The Power

Director(s)Logan Kibens, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Neasa Hardiman, Lisa Gunning, Shannon Murphy
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes51m
CastToni Collette, Toheeb Jimoh, Halle Bush

The Power

very strong language, strong injury detail, sexual threat, sex references
Classified Date:
28/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a British sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Allie, Roxy, Adunola and Jos discover they have the ability to shoot jolts of electricity from their fingers.

language
Infrequent very strong language occurs ('c**t'), as well as strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language ('slut', 'bitch', 'prick'), a 'middle finger' gesture and milder terms including 'bullshit', 'ass', 'shit' and 'God’.
sex
There are infrequent visual references to sex toys.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a teenage girl's foster father enters her bedroom and climbs on top of her. However, he does not rape her. Undetailed verbal references are also made to child sex abuse.
injury detail
A dead body is shown with a bloody slash wound in the aftermath of violence. There is close-up focus on a man's facial injury after he is electrocuted.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate fantasy violence include a teenage girl holding her hand over a man’s face as she electrocutes him. A pair of hitmen enter a person’s home to kill them.
strong language, sex, injury detail
Classified Date:
27/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a sci-fi fantasy drama; in this episode, Jos tries to hide her secret from her parents.

language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**king' and 'f**k').
sex
A scene of strong sex features sexual moaning. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to 'f**king'.
injury detail
There is emphasis on a woman's facial injury after she is electrocuted. There is also focus on vein-shaped bloody cuts on a young woman's arm.
additional issues
There is moderate fantasy violence when a woman burns another woman's face. A man shoves a young woman over and leaves her on the side of a road. During a brief flashback a young woman holds her hand over a man's face as he appears to suffocate.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a US sci-fi drama series; in this episode, after a girl's powers bring down a plane resulting in numerous deaths, stricter measures are put in place.

language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'piss', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat involve characters with the extraordinary ability to conjure up electricity causing plane crashes and accidental burns. There is brief moderate injury detail, as well as mild sex references. There are also undetailed verbal references to sexual violence and discrimination.
strong language, bloody images, drug misuse, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a US fantasy drama series; in this episode, Eve becomes more comfortable using her powers to help others.

language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms including ‘bitch’ and ‘shit’.
drugs
Characters are seen snorting cocaine from a small spoon.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman references a man digitally penetrating her without her consent.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images, including the sight of blood all over a man's face and clothes after he is shot.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate fantasy violence in which characters use electricity magically generated from their bodies to harm others. A man hits a woman repeatedly in the face with a plank of wood, and characters fire guns at one another. A man is seen removing his belt, the implication being that he is going to use it to beat a teenage girl. A woman briefly masturbates another. Sequences of threat include when characters are in danger from explosions or are held at gunpoint. A woman exhibits emotional upset when she learns her son has died. There is sexist behaviour. Characters consume alcohol.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
27/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a sci-fi fantasy series; in this episode, Margot and Rob fall out after a work function. 

language
The episode features strong language ('f**k' and 'motherf**king'). 
drugs
A woman and her teenage daughter smoke cannabis together. 
additional issues
There are references to sexual violence when women are held in a room by sex traffickers against their will. A teenage girl is coerced into dating a much older politician; the girl's mother tells her she must have sex with him once they are married. A woman uses her powers to electrocute a man during a scene of fantasy violence. There is also a brief blood spurt following an explosion during an episode recap. A sexist man refers to women as 'feminazis'. There are also undetailed references to self-harm within a fantastical context.
very strong language, strong sex, drug misuse, sexual threat, suicide
Classified Date:
22/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Margot makes a career decision.

language
The episode features very strong language ('c**t') as well as strong language ('f**k'). Other terms include 'bitch', 'pissed' and 'bollocks'.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex which includes sexual moaning and thrusting detail.
drugs
A woman and her teenage daughter share a cannabis joint.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual threat, a man repeatedly asks a woman with fantastical powers to stop electrocuting him as they make out in a car. Despite this, she does not listen and continues to overpower him until her pushes her away.
suicide and self-harm
There is a suicide scene when a man ends his own life by means of protest.
additional issues
A man threatens a woman using a taser in a scene of moderate threat. In another tense scene a woman is subjected to an invasive test, but there's no strong detail. Verbal references are made to domestic abuse when a man tells his friend that he believes women having supernatural abilities redresses the balance of men overpowering women.
strong language, sexual threat, injury detail, crude images
Classified Date:
23/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Rox teaches other empowered women how to fight.

