Promoting a culture of violence

A survey of films shown on terrestrial television in 2001

JULY 2002

• Introduction

he growing problem of violent antisocial behaviour is well known and documented in the soaring statistics, regularly published, for violent crime and aggressive behaviour. The Prime Minister, The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP, declared it a "national emergency" and the Home Secretary has introduced new punitive measures, including parenting orders and child curfews, aimed at curbing social disorder, particularly among the young.

��� ��� Police fail to stem rise in violent crime

Violent crime is still rising, despite extra resources given to police to tackle street robberies, according to the government figures to be published this week. The number of violent crimes, including robbery and sexual offences, rose by 2 per cent to reach more than 715,000 recorded offences in the year to last March. The Times 16/7/2001

Street crime soaring by 26%, Home Office figures reveal

Street crime is "running out of control" with the number of muggings rising by more than 26% over the past nine months, according to internal Home Office figures. The increase, which has been accompanied by a sharp rise in the use of guns, has so alarmed Tony Blair that he has ordered one of his top Downing Street officials into the Home Office and Scotland Yard to try to sort out the crisis. The Sunday Times 10/2/2002

Crime up 6%

Recorded crime rose by 6% in 2001-02, with increases in street robbery, violence and burglary, according to figures to be published this week by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary. Crimes involving firearms are also rising with a 50% increase in gun crime in the West Midlands and 25% rise in London. The Times 8/7/2002

Whilst everyone surely welcomes attempts to restore order to the nations' streets we believe that much more would be achieved if the film, video and television industries played their part and actively took steps to stop the gratuitous presentation of crime, disorder and violence as entertainment. A positive response to the public and parliamentary concern about increasing violent crime would be an exercise in social responsibility.

It is not without significance that Sir Edward Crew, the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police Authority, said in the Annual Report published in June 2002, that "violent crime is steadily increasing. These increases are hardly surprising given the constant diet of aggression, undress, innuendo and dishonesty portrayed on television as normal behaviour and fed to young people". (emphasis added)

Fury over killer vids

An uncut version of the controversial film Natural Born Killers will finally be available on video tomorrow despite fears that it could lead to copycat attacks. The video release of the film in which 52 people die was delayed for five years after the Dunblane Massacre. But Warner Brothers claim a lot of people still want to see it. John Beyer, of pressure group mediawatch-uk said: "There are not enough bad things to say about this movie. It glamorises drugs, violence, gun use, under age sex and incest". Sunday Mirror 8/7/2001

We agree with the director general of the National Crime Intelligence Service, John Abbott, who criticised the film industry in September 2000 for glamorising violent crime and portraying gangsters as heroes. This criticism remains valid although we would add that the portrayal of police and law enforcement agencies is frequently as bad or worse than the portrayal of criminals. This certainly does not engender respect for the police.

Being a crime victim 'part of growing up'

Almost every school pupil in Britain has been a victim of crime and regards it as part of growing up, according to a disturbing new survey. More than 1,000 youngsters aged 11 to 15 were surveyed and 96 per cent said they had suffered some sort of crime, at the hands of both adults and other children. The most common problem was physical attacks, with two thirds saying they had been hit or kicked. Half of those said it had happened more than once. The Daily Mail11/4/2002

It is difficult to appreciate in a written report the full impact of the violent fantasy world portrayed by film makers who perpetuate cruelty, killing, maiming, destruction and all manner of brutal behaviour and sexual aggression in their productions. As in previous years the most common portrayal of violence involves the use of firearms.

Gun crimes go back above Dunblane level

Handgun crime has returned to levels last seen before the Dunblane massacre of 1996 and the ban on the weapons that followed, official figures have shown. Last year there were 4,019 crimes in which handguns were used, a rise of more than 9% on the previous year. The Sunday Times 16/12/2001

Street crime statistics

Between April and November last year there were 45,255 street robberies and snatches against 32,497 for the same eight months of 2000. There is little doubt that by the end of the statistical year in April, muggings in London will have exceeded the record total of 50,607 in 2000-2001. One of the biggest causes for concern is the number of cases in which real or imitation firearms are used. Commander Alan Brown, the head of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad, says that in the first eight months of 2001-2002 armed muggings rose by 53 per cent from 435 between April and November 2000 to 667. Detectives say that young people aged between 14 and 17 are the most likely victims. The Times 7/1/2002

That the Broadcasting Authorities continue to purchase and screen such material, on the absurd grounds that they simply "reflect reality", has become a scandal. Long term monitoring of films, conducted for more than a decade, reveals a cynical approach to programming which seems to be concerned only with ratings and audience share while wider social responsibility is ignored.

