• Director(s)

    Brian Welsh

  • Production Year

    2011

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Jodie Whittaker, Toby Kebbell, Tom Cullen

TV Show

Black Mirror

  • Director(s)

    Brian Welsh

  • Production Year

    2011

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Jodie Whittaker, Toby Kebbell, Tom Cullen

strong violence, language, drug misuse, disturbing images
Classified Date:
19/11/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Netflix Services UK Limited
violence
Strong violence includes bloody stabbings, bloody impact blows on the head, bloody aftermath and kicks and punches.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms such as ‘bloody’ and ’bollocks’.
drugs
Drug misuse includes cannabis smoking and LSD use, showing scenes of sensory distortion and negative consequences. Some scenes appear to show a historical experiment in which a child is given a biscuit laced with an unspecified drug.
disturbing images
Several scenes show young men jumping off a high rise balcony while under the influence of LSD, and sight of a decapitated head.
additional issues
People with mental illness are referred to as ‘cuckoo’. A child’s behaviour is described as being ‘sissy’.
strong gory images, injury detail
Classified Date:
03/07/2018
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Spirit Entertainment
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episodes 1-6
Contains strong language and sex references
Classified Date:
17/01/2012
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Episode 1 THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Contains strong language and sex and suicide references
Classified Date:
17/01/2012
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Episode 3
Contains strong language, sex, sex references and brief gore
Classified Date:
11/01/2012
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Episode 3
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Contains strong sex and language
Classified Date:
13/03/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episode 1
Contains strong language, threat and violence
Classified Date:
12/03/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episode 2 White Bear
Contains strong sex, sex references and language
Classified Date:
12/03/2013
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episode 3 The Waldo Moment
strong language
Classified Date:
13/01/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
04/10/2016
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episode 6 Playtest
strong language
Classified Date:
03/10/2016
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episode 1 San Junipero
very strong language, strong sex references
Classified Date:
03/10/2016
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episode 2 Shut Up and Dance
strong language, violence, sex, injury detail
Classified Date:
04/10/2016
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episode 4 Men Against Fire
very strong language, injury detail, horror
Classified Date:
04/10/2016
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3 Episode 5 Hated in the Nation
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drug misuse, strong violence, language
Classified Date:
02/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 1 Arkangel
strong language
Classified Date:
03/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 2 USS Callister
very strong language, strong violence
Classified Date:
06/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 3 Crocodile
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
06/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 4 Hang The DJ
strong language, gruesome images
Classified Date:
06/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 5 Metalhead
strong gory images, injury detail
Classified Date:
06/11/2017
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 4 Episode 6 Black Museum
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strong sex, sex references, language
Classified Date:
17/05/2019
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 5 Episode 1 Striking Vipers
very strong language, strong sex, threat
Classified Date:
23/05/2019
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 5 Episode 2 Smithereens
threat and horror
Scenes of strong threat include a hostage taking with a man being tied up hooded and placed in the boot of a car, gun threat with credible threats to kill, and police being authorised to take kill shots at the hostage taker.
language
There is very strong language ('c**t') and strong language (‘f**k’).
sex
A strong sex scene features a couple entwined woman in seated position on top groaning as she reaches orgasm and then offering to help her partner 'cum' too as she reaches for his crotch to masturbate him.
additional issues
There is moderate violence as gunshots are fired, some bloody moments are seen and a fatal shot is fired but without any detail. A grief stricken man threatens to commit suicide. There are moderate references to addition likened to the draw of 'a crack pipe'.
strong language
Classified Date:
20/05/2019
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 5 Episode 3 Rachel Jack And Ashley Too
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sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
14/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
14/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
14/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
14/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence references, language
Classified Date:
14/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
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injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail, sex, suicide, language, violence
Classified Date:
09/04/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
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Classified Date:
18/03/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Channel 4 DVD
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Season 2
Classified Date:
31/01/2012
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Channel 4 DVD
Paperwork Remarks:
DVD EXTRAS
Classified Date:
31/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
31/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
31/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
30/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
30/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
30/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
24/05/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Intermission Film
Classified Date:
25/01/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Channel 4

  • Classified date

    11/01/2012

  • BBFC reference

    AVV286638

  • Distributor

    Netflix Services UK Limited

  • Language

    English