language
The episode features strong language ('f**k'), as well as uses of 'bitch', ''twat', 'bastard', 'bloody hell', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman forces another woman to kiss her on her bed in a scene of sexual threat. There is a brief flashback to a scene in which a teenage girl breaks the neck of a man who is on top of her on her bedroom floor. Undetailed verbal references are also made to child sex abuse and sex slavery.
injury detail
A woman uses a knife to cut a supernatural body part from her skin in a scene that includes bloody detail.
disturbing images
A man is shown defecating in a swimming pool after being electrocuted, but the image is brief and shown from a distance.
additional issues
In a brief flashback a man sets himself on fire. In another scene a woman contemplates jumping from the roof of a building. There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence in which women use their supernatural powers to electrocute people.
very strong language, strong violence, bloody images, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a British sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Allie is surprised to learn about the extent of her power, while Tunde secures an interview with President Viktor Moskalev and the First Lady.

violence
A character bludgeons a man to death using an improvised weapon, resulting in blood splatter and bloody aftermath detail. Scenes of moderate fantasy violence also occur.
language
Infrequent very strong language occurs ('c**t'), as well as strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language (‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘prick’) and milder terms including ‘bloody’, ‘dickhead’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘pissed’, ‘screw up’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex featuring sexual moaning and thrusting detail. Strong sex references are made to threesomes and sex work.
sexual violence and sexual threat
An unsympathetic character verbally threatens to arrange for a group of women to be sexually assaulted. During the same sequence, he crudely thrusts against his wife. Sexual violence is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
Strong bloody aftermath detail occurs, including sight of blood splatter on a floor. In one sequence, blood streams out of a character’s eyes in the aftermath of moderate fantasy violence.
additional issues
Infrequent visual and verbal references are made to a man dying by suicide as a form of protest. A teenage boy makes a sexist comment about women and labels an intersex boy a ‘freak’. His attitude is clearly disapproved of and discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole. Infrequent references to mental health occur. An unlikeable man is cruel to a dog.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming

THE POWER is a US sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Margot's campaign for senator intensifies.