BBC's pursuit of ratings 'risks soul of British TV'

The BBC is putting the very soul of British television in danger with its slide into commercialism in the battle for ratings, ITV's top programme executive said last night. David Liddiment, the ITV programme Director, accused the BBC of axing or sidelining fine programmes and serving up an endless diet of medical soaps. "The relentless quest to find out what viewers want and then give it to them has made for sameness", he said in the annual MacTaggart Lecture at the Guardian Edinburgh International Festival. Mr Liddiment said that in playing the ratings game the corporation was making it more difficult for commercial broadcasters to take risks with programmes. The Times 25/8/2001

��������� Research

Public Attitudes?

ccording to the latest Independent Television Commission annual survey of public attitudes to television programming, published in March 2002, the most common cause of offence was swearing and offensive language followed by violence, then sex/nudity. The report 'Television: The People's View 2000' also found that "more viewers claimed to have switched off or changed channels because of violence, followed closely by swearing and offensive language and then sex/nudity.

Depictions of Violence

e note also the findings of a joint report, 'The Depiction of Violence on Terrestrial Television', published in April 2002 by the ITC, the BBC and the Broadcasting Standards Commission. It was found that the number of violent scenes in TV entertainment shows had almost doubled in four years and that there are now more violent scenes before the 9.00pm watershed. In a two-week monitoring period the underlying year-on-year trends suggest that scenes of violence have been increasing across a variety of programme types. It was stated that film accounted for 23% of all violence on TV and Channel 5 showed the greatest amount of violence due to the high proportion of films on this channel. (emphasis added)

The Effects of Viewing Violence

ccording to the latest scientific research watching more than an hour of TV a day makes teenagers more likely to grow up violent. The first study to investigate the long-term impact of viewing on behaviour has confirmed fears about a link with aggression. Experts have concluded that rates of violence, including assaults, fights and robberies, increase dramatically in people in their late teens and early twenties the longer they spent watching TV as children. Adults were five times more likely to behave violently and aggressively if they watched more than three hours of television a day as 14 year olds. One hour was enough to make a significant difference and the effect was particularly severe for boys.

The researchers, who tracked 700 families for 18 years, said it made no difference what programmes were watched since an average hour of children's TV contained between 20 and 25 violent acts. 'Our findings suggest that, at least during early adolescence, responsible parents should avoid permitting their children to watch more than one hour of TV a day', said Dr Jeffrey Johnson, of Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. The Daily Mail 29/3/2002

Undoing the damage

�report published by Stanford University in California USA in January 2001 concluded that rationing the time that children spend watching television can make them less aggressive. This survey is the first to demonstrate that such behaviour can be "unlearnt" by cutting back on television, video games and videotapes. Thomas Robinson, leading author of the study, said, "the effects of televised violence in kids are really reversible".

��������� Findings

his report is compiled from detailed accounts of what monitors actually saw on screen. We have deliberately avoided the approach adopted by others, which depends upon people's subjective perceptions. It is intended to be a further contribution to the urgent debate about violence on television and the causal connection with social disorder and criminal violence.

We recognise that in the course of a year more than 3000 films are shown on the terrestrial channels with even more shown by the subscription film channels on the cable and satellite networks. All these films represent a real challenge to those charged with regulating and monitoring TV output and conducting content research in the public interest.

In this Report a total of 200 films shown in 2001 on BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, C4 and C5 are analysed. The Report is not exhaustive and the findings relate only to the films monitored.

