The Serpent Queen
Director(s)Stacie Passon
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes48m
CastSamantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Barry Atsma, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua, Kiruna Stamell, Ludivine Sagnier, Paul Chahidi, Navid Negahban, Alex Heath, Stacie Passon, Justin Haythe, Leonie Frieda, John Bernard, Nick O'Hagan, Bear McCreary, Ed Rutherford, Joe Hobeck, Laure Cochener, Julie Harkin, Dan Weil
The Serpent Queen
THE SERPENT QUEEN is a US historical drama series; in this episode, the Pope arranges a marriage for Catherine.
THE SERPENT QUEEN is a US historical drama series; in this episode, the Pope arranges a marriage for Catherine.
sexually abusive behaviour, strong sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
There is brief sight of a threesome, with breast nudity. There are verbal references to bestiality and being 'sodomised with a hairbrush'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young royal couple are compelled to consummate their marriage in front of the court. A young woman is made to undergo a test of her virginity. There is a reference to 'fiddling with little boys'.
additional issues
There is a scene of abuse when a nun slaps and canes an orphan girl in her charge, and other scenes of moderate violence. A woman takes her own life, without strong detail. A crazed man beats his head against a column. There are also moderate bloody images.
strong violence, sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot and a man is stabbed in the neck. In a tense scene, a non-violent man is forced to kill somebody. Bloody images occur in the aftermath of violence.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'tits', 'shit' 'arse', 'bloody', 'Christ' and 'God'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex, which include thrusting detail, buttock nudity and implied oral sex. A man is offended when he sees a crude drawing of himself receiving anal sex from the Pope, but the image doesn't feature graphic detail.
additional issues
Women in court are subject to harassment; for example a footman asks a maid to show him her 'tits', and a man tells a little person that he has always wanted to "f**k a dwarf". The episode does not endorse discriminatory behaviour. There is also a brief disturbing image in which a woman has a vision of a priest hanging by a noose and brief sight of a dead body.
very strong language, strong violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is executed by being stretched. There is brief sight of a limb tearing away from his body.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') as well as uses of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard' and 'God'.
sex
There are frequent scenes of sex. Notable scenes include one in which a man enters a woman from behind until climax, and another in which a man performs oral sex on a woman. There are also scenes in which men and women embrace and position themselves for intercourse. Verbal references to sex also feature.
nudity
A woman's breasts are visible as she gets up from bed, having just had sex.
additional issues
A man calls a little person a 'freak' and says that they repulse him; a white maid refers to a Black person as an 'it'. A woman is attacked by men who pull her from her horse.
strong language, sex, nudity, violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is tied to a cross and flogged briefly in an act of self-decreed religious penitence. There is sight of blood on his shoulders and a subsequent reference to his death from the ordeal.
threat and horror
A man’s wrists and ankles are tied with ropes attached to horses in the establishment of a brutal punishment in which he is to be torn apart. There is brief sight of blood under him.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘balls’, ‘bollocks’, ‘shit’, ‘merde’, ‘dick’, bloody’, ‘tits’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A woman disrobes to reveal breast and buttock nudity before kneeling in front of a man to perform implied oral sex on him. There are other sex scenes which feature thrusting. Moderate sex references include comments about masturbation and sexual positions.
injury detail
A severed head, with sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices, is tipped from a sack and shocks a watching crowd.
additional issues
There is emotional distress as a woman endures painful childbirth which delivers a stillborn baby. There are demonstrations of historical sexist behaviour.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion and he dies in a pool of his own blood.
language
There is very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include uses of ‘whore’, ‘cock’, ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘arsehole’, ‘shit’ and ‘hell’.
injury detail
A shot of a severed head includes sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices.
additional issues
There is moderate knife threat, sex references and natural male buttock nudity.
strong language, bloody violence, nudity
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion. There is also moderate violence in a jousting contest where a man is struck with a lance and toppled from his horse, and in a dream sequence in which a woman is pushed out of a high window.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘whore’, ‘piss’, ‘balls’, ‘God’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
There is mild innuendo.
