White Lies
Director(s)Catharine Cooke, Christiaan Olwagen
Production year2024
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes50m
White Lies
WHITE LIES is a South African crime drama series; in this episode, Forty arrests a key suspect, while Edie and Edgar cla ...
WHITE LIES is a South African crime drama series; in this episode, Forty arrests a key suspect, while Edie and Edgar clash over her approach to the investigation.
strong bloody images, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘arse’, ‘bloody’, ‘bollocksed’ and ‘shit’.
sex
There is fleeting sight of a man performing oral sex on a woman at a bloody crime scene. In response to a sexist comment, a woman sarcastically challenges a man to prove the size of his penis.
injury detail
An off-screen attack results in aftermath sight of a dead man and an injured woman surrounded by blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, sex, crime scene detail
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'prick', 'arse', 'bugger', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There is a brief sequence of strong sex that includes partial buttock nudity.
injury detail
A body is discovered in a pool of blood with a bloody gunshot wound to their body. Another person is rushed to hospital with bloody injuries.
strong sex, language, injury detail, threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a sequence of sustained strong threat in which a menacing and violent man holds two people at gunpoint.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'arsehole', 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
A couple have sex in front of other partygoers in a brief sequence of strong sex.
drugs
People snort cocaine at a party.
injury detail
Strong bloody injury detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence. A dead body with a gunshot wound is seen at a crime scene.
strong sex references, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'arsehole', 'piss' and 'hell'.
sex
There are strong sex references, such as sight of numerous sex toys in a couple's drawer and a brief flashback to a threesome.
drugs
People snort cocaine and a teenage boy smokes a joint. References are made to dealing drugs.
strong language, sexually abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include an impactful blow to the head which results in significant bloody aftermath detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'shit', 'arse', 'God' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of implied masturbation involving a high-school student (played by an adult actor) and an adult.
injury detail
There is sight of a slain animal and of a corpse lying in a pool of blood.
strong language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('dick', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'hell').
strong language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'skank', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', and 'hell.'
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, sex references, suicide
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', and 'hell.'
sex
There are references to incest.
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide with bloody detail. In another scene a distressed woman wades into the ocean with the intention of drowning herself, before being coaxed out.
Classified date04/29/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
Scenes include an impactful blow to the head which results in significant bloody aftermath detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'shit', 'arse', 'God' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of implied masturbation involving a high-school student (played by an adult actor) and an adult.
injury detail
There is sight of a slain animal and of a corpse lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
Infrequent visual and verbal references to group sex occur. There are brief references to suicide ideation and drug dealing. References are also made to racial profiling within the context of a murder investigation. Scenes of moderate threat occur.
strong language, sex, crime scene detail
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'prick', 'arse', 'bugger', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There is a brief sequence of strong sex that includes partial buttock nudity.
injury detail
A body is discovered in a pool of blood with a bloody gunshot wound to their body. Another person is rushed to hospital with bloody injuries.
strong language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('dick', 'bullshit', 'crap', 'hell').
strong bloody images, sex, language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘arse’, ‘bloody’, ‘bollocksed’ and ‘shit’.
sex
There is fleeting sight of a man performing oral sex on a woman at a bloody crime scene. In response to a sexist comment, a woman sarcastically challenges a man to prove the size of his penis.
injury detail
An off-screen attack results in aftermath sight of a dead man and an injured woman surrounded by blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong sex, language, injury detail, threat, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a sequence of sustained strong threat in which a menacing and violent man holds two people at gunpoint.
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'arsehole', 'shit' and 'God'.
sex
A couple have sex in front of other partygoers in a brief sequence of strong sex.
drugs
People snort cocaine at a party.
injury detail
Strong bloody injury detail is evident on people in the aftermath of violence. A dead body with a gunshot wound is seen at a crime scene.
strong sex references, language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'arsehole', 'piss' and 'hell'.
sex
There are strong sex references, such as sight of numerous sex toys in a couple's drawer and a brief flashback to a threesome.
drugs
People snort cocaine and a teenage boy smokes a joint. References are made to dealing drugs.
strong language
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'skank', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', and 'hell.'
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong language, sex references, suicide
Classified Date:
06/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'bloody', 'shit', 'God', 'damn', and 'hell.'
sex
There are references to incest.
suicide and self-harm
There is a scene of suicide with bloody detail. In another scene a distressed woman wades into the ocean with the intention of drowning herself, before being coaxed out.
strong language, sexually abusive behaviour, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/02/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include an impactful blow to the head which results in significant bloody aftermath detail.
language
Strong language ('f**k') occurs, as well as milder terms such as 'prick', 'shit', 'arse', 'God' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of implied masturbation involving a high-school student (played by an adult actor) and an adult.
injury detail
There is sight of a slain animal and of a corpse lying in a pool of blood.
Director(s)Catharine Cooke, Christiaan Olwagen
Production year2024
Genre(s)Crime, Drama
Approx. running minutes50m
Classified date04/29/2025
LanguageEnglish
