• Director(s)

    Syd Macartney

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Joanna Page, Matthew Lewis, Lorraine Bruce, Timothy Spall

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TV Show

The Syndicate

strong language, sex, violence

  • Director(s)

    Syd Macartney

  • Production Year

    2012

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Joanna Page, Matthew Lewis, Lorraine Bruce, Timothy Spall

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Contains a use of strong language, moderate injury detail & drug references
Classified Date:
08/05/2012
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 1 Episodes 1-3
Contains strong drug use, strong language and moderate sex references
Classified Date:
08/05/2012
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Series 1 Episodes 4 & 5
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Contains soft drug use and prescription drug misuse
Classified Date:
11/02/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episode 1 - 4
Contains domestic violence theme, a strong sex reference and soft drug use
Classified Date:
11/02/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 2 Episodes 5 and 6
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strong language, sex, violence
Classified Date:
03/09/2015
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
Paperwork Remarks:
Season 3
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infrequent strong language, suicide references
Classified Date:
06/04/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') and use of milder terms ('shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'ass', 'dick', 'figgin', 'bloody', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').
suicide and self-harm
A man stages a suicide by drowning.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to abortion and a brief scene of threat.
moderate sex references
Classified Date:
06/04/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
When a woman remembers working at a brothel, there is sight of her wearing lingerie and looking unhappy, and later being arrested by police. The flashback scenes are brief and undetailed.
additional issues
The episode features mild bad language ('tits', 'bugger', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'piss', 'shit' and 'piss'.)
moderate sex references, drug references
Classified Date:
19/04/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are moderate references to sex work, as well as comic references to ‘shagging’, ‘bonking’ and ‘friends with benefits’.
drugs
There are brief verbal references to a man having persuaded his girlfriend to perform sex work in order to pay for his heroin habit.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes ‘shit’, ‘knob’, ‘fanny’, ‘piss’, ‘bloody’ and ‘bastard’. There are brief scenes of mild threat. Other issues include non-graphic references to infertility and miscarriage.
domestic abuse references, moderate bad language
Classified Date:
19/04/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are verbal references to a woman repeatedly hitting her partner during an argument.
language
Bad language includes ‘bitch’, ‘shit’, ‘bollocks’, ‘bloody’, ‘piss’ and ‘bastard’.
additional issues
A man refers to a woman at a casino as a ‘hooker’. There are non-graphic references to miscarriage and suicide.
sexual assault
Classified Date:
10/05/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man forces his way into a young woman's bedroom while she's changing her clothes and gropes her as she struggles. There are further references to the assault in later scenes which imply that the attacker intended to rape the victim. Other people blame the victim for the attack, but these views are not condoned.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘bitch’, ‘dick’, ‘pissed’, ‘bloody’, ‘shit’, ‘douchebag’ and ‘crap’. There are brief visual and verbal references to marijuana misuse, as well as mild references to gambling addiction.
moderate violence, domestic abuse, drug misuse
Classified Date:
10/05/2021
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
In a scene of domestic abuse, a man pushes his wife down the stairs. Later a man purposefully hits another man with his car, and he is shown with blood on his face in the aftermath. There is also a brief flash back in which a man is shot in the chest, with brief sight of blood shown on his clothes.
drugs
During a flashback scene a man is briefly shown smoking a marijuana joint. There are also references to heroin addiction.
additional issues
The episode features mild bad language ('bollocks', 'bloody', 'cocked up', 'shit', 'piss', 'hell' and 'God'). There are also references to gambling addiction.
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  • Classified date

    08/05/2012

  • BBFC reference

    AVV289355

  • Distributor

    IMC Vision Ltd

  • Language

    English