• Director(s)

    Tom Hooper

  • Production Year

    2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Fantasy

  • Cast

    James McAvoy, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, David Langham

TV Show

His Dark Materials

moderate violence, bloody images

  • Director(s)

    Tom Hooper

  • Production Year

    2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Fantasy

  • Cast

    James McAvoy, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, David Langham

mild threat, violence, language
Classified Date:
25/11/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 1
mild threat, violence, language
Classified Date:
25/11/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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, 1, a, s, o, n, S, e
moderate threat
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25/11/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 2
moderate threat, violence
Classified Date:
25/11/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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S, e, a, s, o, n, , 1
moderate threat, violence
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25/11/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 3
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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, 1, o, n, a, s, S, e
moderate violence, threat
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19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 4
moderate violence, threat
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19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 5
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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1, n, , s, o, e, a, S
moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 6
moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 7 N/A
moderate violence, bloody images
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19/12/2019
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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o, n, a, s, , 1, S, e
moderate threat
Classified Date:
02/01/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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Season 1 Episode 8 N/A
moderate threat
Classified Date:
02/01/2020
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Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
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s, a, e, S, 1, , n, o
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moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
16/10/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a fight scene featuring the use of a blade as well a scene of torture with closeups of a precision implement used on the skin, however there is no blood.
threat and horror
There are moderate scenes of supernatural and fantasy threat with characters in danger.
self-harm
Classified Date:
02/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
mild violence, threat, injury detail
Classified Date:
10/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is shot off-screen and dies quietly. A man is slapped around the face. A monkey daemon grabs a hare daemon by the throat and also knocks a snake daemon against the floor.
threat and horror
There is gun threat as a man is shot at and then arrested. A girl is chased on foot by a policeman. A woman threatens to physically hurt a man if he doesn't do what she asks.
injury detail
A man has a bloodied face and his eye is swollen shut after he's been beaten up off-screen.
additional issues
There's some very mild bad language, with uses of 'damn'.
moderate violence, injury detail, horror
Classified Date:
16/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
mild threat, sex references
Classified Date:
30/11/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A character runs blindly into a road and into a passing car, but she is not badly hurt. Characters look on in horror as explosives are dropped from airships and their land set on fire, but there is no sight of casualties or injury.
sex
There are references to a man being "born out of wedlock" and to witches "stealing men's seed".
additional issues
There are undetailed references to people dying. There is very mild injury detail in a brief shot of a cut on a character's knee.
mild threat, violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
21/12/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A group of soldiers fire on a witch, who fells them with swift blows to the head. A woman poisons a man, killing him quickly and without emphasis on suffering.
threat and horror
A group of companions are attacked by ghostly beings, who are briefly seen to engulf a witch. A girl is chased by a gang of other children, who mean to kill her. There are chase sequences in which heroes are pursued by sinister forces.
injury detail
Witches tend to a fantastical injury on a boy's hand, which is raw and bloody. A woman holds her hand above a candle flame.
additional issues
A man's daemon snake dies when he himself is killed.
mild violence, threat
Classified Date:
11/12/2020
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are brief shoot-outs, and in one scene a man is shot and killed. There is also brief sight of a smear of blood on a man's face. Injury detail is limited.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which creatures and dark forces briefly threaten humans. In one scene, a young woman draws a knife; however, there is no emphasis on the weapon.
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moderate violence, threat
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence involve fantastical creatures which sometimes attack humans, such as a large polar bear knocking men off their feet and dragging them across the ground. There are also some scenes in which a character uses the butt of their rifle to knock others unconscious. Some sequences contain mild injury detail.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a teenage girl is held captive and kept sedated with chloroform. She has unsettling dreams while drifting in and out of consciousness. There is also brief gun and knife threat. An aircraft crash lands but its passengers come to no serious harm.
additional issues
There is very mild bad language ('God').
moderate violence, threat, injury detail 
