• Director(s)

    Bruce McDonald

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Adventure, Drama

  • Cast

    Imogen Lamb, Saskia Kemkers, Twinkle Jaiswal, Natqasha Raphael, Sienna Arif-Knights

TV Show

Malory Towers

MALORY TOWERS is a children's drama series based on the novels by Enid Blyton; in this episode, a student is framed for breaking another's pen.…

MALORY TOWERS is a children's drama series based on the novels by Enid Blyton; in this episode, a student is framed for breaking another's pen.

  • Director(s)

    Bruce McDonald

  • Production Year

    2020

  • Genre(s)

    Children, Adventure, Drama

  • Cast

    Imogen Lamb, Saskia Kemkers, Twinkle Jaiswal, Natqasha Raphael, Sienna Arif-Knights

very mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are brief very mild scary scenes relating to a ghost believed to haunt the school. However, there are rapidly reassuring counterbalances.
additional issues
A girl accidentally falls into a river, but without harm. There are also brief undetailed verbal references to death and illness.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is very mild threat in which children are spooked about a ghost. In one scene, some children become lost in the dark at night.
very mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Brief very mild scary scenes concerning apparent ghostly visitations all have reassuring outcomes.
bullying theme
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
In one scene, a girl bullies another girl and deliberately holds her head under water. A third girl intervenes and slaps the bully's face. There are also verbal references to bullying, which is clearly disapproved of by the work as a whole.
very mild bullying scenes, references to sexism
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
discrimination
A boy tells female lacrosse players that sport is not for girls, but is proved wrong.
theme
A teacher is verbally abusive towards a student, and there are references to her cutting a student's hair as a form of punishment; however bullying is strongly disapproved of.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
very mild scary scenes, scenes of bullying
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are very mild scary scenes in which a young girl has a nightmare about a ghost. A painting falling off a wall suddenly startles a group of students.
theme
There are scenes of bullying between schoolgirls who try to scare one another with shadow puppets, and a scene in which two students get into a scuffle during an argument.
additional issues
There are scenes in which a sick child writhes around in pain on a hospital bed with abdominal pain.
very mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a brief scary scene when a hooded figure said to be a ghost is seen wandering around, but it turns out to be just a character dressing up.
very mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Girls are briefly frightened at night by the prospect of a ghost, but the threats have more rational explanations.
additional issues
A girl becomes upset over her learning difficulty, but is encouraged and supported by a friend.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A brief scene of very mild threat involves a girl jumping in deep water to save a struggling classmate. Despite not having an inflatable aid, the rescue attempt is a success and both girls get to land safely.
additional issues
There are very mild, comic jump scares as characters react to seeing a spider.
very mild scary scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are very mild scary scenes as students encounter a purported 'ghostly' figure in a cloak. However, such scenes are brief and end reassuringly.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
07/03/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
There are scenes containing very mild emotional upset as students accuse one another. However, this is all resolved by the end of the episode, with the girls coming to a deeper understanding of each other.
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very mild threat
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A girl briefly struggles to swim but is quickly helped to safety by a friend.
additional issues
A teacher wrongly accuses a student of disruptive behaviour after he fails to recognise her dyslexia. He later promises to read up on it.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
There are comic scenes in which teachers sit in 'magic chalk', resulting in pink marks appearing on their backsides. There are very mild references to a teacher's love life.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
A character and her social background are referred to as 'poor', with some references delivered with little sensitivity. However, the episode as a whole promotes reassuring and positive messages about inclusion for all, despite their means.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
There are brief scenes of emotional upset.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
very mild bad language
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is very mild bad language ('God').
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
Scenes contain very mild injury detail when characters contract measles.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
Two students get into a physical altercation, but which is broken up quickly and clearly disapproved of. There are brief scenes of very mild emotional upset.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to wartime violence pertaining to a 'lucky' coin saving a man from a bullet wound.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
additional issues
There are brief scenes of very mild emotional upset. A boy expresses sexist sentiments reflective of the time period.
very mild threat, emotional upset
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes in which a scared girl is trapped on a cliff-face; however, there is a reassuring outcome as people come to her rescue.
theme
A girl is upset after admitting to a teacher that she tried to cheat in a quiz; however, the teacher reassures her.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
23/05/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
mild emotional upset
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