violence
Characters are bludgeoned over the head with bloody detail. In other moments of violence, characters use extraordinary powers of electricity against others.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k'), which is also accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'ass', 'crap', 'shit', 'shagging', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'screwed', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'God').
injury detail
Some scenes contain bloodshed following, and in the immediate aftermath of, violence. In one sequence, a man engulfed in flames suffers severe bodily burns. In another, bodies of soldiers are seen strewn across the ground and floating in the water.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also verbal references to sexual violence and domestic abuse in the context of statistical information.
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Classified Date:
26/05/2023
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VOD/Streaming
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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15/05/2023
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VOD/Streaming
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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14/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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02/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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02/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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02/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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02/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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24/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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06/04/2023
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Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date22/03/2023
LanguageEnglish
language
The episode features very strong language ('c**t') as well as strong language ('f**k'). Other terms include 'bitch', 'pissed' and 'bollocks'.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex which includes sexual moaning and thrusting detail.
drugs
A woman and her teenage daughter share a cannabis joint.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual threat, a man repeatedly asks a woman with fantastical powers to stop electrocuting him as they make out in a car. Despite this, she does not listen and continues to overpower him until her pushes her away.
suicide and self-harm
There is a suicide scene when a man ends his own life by means of protest.
additional issues
A man threatens a woman using a taser in a scene of moderate threat. In another tense scene a woman is subjected to an invasive test, but there's no strong detail. Verbal references are made to domestic abuse when a man tells his friend that he believes women having supernatural abilities redresses the balance of men overpowering women.
very strong language, strong violence, bloody images, sex, sexual violence
Classified Date:
28/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A character bludgeons a man to death using an improvised weapon, resulting in blood splatter and bloody aftermath detail. Scenes of moderate fantasy violence also occur.
language
Infrequent very strong language occurs ('c**t'), as well as strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language (‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘prick’) and milder terms including ‘bloody’, ‘dickhead’, ‘shit’, ‘ass’, ‘pissed’, ‘screw up’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex featuring sexual moaning and thrusting detail. Strong sex references are made to threesomes and sex work.
sexual violence and sexual threat
An unsympathetic character verbally threatens to arrange for a group of women to be sexually assaulted. During the same sequence, he crudely thrusts against his wife. Sexual violence is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
Strong bloody aftermath detail occurs, including sight of blood splatter on a floor. In one sequence, blood streams out of a character’s eyes in the aftermath of moderate fantasy violence.
additional issues
Infrequent visual and verbal references are made to a man dying by suicide as a form of protest. A teenage boy makes a sexist comment about women and labels an intersex boy a ‘freak’. His attitude is clearly disapproved of and discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole. Infrequent references to mental health occur. An unlikeable man is cruel to a dog.
very strong language, strong injury detail, sexual threat, sex references
Classified Date:
28/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent very strong language occurs ('c**t'), as well as strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language ('slut', 'bitch', 'prick'), a 'middle finger' gesture and milder terms including 'bullshit', 'ass', 'shit' and 'God’.
sex
There are infrequent visual references to sex toys.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a teenage girl's foster father enters her bedroom and climbs on top of her. However, he does not rape her. Undetailed verbal references are also made to child sex abuse.
injury detail
A dead body is shown with a bloody slash wound in the aftermath of violence. There is close-up focus on a man's facial injury after he is electrocuted.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate fantasy violence include a teenage girl holding her hand over a man’s face as she electrocutes him. A pair of hitmen enter a person’s home to kill them.
strong language, sex, injury detail
Classified Date:
27/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('motherf**king' and 'f**k').
sex
A scene of strong sex features sexual moaning. There are also moderate verbal sex references, including to 'f**king'.
injury detail
There is emphasis on a woman's facial injury after she is electrocuted. There is also focus on vein-shaped bloody cuts on a young woman's arm.
additional issues
There is moderate fantasy violence when a woman burns another woman's face. A man shoves a young woman over and leaves her on the side of a road. During a brief flashback a young woman holds her hand over a man's face as he appears to suffocate.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
27/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k' and 'motherf**king'). 
drugs
A woman and her teenage daughter smoke cannabis together. 
additional issues
There are references to sexual violence when women are held in a room by sex traffickers against their will. A teenage girl is coerced into dating a much older politician; the girl's mother tells her she must have sex with him once they are married. A woman uses her powers to electrocute a man during a scene of fantasy violence. There is also a brief blood spurt following an explosion during an episode recap. A sexist man refers to women as 'feminazis'. There are also undetailed references to self-harm within a fantastical context.
strong language, bloody images, drug misuse, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms including ‘bitch’ and ‘shit’.
drugs
Characters are seen snorting cocaine from a small spoon.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman references a man digitally penetrating her without her consent.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images, including the sight of blood all over a man's face and clothes after he is shot.
additional issues
There are sequences of moderate fantasy violence in which characters use electricity magically generated from their bodies to harm others. A man hits a woman repeatedly in the face with a plank of wood, and characters fire guns at one another. A man is seen removing his belt, the implication being that he is going to use it to beat a teenage girl. A woman briefly masturbates another. Sequences of threat include when characters are in danger from explosions or are held at gunpoint. A woman exhibits emotional upset when she learns her son has died. There is sexist behaviour. Characters consume alcohol.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Characters are bludgeoned over the head with bloody detail. In other moments of violence, characters use extraordinary powers of electricity against others.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k'), which is also accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'ass', 'crap', 'shit', 'shagging', 'bloody', 'bollocks', 'screwed', 'Jesus', 'Christ' and 'God').
injury detail
Some scenes contain bloodshed following, and in the immediate aftermath of, violence. In one sequence, a man engulfed in flames suffers severe bodily burns. In another, bodies of soldiers are seen strewn across the ground and floating in the water.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also verbal references to sexual violence and domestic abuse in the context of statistical information.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'piss', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat involve characters with the extraordinary ability to conjure up electricity causing plane crashes and accidental burns. There is brief moderate injury detail, as well as mild sex references. There are also undetailed verbal references to sexual violence and discrimination.
strong language, sexual threat, injury detail, crude images
Classified Date:
23/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k'), as well as uses of 'bitch', ''twat', 'bastard', 'bloody hell', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman forces another woman to kiss her on her bed in a scene of sexual threat. There is a brief flashback to a scene in which a teenage girl breaks the neck of a man who is on top of her on her bedroom floor. Undetailed verbal references are also made to child sex abuse and sex slavery.
injury detail
A woman uses a knife to cut a supernatural body part from her skin in a scene that includes bloody detail.
disturbing images
A man is shown defecating in a swimming pool after being electrocuted, but the image is brief and shown from a distance.
additional issues
In a brief flashback a man sets himself on fire. In another scene a woman contemplates jumping from the roof of a building. There are scenes of moderate fantasy violence in which women use their supernatural powers to electrocute people.
very strong language, strong sex, drug misuse, sexual threat, suicide
Classified Date:
22/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features very strong language ('c**t') as well as strong language ('f**k'). Other terms include 'bitch', 'pissed' and 'bollocks'.
sex
There is a scene of strong sex which includes sexual moaning and thrusting detail.
drugs
A woman and her teenage daughter share a cannabis joint.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual threat, a man repeatedly asks a woman with fantastical powers to stop electrocuting him as they make out in a car. Despite this, she does not listen and continues to overpower him until her pushes her away.
suicide and self-harm
There is a suicide scene when a man ends his own life by means of protest.
additional issues
A man threatens a woman using a taser in a scene of moderate threat. In another tense scene a woman is subjected to an invasive test, but there's no strong detail. Verbal references are made to domestic abuse when a man tells his friend that he believes women having supernatural abilities redresses the balance of men overpowering women.
Director(s)Logan Kibens, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Neasa Hardiman, Lisa Gunning, Shannon Murphy
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes51m
CastToni Collette, Toheeb Jimoh, Halle Bush
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
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VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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15/05/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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14/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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02/05/2023
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28/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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28/04/2023
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28/04/2023
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Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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24/04/2023
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Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
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06/04/2023
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Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date22/03/2023
LanguageEnglish