strong violence, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong gory violence where a man is pinned against a wall and has a wooden peg nailed into his eye. This includes detailed sight of the peg being pulled out and the man bleeding out.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There is a scene where a woman reaches climax after it is implied that a man performs oral sex on her. There are strong sex references.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman cuts a man's little finger off, with strong bloody impact detail. A woman stabs a man. A group of people are attacked in the woods; people are shot with arrows and slashed with swords, though the violence isn't that bloody. There are frequent scenes of gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'twat' and 'piss'.
injury detail
There are repeated images of a man's severed finger.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to opiates. A woman compels her son to die by suicide.
sexually abusive behaviour, strong sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
22/08/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
There is brief sight of a threesome, with breast nudity. There are verbal references to bestiality and being 'sodomised with a hairbrush'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young royal couple are compelled to consummate their marriage in front of the court. A young woman is made to undergo a test of her virginity. There is a reference to 'fiddling with little boys'.
additional issues
There is a scene of abuse when a nun slaps and canes an orphan girl in her charge. There is other moderate violence. A woman takes her own life, without strong detail. A crazed man beats his head against a column. There are moderate bloody images.
strong violence, sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
22/08/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot and a man is stabbed in the neck. In a tense scene, a non-violent man is forced to kill somebody.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'tits', 'shit' 'arse', 'bloody', 'Christ' and 'God'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex, which include thrusting detail, buttock nudity and implied oral sex. A man is offended when he sees a crude drawing of himself receiving anal sex from the Pope, but the image doesn't feature graphic detail.
additional issues
Women in court are subject to harassment; for example a footman asks a maid to show him her 'tits', and a man tells a little person that he has always wanted to "f**k a dwarf". The episode does not endorse discriminatory behaviour. There is also a brief disturbing image in which a woman has a vision of a priest hanging by a noose and brief sight of a dead body.
very strong language, strong violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
06/09/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is executed by being stretched. There is brief sight of a limb tearing away from his body.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') as well as uses of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard' and 'God'.
sex
There are frequent scenes of sex. Notable scenes include one in which a man enters a woman from behind until climax, and another in which a man performs oral sex on a woman. There are also scenes in which men and women embrace and position themselves for intercourse. Verbal references to sex also feature.
nudity
A woman's breasts are visible as she gets up from bed, having just had sex.
additional issues
A man calls a little person a 'freak' and says that they repulse him; a white maid refers to a Black person as an 'it'. A woman is attacked by men who pull her from her horse.
strong language, sex, nudity, violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is tied to a cross and flogged briefly in an act of self-decreed religious penitence. There is sight of blood on his shoulders and a subsequent reference to his death from the ordeal.
threat and horror
A man’s wrists and ankles are tied with ropes attached to horses in the establishment of a brutal punishment in which he is to be torn apart. There is brief sight of blood under him.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘balls’, ‘bollocks’, ‘shit’, ‘merde’, ‘dick’, bloody’, ‘tits’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A woman disrobes to reveal breast and buttock nudity before kneeling in front of a man to perform implied oral sex on him. There are other sex scenes which feature thrusting. There are moderate sex references which include comments about masturbation and sexual positions.
injury detail
A severed head, with sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices, is tipped from a sack and shocks a watching crowd.
additional issues
There is emotional distress as a woman endures painful childbirth which delivers a stillborn baby. There are demonstrations of historical sexist behaviour.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion and he dies in a pool of his own blood.
language
There is very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include uses of ‘whore’, ‘cock’, ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘arsehole’, ‘shit’ and ‘hell’.
injury detail
A shot of a severed head includes sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices.
additional issues
There is moderate knife threat, sex references and natural male buttock nudity.
strong language, violence, bloody images, nudity
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion. There is also moderate violence in a jousting contest where a man is struck with a lance and toppled from his horse, and in a dream sequence in which a woman is pushed out of a high window.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘whore’, ‘piss’, ‘balls’, ‘God’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
There is mild innuendo.
strong violence, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
13/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong gory violence where a man is pinned against a wall and has a wooden peg is nailed into his eye. This includes detailed sight of the peg being pulled out and the man bleeding out.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There is a scene where a woman reaches climax after it is implied that a man performs oral sex on her. There are strong sex references.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman cuts a man's little finger off, with strong bloody impact detail. A woman stabs a man. A group of people are attacked in the woods; people are shot with arrows and slashed with swords, though the violence isn't that bloody. There are frequent scenes of gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'twat' and 'piss'.