A girl is shown behaving in a secretive and anxious manner after starting her period, and we briefly see a dress stained with a small amount of menstrual blood, which she has buried in the garden. It transpires that no one has explained menstruation to her, leading her to believe that she is very ill. However, her friends and trusted adults explain that periods are normal, and provide her with comfort and reassurance.
additional issues
We briefly see red and scurfy patches of skin on the back of a girl’s neck, resulting from acne.
very mild injury detail
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
We see red, blistered skin on a girl’s hands, resulting from playing sports.
additional issues
There is a scene of very mild suspense in which two girls hear footsteps and other suspicious noises while sneaking around outside their school at night, but it is not suggested that they are in danger.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of very mild threat when a woman is found with a broken leg after an off-screen horse riding accident, but the focus is on the bravery and resourcefulness of the girls who come to her aid, and the threat is reassuringly resolved. There is no visible injury detail.
very mild threat, emotional upset
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A girl cries out in pain after falling during a lacrosse match, but there is no visible injury detail, and we are told that the injury is not serious.
theme
Upset and frustrated after she and her friends are punished for perceived misbehaviour, a girl throws a book across the room and is punished further. However, the girls all recover quickly.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
It contains no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm. There is a brief scene of very mild comic panic in which the girls and their teacher are frightened by the apparent appearance of a mouse in their classroom.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
very mild toilet humour, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
rude humour
In a comic scene, a horse sprays excrement over a teacher.
theme
Scenes of emotional upset concern girls' distress at the declining health of a horse. However, there is a reassuring outcome after a vet arrives to treat the animal.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
29/08/2022
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
31/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Three scared schoolgirls are left stranded at a train station alone and attempt to find the way to their new school. A girl screams when she discovers a snake in her bed but the creature is soon seen to be harmless.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There is a scene in which a child collapses during a sporting event, due to a pre-existing medical condition. However, she is treated at the scene and recovers swiftly.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
very mild sex references
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Two teens share a kiss as an expression of their feelings for one another.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are one or two very minor scares, caused by dropped items while children explore a mysterious hidden room during a storm. Meanwhile, another group of children exchange ghost stories.
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
no material likely to offend or harm
Classified Date:
04/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
general
N/A
additional issues
There is no material likely to offend or harm.
upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
theme
A girl becomes upset when her pony is sold. It is implied a woman hits a pony when it doesn't do as she commands, but this is not shown in detail, and she is reprimanded for her actions.
scenes of childbirth
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There are detail-free scenes of labour and childbirth, such as a woman gasping and crying out as she pushes to deliver her baby.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
31/08/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are sustained scenes of very mild threat in which a girl and school staff carefully handle a volatile explosive device, but these are resolved in a reassuring way. A character complains of feeling ill due to a 'weak heart' but it is quickly apparent she is feigning this condition.
bullying scenes, dangerous behaviour
Classified Date:
01/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
dangerous behaviour
An older character catches a pair of girls attempting to pull a rowing boat into the sea. This is behaviour is clearly disapproved of and the risks are highlighted.
theme
A girl deliberately cuts the straps of her sister's riding hat and allows another girl to take the blame. She later confesses and expresses remorse for her actions. There are verbal references to bullying, which is strongly disapproved of throughout.
very mild threat
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes in which two schoolgirls become trapped in a cave close to a beach as the tide comes in. Although the girls are scared, they provide confidence and reassurance to each other, and there is also a reassuring outcome when the girls are rescued.
very mild threat, scenes of emotional upset
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are brief scenes of very mild threat in which girls in an empty boarding school believe that seemingly inexplicable incidents have a supernatural explanation. In one scene, a girl briefly screams after she is surprised by the appearance of another girl who grabs her arm.
theme
Brief scenes of emotional upset include those in which a girl discovers that her parents intend to divorce.
very mild threat, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
05/09/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
After being left alone at their school, a group of girls become scared when they hear strange noises and see shadows.
theme
There are moments of very mild emotional upset such as a schoolgirl becoming tearful and blaming herself for her parent's divorce. A woman suffering from dementia becomes confused about where she lives.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
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  • Classified date

    07/03/2022

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English