• Director(s)

    Noreen Kershaw

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Leanne Best, Chris Darwin, Anna Chancellor

TV Show

Compulsion

COMPULSION is a British drama series; in this episode, a woman struggles to move on from an ordeal in her past.…

COMPULSION is a British drama series; in this episode, a woman struggles to move on from an ordeal in her past.

  • Director(s)

    Noreen Kershaw

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Leanne Best, Chris Darwin, Anna Chancellor

infrequent strong language, moderate bloody images, suicide references
Classified Date:
24/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as milder terms (‘bitch’, 'bugger', 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'Christ', 'God', 'Jesus').
injury detail
There is sight of bloody images in the aftermath of accidents, including a brief shot of a hand covered in blood, and blood on and around a girl's head after she falls from a stool.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to suicide, including the suggestion that a character is considering taking their own life, and sight of a woman's body after an apparent attempted suicide.
additional issues
There are mild references to unnamed medical drugs. There are scenes of mild threat, such as when a character suffers panic attacks, though there are characters around to help and reassure her. There are references to illness and to death.
strong language
Classified Date:
24/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bloody’ and ‘piss’.
additional issues
There are brief moderate bloody images in the aftermath of off-screen accidents, including bloody detail on the face of an unconscious child. A woman is shown stealing prescription drugs in order to sell them to a dealer. There are also scenes involving the theme of mental health, when a woman who has experienced a traumatic event suffers from anxiety and addiction to gambling; a flashback scene suggests that she may have considered taking her own life, but there is no strong detail.
strong language, injury detail
Classified Date:
24/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'shit', 'sod', 'bastard', 'arsehole', 'arse', 'God').
injury detail
Scenes of injury detail include brief close-up sight of cuts and blood in the aftermath of vehicle crashes, as well as a brief scene in which a man coughs up blood.
additional issues
There are also mild sex and drug references, as well as scenes of emotional upset.
strong language, injury detail, sexual harassment
Classified Date:
24/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'bitch', 'dickhead', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'arse', 'bloody', 'bugger', 'sod', 'God', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'damn', 'hell').
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman discovers that a male work colleague is stalking her by viewing personal online photos. The man's actions are challenged and condemned when a woman confronts him and smashes his mobile phone.
injury detail
Scenes of injury detail include brief close-up sight of cuts and blood on faces following a train crash.
additional issues
There are references to mental health, including brief scenes in which a woman experiences PTSD. There is brief undetailed violence, as well as verbal sex references, drug references, and scenes of emotional upset.
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  • Classified date

    24/02/2023