injury detail
There are repeated images of a man's severed finger.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to opiates. A woman compels her son to die by suicide.
very strong language
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k') as well as other milder terms including 'wanker', 'piss', 'shit', 'bollocks', 'moron', and 'God'.
additional issues
Action scenes feature moderate violence with fist-fighting, archery, jousting, sword-fighting and the brief sight of blood. In one scene there are several corpses but the visual detail is limited. There is brief buttock nudity and several bedroom scenes feature people partially clothed in a sexual context. There are verbal references to prostitution and sex. There are brief references to homophobia. The story features sectarian rivalries between Catholics and Protestants. A building is burned but there is no sight of victims within.
strong language, nudity, sex references
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder bad terms such as 'bitch', piss' and 'shag'.
sex
A brief bedroom scene features breast nudity and verbal abuse in a sexual context.
additional issues
A person is murdered but there is no blood. There is a brief fight as well as several references to violence and religious violence. An aristocratic woman describes her arranged marriage as 'rape'. The story features religious discrimination and there are also brief references to homophobia.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature violence with the sight of blood; moments include a gang attack, a sword fight, a person is murdered, and in one scene there is a blood spurt.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bastard', 'shit' and 'God'.
additional issues
In one scene there are brief close up shots of dead animals. There are verbal references to prostitution and sex. There are references to homophobia and use of the discriminatory term 'faggot'. The story features sectarian rivalries between Catholics and Protestants.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as other milder terms which include 'bitch', 'prick', 'dickhead', 'balls', 'shit' and 'bloody'.
drugs
There are brief shots of drug smoking and paraphernalia.
additional issues
There is a brief fight scene and there are several references to violence. A funeral scene features people grieving and sight of a dead body. There are shots of dead people. There is obscured nudity in a bedroom setting and also verbal references to sex.
strong language, sex, violence
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene a person is restrained and burnt with an open flame. An execution scene features a beheading with a blood spurt.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bitch', 'wank', 'bastard', 'shit', 'balls', 'God' and 'Jesus Christ'. There is also use of the middle-finger gesture.
sex
A comic sex scene features partially obscured nudity. There are multiple sex references and verbal allusions to sex, as well as sight of breast and buttock nudity in a sexual context.
additional issues
Scenes feature bloody injuries and bruising but visual detail is limited.
strong language
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language ('cock') and discriminatory language ('faggot') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard' and 'God'.
additional issues
Shots of injury detail include a close-up of a burn and brief sight of blood. A scene references oral sex but there is no actual sight of the activity. A brief shot features breast nudity. There is also a fencing match which occurs within a sporting context.
strong language, sex, drug misuse
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and moderate bad language ('whore') as well as milder terms including 'ass'.
sex
An orgy features brief shots of nudity whilst a separate sex scene is less detailed; there are multiple references to sex in other scenes.
drugs
There are several brief shots of drug smoking but this is not emphasized.
additional issues
A mother castigates her son for his sexual preference and uses the term 'deviant'. A brief scene features a fencing match.
strong language, bloody violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature sword fighting with close-up shots of stabbings and slashings. There are blood spurts, multiple corpses, severed limbs and there is sight of a dead child.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and discriminatory language ('fag') as well as milder bad terms such as 'bollocks', 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
A sex scene features breast nudity; several sequences include references to sex.
additional issues
A scene features natural breast nudity.
