by negative characters are implicitly condemned. There is a brief verbal drug reference. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode, Martin receives a job offer.

language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'arse', 'sod', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'tosser', 'bitch', 'piss', 'balls', 'tits', 'turd', 'bollocks', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus', and 'Christ'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include those to masturbation and 'humping'. A car accidentally reverses over a woman, followed by brief sight of injury detail. There are brief mild discriminatory references. A man swings a golf club at another man.
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode, Kath wakes up in Sandy's hotel room.

language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('wanker', 'dick', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'frig', 'crap', 'bloody', 'sod', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell').
sex
Moderate comic sex references include those which relate to erections.
additional issues
A person collapses and dies. There are also scenes of drunkenness, as well as those in which people smoke cigarettes.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode, Kath gets arrested.

language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as implied strong language ('eff'), and milder terms ('shit', 'piss', 'bloody', 'toss', 'balls', 'bugger', 'frig', 'bastard', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'God', 'Christ', 'hell').
additional issues
There are also mild sex and drug references, as well as a scene in which a person collapses and dies. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
moderate sex references, discrimination, drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode, an unexpected guest arrives at a party.

language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as moderate bad language ('slag'), implied strong language, and milder terms ('bloody', 'piss', 'shit', 'frig', 'bastard', 'arse', 'tit', 'ballbreaker', 'God', 'Christ', 'hell').
sex
There are brief off-screen sex noises, followed by verbal references to sexual activity. There is also a reference to 'having it off'.
discrimination
A homophobic reference ('woofters') by a negative character is clearly disapproved of.
drugs
There is a brief verbal reference to taking 'poppers'. However, drug misuse is not condoned by the episode as a whole.
additional issues
There are also brief references to murder and death, as well as scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER OF PARKER is a comedy series; in this episode, Martin, Kath and Diane try to resolve their problems.

