• Director(s)

    Mark Radice

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Crime

TV Show

The Never Ending Murder

THE NEVER ENDING MURDER is a British crime documentary series; in this episode, young mother Nicola Payne goes missing in Coventry and the search begins.…

THE NEVER ENDING MURDER is a British crime documentary series; in this episode, young mother Nicola Payne goes missing in Coventry and the search begins.

  • Director(s)

    Mark Radice

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary, Crime

references to sexual violence, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
19/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Signature Entertainment
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are brief, undetailed verbal references to rape and sexual assault within the context of a police investigation.
theme
There are scenes of emotional upset throughout the film, in which family members of a missing young woman reflect on their shock and grief after her disappearance.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit'). The disappearance of an 18-year-old woman, the mother to a young boy, is discussed at length. Dramatic reconstructions depict a woman walking into fog in woodland in an unsettling fashion. There are also mild verbal references to violence, such as the criminal backgrounds of suspects in the investigation. There are brief, undetailed verbal references to a man's suicide and to the ill health of an elderly couple.
unsettling scenes
Classified Date:
07/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
theme
The disappearance of an 18 year old woman, mother to a young boy, is discussed at length. Dramatic reconstructions depict a woman walking into fog amid woodland, as well as two male suspects acting suspiciously. There are also references to violence, such as the criminal backgrounds of the suspects, as well as news reports about muggings and gendered attacks in the West Midlands during the 1980 and 1990s.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('shit'). There are scenes of emotional upset in which family members and friends of the missing woman discuss their shock and grief during the first few days of the initial police investigation.
references to violence
Classified Date:
07/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are references to the murders of several women in the UK, with some visuals of a crime scene in which a body bag can be made out. However, no explicit detail is shown. This is accompanied by verbal references to the murder of a woman who died from blows to the head and strangulation.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also scenes of emotional upset as grieving family members reflect on, and answer media questions relating to, the disappearance and suspected murder of Nicola Payne.
references to violence and sexual violence
Classified Date:
07/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A verbal retelling of a violent attack made against a taxi driver includes reference to knife threat and admissions of murder.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal references made to rape and sexual assault in the context of a police investigation.
additional issues
There are scenes of emotional upset in which family members of the missing woman reflect on their shock and grief throughout various stages of the investigation. There is use of mild bad language ('bastard'). Undetailed references are made to suicide.
references to violence
Classified Date:
07/03/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are undetailed verbal references to violence against women, including statistics relating to the number of women murdered by men in the UK every week. The segment includes references to women feeling unsafe in their daily lives, and it is repeatedly stated, “What happened to Nicola could happen to any woman”.
additional issues
There are upsetting scenes in which grieving family members speak about their loss.
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  • Classified date

    07/03/2023

  • Distributor

    Signature Entertainment

  • Language

    English