Classified date22/08/2022
LanguageEnglish
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
There is brief sight of a threesome, with breast nudity. There are verbal references to bestiality and being 'sodomised with a hairbrush'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young royal couple are compelled to consummate their marriage in front of the court. A young woman is made to undergo a test of her virginity. There is a reference to 'fiddling with little boys'.
additional issues
There is a scene of abuse when a nun slaps and canes an orphan girl in her charge. There is other moderate violence. A woman takes her own life, without strong detail. A crazed man beats his head against a column. There are moderate bloody images.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman cuts a man's little finger off, with strong bloody impact detail. A woman stabs a man. A group of people are attacked in the woods; people are shot with arrows and slashed with swords, though the violence isn't that bloody. There are frequent scenes of gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'twat' and 'piss'.
injury detail
There are repeated images of a man's severed finger.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to opiates. A woman compels her son to die by suicide.
strong violence, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong gory violence where a man is pinned against a wall and has a wooden peg nailed into his eye. This includes detailed sight of the peg being pulled out and the man bleeding out.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There is a scene where a woman reaches climax after it is implied that a man performs oral sex on her. There are strong sex references.
strong language, bloody violence, nudity
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion. There is also moderate violence in a jousting contest where a man is struck with a lance and toppled from his horse, and in a dream sequence in which a woman is pushed out of a high window.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘whore’, ‘piss’, ‘balls’, ‘God’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
There is mild innuendo.
strong language, sex, nudity, violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is tied to a cross and flogged briefly in an act of self-decreed religious penitence. There is sight of blood on his shoulders and a subsequent reference to his death from the ordeal.
threat and horror
A man’s wrists and ankles are tied with ropes attached to horses in the establishment of a brutal punishment in which he is to be torn apart. There is brief sight of blood under him.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘balls’, ‘bollocks’, ‘shit’, ‘merde’, ‘dick’, bloody’, ‘tits’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A woman disrobes to reveal breast and buttock nudity before kneeling in front of a man to perform implied oral sex on him. There are other sex scenes which feature thrusting. Moderate sex references include comments about masturbation and sexual positions.
injury detail
A severed head, with sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices, is tipped from a sack and shocks a watching crowd.
additional issues
There is emotional distress as a woman endures painful childbirth which delivers a stillborn baby. There are demonstrations of historical sexist behaviour.
very strong language, strong violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is executed by being stretched. There is brief sight of a limb tearing away from his body.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') as well as uses of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard' and 'God'.
sex
There are frequent scenes of sex. Notable scenes include one in which a man enters a woman from behind until climax, and another in which a man performs oral sex on a woman. There are also scenes in which men and women embrace and position themselves for intercourse. Verbal references to sex also feature.
nudity
A woman's breasts are visible as she gets up from bed, having just had sex.
additional issues
A man calls a little person a 'freak' and says that they repulse him; a white maid refers to a Black person as an 'it'. A woman is attacked by men who pull her from her horse.
strong violence, sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot and a man is stabbed in the neck. In a tense scene, a non-violent man is forced to kill somebody. Bloody images occur in the aftermath of violence.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'tits', 'shit' 'arse', 'bloody', 'Christ' and 'God'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex, which include thrusting detail, buttock nudity and implied oral sex. A man is offended when he sees a crude drawing of himself receiving anal sex from the Pope, but the image doesn't feature graphic detail.
additional issues
Women in court are subject to harassment; for example a footman asks a maid to show him her 'tits', and a man tells a little person that he has always wanted to "f**k a dwarf". The episode does not endorse discriminatory behaviour. There is also a brief disturbing image in which a woman has a vision of a priest hanging by a noose and brief sight of a dead body.
sexually abusive behaviour, strong sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
There is brief sight of a threesome, with breast nudity. There are verbal references to bestiality and being 'sodomised with a hairbrush'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young royal couple are compelled to consummate their marriage in front of the court. A young woman is made to undergo a test of her virginity. There is a reference to 'fiddling with little boys'.
additional issues
There is a scene of abuse when a nun slaps and canes an orphan girl in her charge, and other scenes of moderate violence. A woman takes her own life, without strong detail. A crazed man beats his head against a column. There are also moderate bloody images.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
07/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion and he dies in a pool of his own blood.
language
There is very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include uses of ‘whore’, ‘cock’, ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘arsehole’, ‘shit’ and ‘hell’.
injury detail
A shot of a severed head includes sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices.
additional issues
There is moderate knife threat, sex references and natural male buttock nudity.
strong language, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman cuts a man's little finger off, with strong bloody impact detail. A woman stabs a man. A group of people are attacked in the woods; people are shot with arrows and slashed with swords, though the violence isn't that bloody. There are frequent scenes of gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms such as 'bitch', 'twat' and 'piss'.