language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as rude gestures, and milder terms ('bitch','wanker', 'dickhead', 'knobhead', 'skanky', shagged', 'piss', 'bloody', 'arse', 'shict', 'bollocks', 'arse', 'bugger', 'sod', 'tit', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell').
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, including to mastrubation. People grieve for a lost loved one. There is also rude humour, a comic robbery scene, and an undetailed scene in which a person is struck by a car followed by sight of their mildly injured face.
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 date04/09/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘sweet FA’). Milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘sod’, ‘tits’, ‘bugger’, ‘bastard’, ‘screw you’, ‘arsehole’ and ‘arse’.
additional issues
There is a brief comic sequence of prescription drug misuse, when a hungover care home worker downs a cup of pills intended for a patient, as well as infrequent moderate references to drugs. Sex references are moderate and occasionally crude. Other issues include a moderate scene of threatening behaviour, and mild rude humour.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘prick’, ‘bugger’, ‘bloody’, ‘bollocks’, ‘bastard’, ‘sod’, ‘piss off’, ‘arse’ and ‘shit’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
additional issues
It is implied that a person takes their own life, though this is later revealed not to be the case. There are moderate visual and verbal references to drug dealing. Other issues include occasional moderate sex references, and mild rude humour.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘effing’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘shag’, ‘screw you’, ‘frig’, ‘piss’, ‘sod’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘arse’, ‘shit’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘tits’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ and ‘V-sign’ gestures.
additional issues
There are moderate visual and verbal references to ecstasy dealing, which is not condoned. Moderate sex references include a comic reference to pornography. There are also scenes of historical sexist behaviour by unlikeable male characters, such as one in which a man makes a sexually suggestive comment to his employee's wife at a dinner party.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘prick’, ‘wanker’, ‘screwed’, ‘frig’, ‘dickhead’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘knackers’, ‘arsehole’, ‘bastard’, ‘bollocks’, ‘balls’, ‘tits’ and ‘shit’. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘fartknocker’.
sex
Misinterpreting the warning that she and her sister are ‘getting screwed’, a woman tells a man that they’re ‘not into any of that sister shit’. Other scenes contain moderate sex references and innuendo.
additional issues
There are moderate visual and verbal references to ecstasy dealing. Other issues include scenes of comic threat.
drug misuse
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
Two people become highly intoxicated and dance wildly at a nightclub after sharing an unidentified pill.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘effing’); milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘whore’, ‘slut’, ‘bitch’, ‘skanky’, ‘dickhead’, ‘gobshite’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘bollock’, ‘tit’, ‘ballbag’ and ‘bloody’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture. An unlikeable character uses the discriminatory term ‘fartknocker’. There are brief non-graphic references to child abuse, when a teenager calls a man a ‘nonce’ and threatens to falsely accuse him of molestation. There are also occasional moderate sex references.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There are clear uses of strong language ('f**k'), as well as implied uses ('mofo', 'sweet FA'). Milder terms include 'prick', 'whore', 'bitch', 'shag', 'bloody', 'sod', 'shit', 'bastard', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'tits', 'dick', 'bollocks', 'balls', 'bugger', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references. There is moderate rude humour, which includes a woman faxing a grainy photocopied image of her breasts to a man. An elderly woman makes a comment about an encounter with a Black and White minstrel in a reference to her age. There is mild comic violence.
strong language
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) and implied strong language (‘sweet FA’). Milder terms include ‘shag’, ‘dick’, ‘shit’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘sod’, ‘tits’, ‘bugger’, ‘bastard’, ‘screw you’, ‘arsehole’ and ‘arse’.
additional issues
There is a brief comic sequence of prescription drug misuse, when a hungover care home worker downs a cup of pills intended for a patient, as well as infrequent moderate references to drugs. Sex references are moderate and occasionally crude. Other issues include a moderate scene of threatening behaviour, and mild rude humour.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as rude gestures, and milder terms ('bitch','wanker', 'dickhead', 'knobhead', 'skanky', shagged', 'piss', 'bloody', 'arse', 'shict', 'bollocks', 'arse', 'bugger', 'sod', 'tit', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell').
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, including to mastrubation. People grieve for a lost loved one. There is also rude humour, a comic robbery scene, and an undetailed scene in which a person is struck by a car followed by sight of their mildly injured face.
moderate sex references, discrimination, drug references, strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as moderate bad language ('slag'), implied strong language, and milder terms ('bloody', 'piss', 'shit', 'frig', 'bastard', 'arse', 'tit', 'ballbreaker', 'God', 'Christ', 'hell').
sex
There are brief off-screen sex noises, followed by verbal references to sexual activity. There is also a reference to 'having it off'.
discrimination
A homophobic reference ('woofters') by a negative character is clearly disapproved of.
drugs
There is a brief verbal reference to taking 'poppers'. However, drug misuse is not condoned by the episode as a whole.
additional issues
There are also brief references to murder and death, as well as scenes in which adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as implied strong language ('eff'), and milder terms ('shit', 'piss', 'bloody', 'toss', 'balls', 'bugger', 'frig', 'bastard', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'God', 'Christ', 'hell').
additional issues
There are also mild sex and drug references, as well as a scene in which a person collapses and dies. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
infrequent strong language, moderate sex references
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('wanker', 'dick', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'frig', 'crap', 'bloody', 'sod', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'God', 'hell').
sex
Moderate comic sex references include those which relate to erections.
additional issues
A person collapses and dies. There are also scenes of drunkenness, as well as those in which people smoke cigarettes.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms including 'shit', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'arse', 'sod', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'tosser', 'bitch', 'piss', 'balls', 'tits', 'turd', 'bollocks', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus', and 'Christ'.
additional issues
Moderate sex references include those to masturbation and 'humping'. A car accidentally reverses over a woman, followed by brief sight of injury detail. There are brief mild discriminatory references. A man swings a golf club at another man.
strong language
Classified Date:
23/09/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms ('prick', 'dickhead', 'shag', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'bloody', 'arse', 'tits', 'frig, 'toss', 'Jesus', 'God', 'hell').
additional issues
There are comic sex references, including to sex-trafficking. Comic fight scenes include blows to the head; however, there is limited detail. There is a passing verbal suicide reference. Discriminatory attitudes displayed by negative characters are implicitly condemned. There is a brief verbal drug reference. Adults smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
Director(s)na
Production year2023
Genre(s)Comedy
Approx. running minutes30m
CastConleth Hill, Sian Gibson, Judith Baker
Classified date04/09/2023
LanguageEnglish