In the 200 films analysed, including 9 films shown twice, monitors identified:

��������� 987 incidents involving firearms

(305 on BBC1; 98 on BBC2; 191 on ITV1; 62 on C4; 331 on C5)

��������� 667 violent assaults

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��������� 94 incidents of fire raising/causing explosions

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��������� 318 incidents involving knives and other offensive weapons

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��������� 44 incidents involving illegal drug abuse

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Of the 200 films monitored (including the 9 shown twice) 50 were shown on BBC1, 22 on BBC2, 35 on ITV1, 25 on C4 and 68 on C5.

The 9 films shown twice were:

'Blind Date' on BBC2 and C5; 'Deadly Pursuit' on BBC1 and C5; 'F/X - Murder by Illusion' on C5 and ITV1; 'Hard Target' on BBC1 and C5; 'Malone' twice on ITV1; 'Night of the Running Man' twice on BBC1; 'Out of Annie's Past' twice on BBC1; 'The Assassin' on C5 and ITV; 'The Set Up' on BBC1 and BBC2.

The findings in this report verify regulator's research mentioned above that Channel 5's output of films increased significantly in 2001 and accordingly the figures for violent incidents are startlingly higher in all categories than in any previous year analysed. We note that 4 of the films screened by Channel 5 were shown at 3.35pm. Previous showings were after 9.00pm

We acknowledge that a number of the films were transmitted after midnight. However small the audiences for these films may have been at these times they still add to the overall presence of violence transmitted on television. Moreover, because most households have video recorders, enabling easy time shifting of programmes, late night/early morning scheduling is not a real obstacle to viewing them.

Firearms shown being used in these films included:

Revolver; machine pistol; rifle; pump action shotgun; spear gun.

Other offensive weapons shown being used in these films included:

Flick knives; hunting knives; sword; axe; scissors; razor; snooker cue; plank of wood; bottle; iron bar; spade; baseball bat; truncheon; chain saw.

Crimes portrayed included:

Murder; rape; grievous bodily harm; assault; robbery with violence; robbery; burglary; vehicle theft.

We draw attention particularly to the violent acts portrayed against women and against sensitive parts of the body, for example, the head and genitals. We also draw attention to the so-called 'hardware violence' against cars, buildings and property generally.

Principal findings from previous Reports:

In 1994 the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association analysed 111 films screened on the four terrestrial television channels. Two reports, 'A CULTURE OF CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE', and, 'MORE CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE', were published in November 1994 and June 1995 respectively. Our analysis of these films detailed 523 incidents involving firearms, 492 violent assaults and 81 incidents involving knives of various kinds and other offensive weapons.

In 1995 the Association analysed 200 films screened on the four terrestrial television channels. The Report 'MORE CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE 2' was published in August 1996. Our analysis of these films detailed 835 incidents involving firearms, 689 violent assaults and 232 incidents involving knives of various kinds and other offensive weapons.

In 1996 the Association analysed 246 films screened on the four terrestrial television channels. The report 'MORE CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE 3' was published in March 1997. Our analysis of these films detailed 1076 incidents involving firearms, 706 violent assaults and 376 incidents involving knives kinds and other offensive weapons.

In 1997 the Association analysed 265 films screened on the five terrestrial television channels. The report 'MORE CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE 4' was published in May 1998. Our analysis of these films detailed 1281 incidents involving firearms, 918 violent assaults and 409 incidents involving knives of various kinds and other offensive weapons.

In 1998 the Association analysed 269 films screened on the five terrestrial television channels. The report 'MORE CRUELTY AND VIOLENCE 5' was published in May 1999. Our analysis of these films detailed 1171 incidents involving firearms, 798 violent assaults, 340 incidents involving knives of various kinds and other offensive weapons.

In 2000 mediawatch-uk analysed 193 films screened on the five terrestrial television channels. The report 'YOB CULTURE ON TV' was published in March 2001. Our analysis of these films detailed 1021 incidents involving firearms, 799 violent assaults, 87 incidents involving knives of various kinds and other offensive weapons.

• A Challenge for OFCOM

mediawatch-uk believes that violence in entertainment continues to cause widespread concern mixed with frustration about the lack of any meaningful response from the film, video and television industries.

