• Director(s)

    Stephen Daldry

  • Production Year

    2013

  • Release date

    09/06/2016

  • Genre(s)

    Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    177m

Film

National Theatre Live - The Audience

sex references, one use of racist language, mild bad language

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE AUDIENCE is a filmed performance of a stage production of Peter Morgan's play, which shows the Queen in a series of private audiences with various Prime Ministers from throughout her reign.…

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: THE AUDIENCE is a filmed performance of a stage production of Peter Morgan's play, which shows the Queen in a series of private audiences with various Prime Ministers from throughout her reign.

language
In an accompanying question and answer session, there is a use of 'bloody hell'.
sex
There are very few sex references and they are not detailed. Prime Minister John Major lists a series of events attracting press attention which he must deal with, including "toe-sucking scandals" and "auto-erotic suicides". Both are simply passing references.
discrimination
The racist language consists of a single use of the term 'coon'. The Queen tells Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she had heard Mrs Thatcher had disparagingly referred to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as "Coons Holidaying on Government Money". Mrs Thatcher claims that her husband was responsible for this. The setting in which the term is used is dated and the joke is based on an understanding that the language is inappropriate. Mrs Thatcher disowns the comment, emphasising it is disapproved of.
additional issues
There is also a passing reference to Princess Diana's "suicide attempts", but again without detail.

  • Director(s)

    Stephen Daldry

  • Production Year

    2013

  • Release date

    09/06/2016

  • Genre(s)

    Performance

  • Approx. running minutes

    177m

sex references, one use of racist language, mild bad language
Classified Date:
11/04/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
Paperwork Remarks:
Encore
language
In an accompanying question and answer session, there is a use of 'bloody hell'.
sex
There are very few sex references and they are not detailed. Prime Minister John Major lists a series of events attracting press attention which he must deal with, including "toe-sucking scandals" and "auto-erotic suicides". Both are simply passing references.
discrimination
The racist language consists of a single use of the term 'coon'. The Queen tells Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she had heard Mrs Thatcher had disparagingly referred to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as "Coons Holidaying on Government Money". Mrs Thatcher claims that her husband was responsible for this. The setting in which the term is used is dated and the joke is based on an understanding that the language is inappropriate. Mrs Thatcher disowns the comment, emphasising it is disapproved of.
additional issues
There is also a passing reference to Princess Diana's "suicide attempts", but again without detail.
Contains sex references and one use of racist language
Classified Date:
17/06/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
language
The racist language consists of a single use of the term 'coon'. The Queen tells Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that she had heard Mrs Thatcher had disparagingly referred to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as "Coons Holidaying on Government Money". Mrs Thatcher claims that her husband was responsible for this. The setting in which the term is used is dated and the joke is based on an understanding that the language is inappropriate. Mrs Thatcher disowns the comment, emphasising it is disapproved of.
sex
There are very few sex references and they are not detailed. Prime Minister John Major lists a series of events attracting press attention which he must deal with, including "toe-sucking scandals" and "auto-erotic suicides". Both are simply passing references.
additional issues
There is also a passing reference to Princess Diana's "suicide attempts", but again without detail. During the interval, there are several trailers for other National Theatre Live productions, including one for OTHELLO, which includes some mild violence as a man angrily grabs another by the throat as they argue.
Classified Date:
19/04/2016
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
National Theatre
Paperwork Remarks:
Encore trailer

  • Classified date

    11/04/2016

  • BBFC reference

    BFF301045

  • Language

    English