The Power
Director(s)Ugla Hauksdóttir, Logan Kibens, Lisa Gunning, Neasa Hardiman, Shannon Murphy
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes51m
CastToni Collette, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Graham Verchere, Kalvin Olafson, Destiny Millns, Gerrison Machado, Alexander Lowe, John Leguizamo, Edwina Findley, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Raelle Tucker, Brennan Elizabeth Peters, Naomi Alderman, Morgan Kibby, Ollie Downey, Johnny Rayner, Carmen Cuba, Nina Gold, Sonja Klaus, Jeremy Stanbridge
The Power
THE POWER is a sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Margot makes a career decision.
THE POWER is a sci-fi drama series; in this episode, Margot makes a career decision.
very strong language, strong injury detail, sexual threat, sex references
Classified Date:
28/03/2023
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
15/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
14/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
24/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
06/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date22/12/2023
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Director(s)Ugla Hauksdóttir, Logan Kibens, Lisa Gunning, Neasa Hardiman, Shannon Murphy
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Approx. running minutes51m
CastToni Collette, Toheeb Jimoh, Ria Zmitrowicz, Graham Verchere, Kalvin Olafson, Destiny Millns, Gerrison Machado, Alexander Lowe, John Leguizamo, Edwina Findley, Ugla Hauksdóttir, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Raelle Tucker, Brennan Elizabeth Peters, Naomi Alderman, Morgan Kibby, Ollie Downey, Johnny Rayner, Carmen Cuba, Nina Gold, Sonja Klaus, Jeremy Stanbridge
Classified Date:
26/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
15/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
14/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
02/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
28/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
24/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified Date:
06/04/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date22/12/2023
LanguageEnglish
