The Show

The cast is ethnically diverse and has a good gender balance with some strong female characters. There is also positive representation when it comes to neurodiversity. Most characters have a physical or personality quirk, or a niche interest, which is either not mentioned or presented without judgment.

Infrequent violence with characters being killed with a slingshot, including someone being hit in the eye. Corpses are shown with various wounds and there is frequent mention of suicide. In one scene, someone is shown kissing a corpse under a sheet of plastic. A character slaps someone after they are grabbed in a club. A character makes sexual threats toward someone.

Characters discuss an incident of autoerotic asphyxiation that went wrong and landed someone in hospital. Quick flashbacks are shown of that person handcuffed. During a dream sequence, a group of elderly people pass comment on someone's sexual leanings while a judge is shown to be secretly looking at a pornographic magazine.

The language is frequent and includes "c--t," "f--k," "f---ing," "slag," "s--t," "arse," "c--k," "pr--k," as well as the British slurs "toss," "minge," "nonce," and "twat."

Characters smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol in a club. Discussion of "shaman blend" drug that increases human perception, along with other fictional drugs. Heroin is mentioned.