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- Sex & Nudity (4)
- Violence & Gore (3)
- Profanity (4)
- Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking (4)
- Frightening & Intense Scenes (1)
- Spoilers (8)
Certification
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Sex & Nudity
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- Breasts and rear nudity,
- Non sexual nudity as well.
- Episode 2's opening sequence follows Pamela Rooke as she rides a bike around town and takes a train top less while wearing a see-through PVC coat with black leather knickers and thigh high stockings. Her bare breasts are clearly visible. This goes on for nearly 5 minutes.
- Episode 3: Steve and Chrissie make love completely nude and in various positions. Bare breasts and bare male buttocks can be seen the whole time. 43 seconds. From 9:00 to 9:43.
Violence & Gore
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- Lots of fighting
- A man attempts to steal musical equipment following a concert and is beaten up by the police who ambush him.
- Sid Vicious self-harms by cutting his chest with a broken bottle on stage.
Profanity
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- High amount of profanity. Almost every scene of dialogue contains at least a few offensive words.
- Cunt is said frequently because the characters are British.
- The Sex Pistols are initially called The Swankers. A running gag is characters mistakingly calling them The Wankers.
- Use of so much foul language, most of it British slang, every episode including "fuck", "shit", "tosser", "piss", "sod", etc.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
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- A man asks a woman if she has any speed. She gives him some drugs and he leaves.
- The series is set in a society where heavy cigarette smoking was not merely normal and socially acceptable but was considered cool. Many of the main characters smoke cigarettes constantly.
- 2 characters are heroin addicts, graphic use/consumption is seen
- Many party scenes throughout the series feature characters consuming large amounts of alcohol.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
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- While the show has a lot of comedic moments in it, the overall plot touches on intense themes of child abuse, class struggle, and drug addiction. Sid Vicious's erratic and problematic antics also result in a series of misfortunes and tragedy.
Spoilers
Violence & Gore
- Spitting and a couple of stabbings.
- One possible murder or suicide.
- One woman carries an aborted fetus in a carrior bag.
- Episode 2 ends with a riot/brawl started by a rival band to the Sex Pistols. No graphic violence is shown.
Profanity
- Multiple use of fucks/ Cunts / Basterds
Frightening & Intense Scenes
- One woman carries an aborted fetus in a carrior bag.
- Nancy is seen dead in the Chelsea Hotel lots of blood with a stab wound to her abdomen.
- One scene of male on male child abuse not graphic but disturbing
