• Director(s)

    Ben Kellett

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery

  • Cast

    Meera Syal, Craig Parkinson, Naana Agyei-Ampadu

TV Show

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

MRS SIDHU INVESTIGATES is a British mystery drama series; in this episode, family ties among members of a boxing gym are tested as one of their own is kidnapped and held for ransom.…

MRS SIDHU INVESTIGATES is a British mystery drama series; in this episode, family ties among members of a boxing gym are tested as one of their own is kidnapped and held for ransom.

  • Director(s)

    Ben Kellett

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery

  • Cast

    Meera Syal, Craig Parkinson, Naana Agyei-Ampadu

moderate violence, sexual violence references, sex, threat, strong language
Classified Date:
20/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is stabbed with a pair of scissors, however, this is brief and undetailed. There is also brief sight of bloodstained dead bodies at a crime scene.
threat and horror
A character is handcuffed to their bed and threatened with knife violence.
language
Infrequent strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'slut', 'crap', 'shit', 'arse', 'sod', 'tosser', 'bastard', 'dickhead', 'Jesus', 'God', 'Christ' and 'screw up'.
sex
Moderate sex references are made to 'happy endings' and adulterous behaviour.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Infrequent references are made to an unsympathetic character secretly recording his sexual encounters without consent. This includes brief sexual moaning during an off-screen phone recording. These references take place within a criminal investigation.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are references to bereavement, as well as undetailed references to suicide and mental health. There is a scene of steroid misuse in which a fitness instructor takes an unidentified pill. This is accompanied by an anti-drug message as the negative side effects are clearly depicted.
moderate bloody images, sex references, drug misuse, strong language
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A character is attacked from behind with a knife.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bitch', 'ass', 'arse', 'shit', 'bloody', 'bastard', 'frig', 'frick', 'Jesus', 'Christ', 'hell' and 'God').
sex
Sex references include jokes about penis size, sexting and breast enlargement.
drugs
There is a brief scene of joint smoking. A character is found after a heroin overdose, but resourceful actions save them. There are also visual references to the preparation of cocaine, but no misuse, alongside mention of drug distribution. Drug misuse and distribution are not glamourised.
injury detail
A body is found with a slashed throat, resulting in some emphasis on bloody injury detail, but mostly in a crime scene context.
additional issues
References to violence relate to fatal stabbings, including a sketch depicting death by a sword. There are also scenes in which people smoke cigarettes, as well as references to bereavement.
moderate violence, sex references, drug references
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of moderate violence portray a murder in which a person is strangled to death with a garrotte. There is brief emphasis on bloody marks on the body in the aftermath.
sex
Verbal sex references relate to pornography, casual sex and online dating. There are also comic innuendos.
drugs
There are verbal references to drug misuse.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bitch', 'bugger', 'knob', 'toss', 'crap', 'bloody', 'piss', 'sod'), accompanied by other milder terms ('butt', 'hell' and 'God'). References are made to homophobic bullying and bereavement.
moderate violence, threat, infrequent strong language
Classified Date:
18/07/2023
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence include off-screen shootings, and boxing bouts featuring crunchy blows. A person is hit by a car and ends up in hospital. Some scenes result in brief sight of blood and injuries.
threat and horror
A character is kidnapped and held for ransom. There are scenes in which the captive pleads for help and is threatened with guns and improvised weaponry. References to human trafficking are sometimes accompanied by emotional upset, but are not graphic in detail.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k'), accompanied by other milder terms ('bloody', 'shit', 'crap', 'arse', 'piss', 'screw', 'hell', 'Jesus', 'God' and 'damn').
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
A woman faces complications in labour after spotting blood, but such fraught scenes end reassuringly. There are brief references to drug trafficking and distribution in a police investigation context. There are also comic sex references, as well as references to bereavement.
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  • Classified date

    18/07/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English