Small Axe

Police brutality -- people are hit with batons, pushed, kicked, and held on the floor. Characters are shown bruised and battered -- and even hospitalized -- after being assaulted by the police. Police officer is pushed and has a handbag thrown at them. Character sexually assaults someone, before another character comes to their rescue. Cigarette is flicked in someone's face. Character is grabbed by the throat. A sharp instrument is held to someone's neck. Reference to domestic abuse. A police training exercise involves someone trying to hit people with a mallet. Character is hit with an iron bar. Child is slapped in the face. After wetting the bed, a child has the urine-soaked sheets forced into their mouth. A schoolchild is placed in a straitjacket after getting into a fight. An arson attack -- that resulted in multiple deaths -- is referenced, with black and white photos of the real-life incident depicting the aftermath. A riot involves bricks being thrown, cars set alight, and batons being used.

Kissing, flirting, hand-holding. Characters dance together suggestively, gyrating against each other, and placing their hands on each other's behinds. Someone dances shirtless at a party. Shower scene depicts a naked backside. Character is made to strip to prove they are not wearing a wire -- no graphic nudity depicted.

Racist language include "wogs," "coons," "negroids," "colored," "coconut," and "black bastards." Racist graffiti also depicts the "N" word and the racist slur "Paki." Also variants of "f--k," "c--t," "s--t," "whores," "twat," "bloody," "ponces," "nonces," "tarts," "wankers," "p---ys," "piss off," and "blasted." "Jesus Christ," "Christ's sake," and "God" are all used as exclamations. The derogatory term "micks" is used to describe the Irish.

Characters smoke and drink. Some depiction of drunkenness including characters acting merrily but also aggressively. Characters are seen rolling and smoking joints and using bongs. Some drug dealing of pot.