injury detail
There are repeated images of a man's severed finger.
additional issues
A man makes a passing reference to opiates. A woman compels her son to die by suicide.
strong violence, injury detail, sex, very strong language
Classified Date:
13/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene of strong gory violence where a man is pinned against a wall and has a wooden peg is nailed into his eye. This includes detailed sight of the peg being pulled out and the man bleeding out.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), more frequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There is a scene where a woman reaches climax after it is implied that a man performs oral sex on her. There are strong sex references.
strong language, violence, bloody images, nudity
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion. There is also moderate violence in a jousting contest where a man is struck with a lance and toppled from his horse, and in a dream sequence in which a woman is pushed out of a high window.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘whore’, ‘piss’, ‘balls’, ‘God’, ‘damn’ and ‘Christ’.
nudity
There is sexualised breast and buttock nudity.
additional issues
There is mild innuendo.
very strong language, strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s throat is slashed with a sword in bloody fashion and he dies in a pool of his own blood.
language
There is very strong language (‘c**t’), as well as strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include uses of ‘whore’, ‘cock’, ‘tits’, ‘piss’, ‘arse’, ‘arsehole’, ‘shit’ and ‘hell’.
injury detail
A shot of a severed head includes sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices.
additional issues
There is moderate knife threat, sex references and natural male buttock nudity.
strong language, sex, nudity, violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/10/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is tied to a cross and flogged briefly in an act of self-decreed religious penitence. There is sight of blood on his shoulders and a subsequent reference to his death from the ordeal.
threat and horror
A man’s wrists and ankles are tied with ropes attached to horses in the establishment of a brutal punishment in which he is to be torn apart. There is brief sight of blood under him.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘prick’, ‘balls’, ‘bollocks’, ‘shit’, ‘merde’, ‘dick’, bloody’, ‘tits’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
sex
A woman disrobes to reveal breast and buttock nudity before kneeling in front of a man to perform implied oral sex on him. There are other sex scenes which feature thrusting. There are moderate sex references which include comments about masturbation and sexual positions.
injury detail
A severed head, with sight of the gory neck stump and maggots crawling in the orifices, is tipped from a sack and shocks a watching crowd.
additional issues
There is emotional distress as a woman endures painful childbirth which delivers a stillborn baby. There are demonstrations of historical sexist behaviour.
very strong language, strong violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
06/09/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is executed by being stretched. There is brief sight of a limb tearing away from his body.
language
There is infrequent very strong language ('c**t') as well as uses of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms such as 'bitch', 'piss', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'balls', 'bastard' and 'God'.
sex
There are frequent scenes of sex. Notable scenes include one in which a man enters a woman from behind until climax, and another in which a man performs oral sex on a woman. There are also scenes in which men and women embrace and position themselves for intercourse. Verbal references to sex also feature.
nudity
A woman's breasts are visible as she gets up from bed, having just had sex.
additional issues
A man calls a little person a 'freak' and says that they repulse him; a white maid refers to a Black person as an 'it'. A woman is attacked by men who pull her from her horse.
strong violence, sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
22/08/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot and a man is stabbed in the neck. In a tense scene, a non-violent man is forced to kill somebody.
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and uses of 'tits', 'shit' 'arse', 'bloody', 'Christ' and 'God'.
sex
There are scenes of strong sex, which include thrusting detail, buttock nudity and implied oral sex. A man is offended when he sees a crude drawing of himself receiving anal sex from the Pope, but the image doesn't feature graphic detail.
additional issues
Women in court are subject to harassment; for example a footman asks a maid to show him her 'tits', and a man tells a little person that he has always wanted to "f**k a dwarf". The episode does not endorse discriminatory behaviour. There is also a brief disturbing image in which a woman has a vision of a priest hanging by a noose and brief sight of a dead body.
sexually abusive behaviour, strong sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
22/08/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'shit'.
sex
There is brief sight of a threesome, with breast nudity. There are verbal references to bestiality and being 'sodomised with a hairbrush'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young royal couple are compelled to consummate their marriage in front of the court. A young woman is made to undergo a test of her virginity. There is a reference to 'fiddling with little boys'.