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is moderate violence including when a woman hits a man over the head with a rock and a scene in which a young man shoots another man.
threat and horror
The episode features fantastical threat when a man uses a device to attempt to split an angel's soul, which is brief but intense. There is also moderate gun and knife threat.
injury detail
After a woman injures herself off screen in order to pretend she has been attacked, there is brief focus on the cuts on her face.
moderate fantasy violence
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A fantastical creature is subjected to a form of torture, which causes him to yell in pain. Soldiers are seen firing guns. A character references how his father was shot and killed. There are references to an impending war.
additional issues
There is a brief moment of threat in which a man grabs a woman by the throat in anger. There is use of very mild bad language ('damn').
moderate threat
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man holds a knife to the throat of a sleeping woman, but does not harm her. There are wider scary scenes in which characters are threatened by villains and otherwise imperilled, including by meeting the personification of their own death.
additional issues
There are upsetting scenes when a young woman is compelled to separate from her daemon, with resulting pain and emotional distress. There is mild violence. There are mild sex references. Bad language is very mild ('damn').
moderate horror, violence
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man tries to kill a woman by strangling her. He also uses a metal tool and hits another woman over the head, knocking her to he floor.
threat and horror
There is moderate horror when a fantastical giant bird with a monstrous face shrieks and taunts characters in a realm full of dead people. There is also fantastical threat when a woman is attached to a device which a man intends to use to split her soul.
moderate threat, violence
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person kills a fairy by flinging it against a wall, without visible injury detail. There is a very brief image of a fantastical being screaming as it is subjected to a form of torture, and in another scene there are verbal references to a witch having been ‘tortured’ and ‘mutilated’.
threat and horror
A group of people journey through an eerie underworld where they encounter giant winged creatures with monstrous faces. At one point, a member of the group falls into a chasm but is saved by a fantastical being.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Infrequent bad language includes ‘ass’ and ‘damn’. A woman who is grieving the loss of her child attempts to goad another person into killing her, but the other person responds with empathy instead. There are also bittersweet scenes in which characters bid each other tearful goodbyes, but the overall tone is not distressing.
moderate fantasy threat, violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is a scene in which soldiers use machine guns to fight fantastical creatures. In the scene a cliff ghast is shot, with sight of a black bullet wound appearing on its chest.
threat and horror
There is a frightening sequence in which an army is attacked by ghouls who suck their souls.
injury detail
After being attacked in a scene of fantasy violence, there is focus on a man's bloody face.
additional issues
There is a mild sex reference in which a human woman tells an immortal being that flesh "has its pleasures".
moderate threat
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of moderate threat which involve a villainous character hunting down a character. In one scene, the man points his gun at a young woman from afar, but is prevented from harming her.
additional issues
A hero character kills an unsympathetic character by crushing the man's physical manifestation of his soul in his hands. The scene takes place within a fantastical context and lacks any focus on detail. Mild bad language occurs ('piss'), as well as milder terms including 'God'. There are upsetting scenes when characters are told they must separate from each other, with resulting emotional distress.
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Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified Date:
10/02/2023
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Classified Date:
13/11/2020
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/11/2020
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd
Classified Date:
13/11/2020
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd
Classified Date:
16/10/2020
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
m, t, i, a, e, r, a, l, d, A, i, d, i, t, n, o, l, a
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
m, A, d, d, t, i, o, i, a, n, l, a, e, t, i, r, l, a
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
o, n, l, i, t, i, d, d, A, a, i, r, e, t, a, m, l, a
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
r, i, o, i, a, n, l, a, A, d, d, t, e, m, a, l, i, t
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
l, A, d, d, t, i, o, i, a, n, a, m, e, t, i, r, l, a
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Additional material Season 1 The Daemons
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Additional material Season 1 Adapting His Dark Materials
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
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Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
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Additional material Season 1 Building His Dark Materials 
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Season 1 Dressing His Dark Materials
Classified Date:
06/01/2020
Version:
2D,16:9
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
2 entertain Video Ltd.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Season 1 Introducing His Dark Materials
Classified Date:
11/10/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BBC Creative
Classified Date:
11/10/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BBC Creative
Classified Date:
09/10/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BBC Creative
Classified Date:
09/10/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BBC Creative

  • Classified date

    25/11/2019

  • BBFC reference

    AVV379742

  • Distributor

    2 entertain Video Ltd.

  • Language

    English