• Director(s)

    Paul Whittington

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Music

  • Cast

    Michelle Dockery, Stefan Asante-Boateng, George Somner

TV Show

This Town

THIS TOWN is a British crime drama; in this episode, Dante is reunited with members of his family at a funeral, before getting into an altercation at a bar.…

THIS TOWN is a British crime drama; in this episode, Dante is reunited with members of his family at a funeral, before getting into an altercation at a bar.

  • Director(s)

    Paul Whittington

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Music

  • Cast

    Michelle Dockery, Stefan Asante-Boateng, George Somner

strong language
Classified Date:
26/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language ('f*k') occurs, as well as rude gestures, and milder bad language ('bloody', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'balls', 'Jesus', 'God', 'hell').
additional issues
People are beaten during riots; however, most of the blows land below frame. Molotov Cocktails and bricks are thrown, and there is minor injury detail in the aftermath. Snipers briefly fire on soldiers but there is no sight of injury. A person briefly holds up a severed finger; however, there is limited injury detail. A character briefly contemplates taking his own life but another person arrives and dissuades him from doing so. A negatively presented police officer tells a biracial teenager "'It's a f**king long way back to the jungle, son". In another scene a person calls a biracial soldier serving in Northern Ireland a 'black bastard'. However, she subsequently explains that she is not referring to the colour of his skin, but is instead referring to the Black and Tans constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary. A person with a heart condition is intimidated and subsequently dies following a heart attack; people are shown grieving for their death. There is also brief sight of joint smoking.
strong language, injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
21/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A man is made to put a severed finger in his mouth at gunpoint.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('twat', 'shit', 'bastard', 'Jesus', 'hell').
injury detail
There is injury detail of severed fingers.
additional issues
There are references to an terrorist organisation making bombs, passing references to drug dealing, and a woman is vaguely threatened before being found unconscious on the floor. There is also a scene of racial discrimination which ends in a bar fight, and an implication of suicide.
very strong language
Classified Date:
26/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of very strong language ('c**t'), strong language ('f**k') and milder terms ('piss', 'Jesus', 'God').
additional issues
Strong, racially motivated violence with bloody detail occurs. A black character is approached and beaten by skinheads who threaten to cut his face with a knife. In another scene, a character blows cocaine in the faces of his employees during an initiation. There are also themes of domestic abuse.
strong language, violence, threat
Classified Date:
26/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
One man strikes another’s knee with a mallet, without bloody detail. A person is beaten by a man wearing a knuckleduster. The recap of previous episodes features a sequence in which a Black man is beaten by a pair of white skinheads, leaving his face bruised and bloodied. Discrimination is not condoned.
threat and horror
During a scene of strong threat, a frightened man is kidnapped, tied up, threatened with a gun, and subjected to physical violence. In another scene two men follow a drunk woman home and let themselves into her flat after she passes out; another person arrives later to find the flat burgled but the woman unharmed.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bastard’ and ‘arse’.
additional issues
People are shown smoking joints, and there are occasional verbal references to drugs and drug dealing. Other issues include references to suicide, upsetting scenes involving alcoholism, and infrequent mild sex references.
discrimination, drug misuse, strong language, sex
Classified Date:
26/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by moderate ('cock') and milder terms such as 'knob', 'shit', 'Jesus' and 'hell'.
sex
A stylised but undetailed scene of strong sex occurs whilst a man is under the influence of illegal drugs, which appears to fuel his experience. Verbal references are made to a man's virginity, sex workers and sexually transmitted diseases.
discrimination
Reflecting the time period in which the series is set, two racist police officers violently attack a Black man in a prison cell, calling him the racist term 'n****r', hitting him with their batons and spitting on him. Racism is clearly not condoned by the work as a whole.
drugs
There are scenes of drug misuse, such as a woman preparing and injecting heroin and a man taking what he refers to as 'whizz' in pill form. References are made to drug addiction and misuse.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are references to sexual assault and coercion, in which a woman tells a man that she does not want to give him sexual favours in return for heroin anymore. She tells him not to touch her when she is sleeping, like he has in the past. A man is held by his arms and beaten, resulting in brief sight of injuries to his face. A demonstration turns violent as police officers attack protestors, who retaliate. There are moments of moderate threat, including gun and bomb threat. Characters frequently smoke cigarettes.
strong language, violence, racism, drug misuse
Classified Date:
28/03/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is shot in the head, causing a wound to appear and the sight of resultant blood splatter on the floor nearby.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms including ‘shit’, and ‘crap’.
discrimination
A man is viciously beaten by another, the violence accompanied by the attacker's use of racist language ('n****r'). This is contextualised as historical and clearly disapproved of.
drugs
A man is seen taking an unnamed pill. Verbal references are made to drugs including heroin and cocaine, which people have apparently misused. Drug misuse is clearly condemned throughout, with people seeking support to overcome addiction.
additional issues
A couple are briefly seen having sex in a visually discreet sequence, and there are also references to stripping. A person is threatened with a knife held to his neck, and others are in danger from guns pointed at them, and bombs attached to timers counting down. A woman discusses harming herself, but gives little detail, and there are references to the poor mental health of others. A man breaks a long period of sobriety, and there are references to his struggle with alcoholism.
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  • Classified date

    21/03/2024

  • Distributor

    Spirit Entertainment

  • Language

    English