• Director(s)

    Andy De Emmony

  • Production Year

    1959

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Cast

    Sabrina Bartlett, Joanna Scanlan, Bradley Walsh, Amelia Bullmore

TV Show

The Larkins - Tv Series

Contains infrequent mild language and discriminatory terms

THE LARKINS is a comedy drama series: in this episode, the family have to find ways to distract the attention of a tax inspector who is looking into their finances.…

THE LARKINS is a comedy drama series: in this episode, the family have to find ways to distract the attention of a tax inspector who is looking into their finances.

  • Director(s)

    Andy De Emmony

  • Production Year

    1959

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Drama

  • Cast

    Sabrina Bartlett, Joanna Scanlan, Bradley Walsh, Amelia Bullmore

mild bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'arse', 'bloody', 'sod', 'tosspot'), and very mild terms including 'hell' and 'bleeding'.
sex
A TV programme about prostitution is switched over by a father who deems it to be too 'racy' for family viewing. A man sarcastically advises a rival to buy contraception, in reference to his large family.
additional issues
There is very mild comic violence, including a scene in which a young woman hits a youth with a piece of wood.
mild bad language, innuendo
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language ('bloody', 'arse'), and very mild bad language ('God').
sex
In a comic scene with a married couple in bed, the wife tells the husband that she can take his mind off his problems and puts her hand under the covers. His lack of a response leads to mild and affectionate banter between them.
additional issues
There is very mild rude humour, including a burp joke. There is smoking which reflects the 1950s period in which the series is set.
mild bad language, sex references
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
The episode features mild bad language ('arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'crap') and very mild language ('God').
sex
There is a comic sex references when a woman suggests her husband will be 'riding' her. In another scene a woman grabs her husband's back side.
additional issues
There are scenes in which people smoke cigarettes.
mild bad language, innuendo, brief violence
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In one scene, two women briefly fight; however, there is no injury detail.
language
There is mild bad language (for example, 'arse', 'tart', 'git').
sex
There is mild innuendo.
mild bad language
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is mild bad language ('arse', 'crap', 'bloody'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'God', 'moron').
infrequent obscured strong language
Classified Date:
20/12/2021
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is a mouthed use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bloody’, ‘balls’, ‘bugger’, ‘hussy’, ‘arse’, ‘bastard’, 'sod', ‘git’, ‘God’ and ‘hell’.
additional issues
There are mild sex references and innuendo; for example, gossiping neighbours falsely suspect a married man of having extramarital affairs with “a raft of women” and of fathering an illegitimate child. Another man is punched in the face during a very mild slapstick fist fight. An unlikeable man refers to a Hindu naming ceremony as ‘continental nonsense’.
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Contains scenes of mild threat and smoking
Classified Date:
22/02/2010
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 2
domestic abuse
Classified Date:
11/11/2022
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A con artist pretends to a man that her husband is violence towards her in order to trick him in to bringing money to her home.
additional issues
The episode features mild bad language ('bloody') and very mild terms ('God'). There are mild sex references, including a man comically referring to himself as being knowledgeable about 'the ecstasy of love'. In one scene a man unzips a woman's dress to giver her a shoulder massage before passing out on top of her.
moderate violence, bloody images, brief threat
Classified Date:
11/11/2022
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Two people are punched in the face and another is struck in the face with the butt of a fairground rifle, resulting on each occasion in moderate bloody aftermath detail.
threat and horror
A young man threatens another person with a switchblade but is swiftly punished for his actions. There is mild threat when a woman hears noises in her house at night and suspects she has an intruder, but the scene ends reassuringly when a neighbour arrives to keep her safe.
additional issues
Bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘bloody hell’, ‘bugger’, ‘arse’, ‘crap’, ‘harlot’, ‘git’, ‘bum’, ‘ruddy’, ‘cretin’, ‘damn’ and ‘God’, in addition to a pun on the term ‘balls’. There are occasional mild sex references and innuendo, and very mild rude humour. In one scene a male character refers to a female character as a ‘pretty bit of fluff’ and reaches out to touch her without her permission, but his behaviour is clearly criticised. There are scenes of smoking, reflecting the era in which the series is set.
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Contains infrequent very mild violence and scenes of smoking
Classified Date:
02/09/2010
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 3
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Contains scenes of smoking, drinking and gambling
Classified Date:
14/12/2010
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 4
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Contains infrequent mild language and discriminatory terms
Classified Date:
28/08/2012
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 6
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  • Classified date

    20/12/2021

  • Distributor

    Network

  • Language

    English