• Director(s)

    Gareth Bryn

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Crime

  • Cast

    Lauren Lyle, Emer Kenny, Gemma McElhinney

TV Show

Karen Pirie

KAREN PIRIE is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Karen tests the boundaries in order to try and get a new lead.…

KAREN PIRIE is a British crime drama series; in this episode, Karen tests the boundaries in order to try and get a new lead.

  • Director(s)

    Gareth Bryn

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Crime

  • Cast

    Lauren Lyle, Emer Kenny, Gemma McElhinney

drug misuse, strong sex references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is a reference to a dead woman's injuries possibly being the result of 'rough sex'. There are other references to strippers and 'humping'.
drugs
A student crushes a drug and drinks it with beer.
additional issues
There are undetailed verbal references to sexual violence. There is a references to a girl getting pregnant aged fifteen. Threat, violence and bloody images are moderate. There is use of moderate bad language ('slut'), as well as milder terms such as 'bastard', 'dick', 'shit' and 'sod'. There are fleeting references to domestic abuse.
drug misuse, suicide references
Classified Date:
13/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, such as people taking LSD at a party and experiencing the effects of intoxication. A man pours some unknown powder into a pint.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes various prescription medications at once with alcohol; they collapse and begin to convulse shortly after. In a flashback sequence, a character threatens to take his own life while stood on the edge of a wall above open water. There are also further references to a character's suffering mental health, such as scenes in which they experience paranoia and scary hallucinations.
additional issues
There are also scenes of moderate threat and violence. Crime scene photographs show graphic bloody injuries from a woman's murder, but these are not depicted in a close-up manner. Sex references include brief mention to a woman 'sexting'. There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('prick', 'shite', 'frickin'', 'bloody', 'piss', 'tits', 'Jesus', 'screwed', 'hell' and 'God').
moderate threat, bloody images, sex, sexual violence and suicide references
Classified Date:
14/09/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are prolonged scenes of gun threat. One scene culminates in a man being shot, although the shooting is fairly undetailed. In brief scenes, a man is seen drowning.
sex
A couple are seen preparing for sex by unbuttoning their clothes. A woman sits on top of a man and, it's implied, rides him. There are also verbal references to semen being identified on a victim's cardigan.
injury detail
There are repeated crime scene images of a woman's dead body and of a close-up stab wound. In a brief flashback, a dead woman has blood on her stomach and a man is seen with blood on his hands.
suicide and self-harm
It is suggested that a man attempts suicide. The scene includes sight of pills and verbal references to a man suffering an overdose.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to a 21 one year old man having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old and getting her pregnant. A police officer suggests that a male suspect 'forced himself' on a woman. Other sex references are mild.
additional issues
Bad language includes uses of the terms 'screw', 'piss' and 'damn'. A Black man talks about his personal experience with institutional racism.
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  • Classified date

    13/09/2022

  • Distributor

    ITV Studios Home Entertainment

  • Language

    English