Violence takes Cannes to new extreme

A film portraying extreme sexual violence is about to become the first controversial offering at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Those who have seen Irreversible, a film by Gaspar Noi, say that it is more shocking than Crash, which caused outrage six years ago at the festival. Noi's tale of murder and vengeance, rape and sadomasochism will have its premiere at the festival. "The sexual violent scene in Irreversible is almost too painful to watch," one viewer said. "It's incredibly shocking and will cause more of a sensation than Crash, which was not as graphic as this." The Times 15/5/2002

The resources available to mediawatch-uk, a voluntary organisation, for monitoring TV output are small compared to those available to the regulatory authorities. Nevertheless, the results of this limited monitoring report indicate that those who are currently charged to secure that programmes do not "incite to crime or lead to disorder" continue to fail in their duties.

In the future OFCOM must do rather more than the present regulators to overcome the problems that arise from portrayals of violence on television. Politicians talk of the importance of having "joined-up government" where different departments co-operate and harmonise application of policy with others. It is clearly pointless to have stringent law and order policy, for example, aimed at encouraging good and responsible citizenship if it is continually undermined by lawlessness and disorder glorified and celebrated in entertainment.

In drafting its "more coherent system of objectives and principles" OFCOM really must take into account public attitudes and the experience of those who have to deal with violence and aggression in their daily work, for example, police, teachers, probation officers, nurses, magistrates, transport staff and so on.

Germany aims to curb TV violence

Germany's broadcasting chiefs were summoned by Chancellor Schroder last night to work out how to reduce the level of violence on television. The media summit, on the eve of a funeral service for the 16 teachers and students murdered in Erfurt, was aimed at calming an increasingly nervous German public. The move seems certain to usher in a new era of self restraint by broadcasters who are worried that the Government in the throes of an election campaign will try to tighten already strict youth protection rules on viewing times. The Times 3/5/2002

mediawatch-uk believes that OFCOM, in order to be effective in these matters, must embrace a much broader definition of incitement. The continual portrayal of violence in film, video and on television should itself be regarded as an incitement to crime and disorder. The latest scientific research from the University of Columbia, referred to above, concludes that viewing violence increases aggressive behaviour. Given that shootings, stabbing and violent assaults continue to increase OFCOM must focus its attention upon portrayals of such harmful activities and seek to secure change.

At the present time there seems to be a complete disregard of public concern and the accumulated evidence of harm associated with violent entertainment. On the basis of this report there is no evident desire to have a positive or beneficial influence on our society. This assertion is substantiated by the fact that all of the films catalogued in this report, including the most violent, have been screened three, four or five times in as many years.

We submit that violence in entertainment contributes significantly to violence in society and it remains the one factor that is easiest to deal with. A more socially responsible approach to programme policy is essential if social policies elsewhere are to have any hope of succeeding.

It is our hope that this report 'Promoting a Culture of Violence', will lead to a significant and meaningful reduction of violence in entertainment thought by the Broadcasting Authorities to be suitable for the nation. We appeal to the Government to ensure that the Communications Act will give OFCOM the necessary powers and resources to affect a change of programme policy that will bring real benefits to the society as a whole rather than perpetuate the present damaging and harmful influence.

• Analysis of Films

BBC1

Programme: 'FALLING DOWN'

Date: 7.01.2001� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 2.05.97 BBC1 10.00pm

Urban drama. A highly stressed middle-aged man is pushed over the edge when his journey across L.A. is hampered by traffic jams, criminals and obstructive shopkeepers.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'BUSTIN' LOOSE'

Date: 11.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.40pm

Previously shown: 1.09.96 BBC1 11.25pm; 14.04.98 BBC1 11.45pm; 13.12.2000 BBC1 12.45am

Comedy. A wise-cracking former convict is blackmailed into driving eight under-privileged children across the US.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc:���� 2

Programme: 'NIGHTHAWKS'

Date: 12.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.05pm

Previously shown: 3.12.96 BBC1 10.25pm; 3.11.98 BBC1 10.30pm; 17.03.2000 BBC1 10.25pm

Action thriller. Seconded for special training in anti-terrorist tactics, two hard-bitten New York cops find themselves on the trail of a ruthless international terrorist.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'WHITE SANDS'