additional issues
There is a scene of abuse when a nun slaps and canes an orphan girl in her charge. There is other moderate violence. A woman takes her own life, without strong detail. A crazed man beats his head against a column. There are moderate bloody images.
strong language
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), moderate bad language ('cock') and discriminatory language ('faggot') as well as milder terms such as 'bastard' and 'God'.
additional issues
Shots of injury detail include a close-up of a burn and brief sight of blood. A scene references oral sex but there is no actual sight of the activity. A brief shot features breast nudity. There is also a fencing match which occurs within a sporting context.
strong language, sex, drug misuse
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and moderate bad language ('whore') as well as milder terms including 'ass'.
sex
An orgy features brief shots of nudity whilst a separate sex scene is less detailed; there are multiple references to sex in other scenes.
drugs
There are several brief shots of drug smoking but this is not emphasized.
additional issues
A mother castigates her son for his sexual preference and uses the term 'deviant'. A brief scene features a fencing match.
strong language, bloody violence, sex, nudity
Classified Date:
12/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature sword fighting with close-up shots of stabbings and slashings. There are blood spurts, multiple corpses, severed limbs and there is sight of a dead child.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and discriminatory language ('fag') as well as milder bad terms such as 'bollocks', 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
A sex scene features breast nudity; several sequences include references to sex.
additional issues
A scene features natural breast nudity.
strong language, violence
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Action scenes feature violence with the sight of blood; moments include a gang attack, a sword fight, a person is murdered, and in one scene there is a blood spurt.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'bastard', 'shit' and 'God'.
additional issues
In one scene there are brief close up shots of dead animals. There are verbal references to prostitution and sex. There are references to homophobia and use of the discriminatory term 'faggot'. The story features sectarian rivalries between Catholics and Protestants.
strong language, nudity, sex references
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder bad terms such as 'bitch', piss' and 'shag'.
sex
A brief bedroom scene features breast nudity and verbal abuse in a sexual context.
additional issues
A person is murdered but there is no blood. There is a brief fight as well as several references to violence and religious violence. An aristocratic woman describes her arranged marriage as 'rape'. The story features religious discrimination and there are also brief references to homophobia.
very strong language
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language ('f**k') as well as other milder terms including 'wanker', 'piss', 'shit', 'bollocks', 'moron', and 'God'.
additional issues
Action scenes feature moderate violence with fist-fighting, archery, jousting, sword-fighting and the brief sight of blood. In one scene there are several corpses but the visual detail is limited. There is brief buttock nudity and several bedroom scenes feature people partially clothed in a sexual context. There are verbal references to prostitution and sex. There are brief references to homophobia. The story features sectarian rivalries between Catholics and Protestants. A building is burned but there is no sight of victims within.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as other milder terms which include 'bitch', 'prick', 'dickhead', 'balls', 'shit' and 'bloody'.
drugs
There are brief shots of drug smoking and paraphernalia.
additional issues
There is a brief fight scene and there are several references to violence. A funeral scene features people grieving and sight of a dead body. There are shots of dead people. There is obscured nudity in a bedroom setting and also verbal references to sex.
strong language, sex, violence
Classified Date:
11/03/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene a person is restrained and burnt with an open flame. An execution scene features a beheading with a blood spurt.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bitch', 'wank', 'bastard', 'shit', 'balls', 'God' and 'Jesus Christ'. There is also use of the middle-finger gesture.
sex
A comic sex scene features partially obscured nudity. There are multiple sex references and verbal allusions to sex, as well as sight of breast and buttock nudity in a sexual context.
additional issues
Scenes feature bloody injuries and bruising but visual detail is limited.
Director(s)Stacie Passon
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes48m
CastSamantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Barry Atsma, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua, Kiruna Stamell, Ludivine Sagnier, Paul Chahidi, Navid Negahban, Alex Heath, Stacie Passon, Justin Haythe, Leonie Frieda, John Bernard, Nick O'Hagan, Bear McCreary, Ed Rutherford, Joe Hobeck, Laure Cochener, Julie Harkin, Dan Weil
Classified date22/08/2022
LanguageEnglish
