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(2003–2015)

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Sex & Nudity

  • One plot point revolves around a characters Girlfriend who is into bizarre and kinky sex acts, such as pretending they are partaking in incest.
  • A character is raped, not particularly graphic though quite dark.
  • There are infrequent sex references which aren't strong.
  • In one episode a character buys a dildo, though he never ends up using it.
  • There is only 1 or 2 sex scenes in the entire series (9 seasons) but they aren't graphic and very brief
  • The Series has a number of scenes where it is implied characters are masturbating, due to the POV style generally the only this that is seen is the moving arm.
  • One character lies about a having a hereditary illness in order to get a hand job.
  • We see a nude poster in the background of a scene but it is blurred due to the shows quality
  • During a sex scene a woman begins choking her partner, he asks her to stop and she apologises.
  • In one sex scene a woman begins talking dirty and expresses the bizarre desire to cut off people's penises.
  • It is implied that two characters have sex in a toilet offscreen.
  • A group of characters have an orgy, we only see the beginning and very end of the event, so it mostly off screen.
  • It is heavily implied that a character has a threesome.
  • A character has sex with his best friend sister. We see him thrusting on top of her in the shows POV style.
  • Some strong sexual references.
  • Some references to performing sex acts, and many crude suggestive comments made by the shows's central characters.
  • Including references to sexual intercourse, anal sex, oral sex and masturbation.
  • Even in those scenes, there is very little nudity, although there is some (for example, when the characters visit a strip club or briefly view a pornographic website).

Violence & Gore

  • In one instance of slightly stronger violence a Character tears the head off a bird he has shot. Briefly see a spray of blood and it's severed head
  • A character eats a dog, (See Frightening and Intense themes.)
  • A character cuts his hand on a glass, we briefly see a ring of blood.
  • A character cuts an umbilical cord. A tiny bit of blood can be seen smeared in it.
  • In one episode a it is heavily implied that a character kicked a dog to death offscreen.
  • A character intentionally try's to get beaten up, by insulting a co-worker. The man ends up headbutting him, breaking his nose. We latter see him with a tissue of dripping blood.
  • A character jumps from two stories, he is seen hurt on the ground but quickly gets up.
  • Two characters discuss how they would murder each other. This is played for laughs, though still quite morbid.
  • Very rare, and mostly played for laughs. For example, in one episode the characters get pepper sprayed.

Profanity

  • "Cunt" is occasionally used.
  • A character calls an old woman a "cockmuncher".
  • The T slur towards trans people is thought (via monologue) by one of the main characters a few times throughout the show.
  • Frequent use of "fuck" in all episodes. Some moderate/milder language throughout including uses of "wanker" "dick" "cock" "shit" "bastard" "arse" "bloody" and other kinds of profanity throughout the series.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • At one point two characters snort cocaine together.
  • A character says that he has been sniffing glue.
  • During the shows second season a already drug addicted character further gets a even worse addiction to crack cocaine.
  • At one point a group of characters all do Speed. One character is peer pressured to do the same, though he doesn't end up following through.
  • Hard drug use throughout, one of the show's reoccuring characters, has a crack cocaine addiction, and often references needing to take cocaine, occasionally there is sight of Hard drug use.
  • Some soft drug references also occur in the series, including comments about "weed" and some scenes of it being smoked.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In one episode a character eats a dog, this is done in a very comedic way and isn't particularly gruesome, though it could still be considered slightly disturbing.
  • Numerous times throughout the show one of the Show's main characters, (who is a junkie,) tries to go cold turkey. He is seen tied up and very sick. Comedic, though dark.
  • Peep show can, at times, be quite bleak. Especially as the show goes on and the main protagonists get older.
  • The shows Cringe Comedy style is at times very hard to watch.
  • One character have extreme financial problems. He often goes broke and ends up homeless on numerous occasions.
  • In one episode the main characters reunite with an extremely mentally ill woman. She is seen have a mental break down.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Sex & Nudity

  • In a very dark series of events a possibly underage teenager is tricked into giving one of the shows characters oral sex off screen. While it's unclear whether what is going on is actually sexual assault, or if the teen is overage and is doing it out of his free will this is still quite shocking and possibly disturbing.
  • While high on drugs two characters take turns in giving each other oral sex. Nothing is shown except one characters head going up and down.
  • Two characters have an offscreen one night stand.
  • In a storage closet a woman dry humps a man until he ejaculates. He is then seen with a patch of semen that soaks through.

Violence & Gore

  • In an attempt to win over a love interest a major character self harms and partially carves the woman's name into his arm. (We briefly see some blood as he cuts into his skin.)

Profanity

  • In one episode a character is featured who turns out to be extremely racist. He uses a number of derogatory terms towards ethnic minority group. Though the N-word it's self is not said.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A major character stays with a junkie for a extended period of time, he confesses to now having a drug addiction.
  • A ex-Junkie is convinced to getting back into drugs by the two main characters. This is very dark because there is little to no real gain in this malicious act.
  • The major love interest of the first four seasons becomes an alcoholic after being dumped by one of the main characters. This is quite dark and isn't particularly played for comedy.
  • After an inappropriate sexual encounter a possibly underage teen is given hard drugs by a junkie, Including speed.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A handful of episodes delve into much darker themes, especially as the show progresses and the cast get older. For example one character dies quite suddenly of an immune deficiency.
  • Both main characters are extremely morally compromised. They constantly do questionable and shocking acts. This includes tricking a man into buying a loan that he knows the man won't be able to pay back.
  • One Character has a mental break down after he loses his jobs, he is also said to have an alcohol problem.

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