Date: 15.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 10.09.99 BBC1 11.05pm

Psychological Thriller. A New Mexico sheriff gets drawn into an FBI sting involving drugs and gunrunners after discovering a dead man clasping a case containing half a million dollars.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'BODY OF EVIDENCE'

Date: 16.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.05pm

Previously shown: 10.08.96 BBC1 10.45pm; 18.10.97 C5 10.55pm; 16.01.98 BBC1 11.15pm

Erotic thriller. A seductive art gallery owner is accused of murdering her elderly millionaire lover by indulging in unusual sex games.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults; 2

Programme: 'CARLITO'S WAY'

Date: 19.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.05pm

Previously shown: 7.02.97 BBC1 10.00pm

Crime thriller. Released from jail on a technicality after five years, a former drugs dealer is determined to go straight. But he finds himself pulled back into the violent criminal underworld by his sleazy lawyer.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 5 Illegal Drug Abuse: 2

Programme: 'DEADLY PURSUIT'

Date: 29.01.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 16.10.91 ITV 9.00pm; 4.05.98 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. An FBI agent pursues a killer into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, aided by a rugged mountain guide whose girlfriend is the killer's hostage.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'DEATH HUNT'

Date: 16.02.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.35pm

Previously shown: 28.07.89 ITV 11.10pm

Film based on a true story of a Canadian trapper framed for murder. Hunted through the wilderness by three Mounties and a pack of bounty hunters but he eventual escapes.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 11 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1������

Programme: 'THE STAR CHAMBER'

Date: 18.02.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 10.55pm

Previously shown: 4.04.90 ITV 10.45pm; 19.02.99 BBC1

Thriller. Sickened by seeing criminals escape justice through legal loopholes, an idealistic judge joins the Star Chamber, a secret society of judges who take the law into their own hands.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'WALL STREET'

Date: 4.03.2001� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.55pm

Previously shown: 9.12.91 ITV 9.00pm; 12.09.95 ITV 9.00pm; 21.01.2000 BBC1 10.25pm

Big business drama. An ambitious young stockbroker makes illegal deals to persuade a top dealer that he's got what it takes to reach the highest level.

Incidents involving ������������

Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'COLOR OF NIGHT'

Date: 13.03.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.20pm

Previously shown: 26.08.99 BBC1 00.15am

Erotic Thriller. When a colleague is stabbed in his office a psychologist takes over the dead man's therapy group, one of who may be the murderer. As he tries to unmask the killer he is drawn into a torrid affair with an enigmatic woman.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1�

Programme: 'FAMILY BUSINESS'

Date: 22.03.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.40pm

Previously shown: 28.10.94 BBC1 9.30pm; 11.07.96 BBC1 10.50pm; 4.04.97 C5 9.00pm; 3.06.98 BBC1 11.10pm

Comedy thriller. The son of a small-time criminal is anxious to keep his own son out of trouble.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'COPYCAT'

Date: 24.03.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.25pm

Previously shown: 22.08.99 BBC1 9.30pm

Thriller. A criminal psychologist who is an expert on serial killers becomes an agoraphobic recluse after being attacked by one of her patients. When a murderer begins imitating the crimes of notorious killers, a San Francisco policewoman realises she need help to catch the true culprit.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'MURDER IN THE FIRST'

Date: 1.04.2001� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.00pm

Previously shown: 9.07.98 BBC1 9.30pm

Fact based prison drama. Half deranged after three years of solitary confinement in an Alcatraz dungeon, a petty thief attacks and kills a fellow convict. The lawyer assigned to defend him determines to expose the brutal prison regime...

Incidents involving�������������

Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'TIMESCAPE'

Date: 2.04.2001� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 25.08.95 BBC1 10.25pm

Sci-fi. thriller. When a group of Australian tourists turn up in a small American town, the hotelier discovers that they are time travellers from the future visiting sites of great disasters -and he has just hours to save the town from destruction.....

Incidents involving

Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'NIGHT OF THE RUNNING MAN'

Date: 6.04.2001 Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 12.05.98 BBC1 10.25pm

Thriller. A cab driver finds a bag with $1 million in the back of his car. He decides to keep it - but the money belongs to a casino boss who hires a ruthless hit-man to get it back...

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'SEX, LOVE AND COLD HARD CASH'

Date: 6.04.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 1.05am

Previously shown: 3.03.98 BBC1 00.20am

Crime thriller. When her manager absconds with her life savings, a high-class call-girl teams up with an ex-con to get the money back. But the pair soon find themselves on the wrong side of the Mob.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE MEAN MACHINE'

Date: 9.04.2001� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.20pm

Previously shown: 25.02.94 BBC1 10.20pm; 26.09.97 BBC1 11.00pm; 2.12.98 BBC1 11.35pm

Comedy adventure. A one-time professional football star, now prison inmate, coaches a team of his fellow convicts in preparation for a brutal grudge match against their guards' semi-professional squad.

Incidents involving�������������

Violent Assaults: 7 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'WHITE MISCHIEF'

Date: 18.04.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.25pm

Previously shown: 29.12.91 BBC2 10.15pm; 16.11.97 C5 9.00pm

Fact based murder mystery set in Forties colonial Kenya. A man appears to turn a blind eye when his wife embarks on a blatant affair. Then her lover is found murdered.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4

Programme: 'NO ESCAPE'

Date: 19.04.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.40pm

Previously shown: 4.09.97 BBC1 11.15pm

Futuristic prison thriller. A court-martialled soldier sent to an island jail teams up with the leader of a gang of rebels and plans an escape.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 13

Programme: 'RED HEAT'

Date: 20.04.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 10.35pm

Previously shown: 19.09.92 ITV 10.55pm; 24.02.96 ITV 10.00pm

Action thriller. A Soviet policeman teams up with a wisecracking Chicago cop to catch a gang of drug dealers.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 14 Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'CLIFFHANGER'

Date: 21.04.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.45pm

Previously shown: 24.12.96 BBC1 9.00pm; 1.05.98 BBC1 9.35pm; 26.06.2000 BBC1 9.50pm

Action adventure. A violent gang searching for stolen loot comes up against a Rocky Mountains guide.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 15 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'JADE'

Date: 22.04.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 7.09.98 BBC1 10.00pm

Psychological thriller. An assistant district attorney investigates the murder of a millionaire and discovers that one of the suspects is an ex-girlfriend.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT'

Date: 27.04.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.05pm

Previously shown: 16.01.92 BBC1 9.40pm; 9.07.93 BBC1 10.30pm; 6.10.95 BBC1 10.20pm; 1.11.98 BBC2 10.50pm

Described as Action/Drama. A bank robber escapes from prison and goes to recover stolen loot, only to find that a building has been erected on the spot where the money was buried.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'UNDER SIEGE'

Date: 29.04.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 24.01.97 BBC1 9.30pm; 9.12.97 BBC1 9.30pm

Action thriller. When a team of trained saboteurs take over a US nuclear warship, it is left to the ship's cook to lead the resistance.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults etc: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'BOILING POINT'

Date: 1.05.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 31.08.96 BBC1 10.55pm; 6.06.98 BBC1 11.00pm

Action thriller. U.S. Treasury agent swears vengeance on the flamboyant con-artist behind his partner's death.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'NARROW MARGIN'

Date: 20.05.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.00pm

Previously shown: 15.11.93 9.00pm; 8.11.95 ITV 9.00pm

Thriller. An L.A. district attorney accidentally reveals the whereabouts of a witness to a Mob killing. It is then a race against time for him to reach the woman and protect her from hired hit men.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'THE HUNTED'

Date: 25.05.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.10pm

Previously shown: 26.07.99 BBC1 11.00pm

Thriller. A businessman visiting Japan has a passionate night with a mysterious woman. Soon after he witnesses her murder and finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless ninjas.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 5 Knives etc: 17

Programme: 'STAGGERED'

Date: 27.05.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.25pm

Previously shown: 26.05.97 BBC1 10.20pm

Comedy. A hapless toy demonstrator wakes up after his stag night to discover that his scheming best man has left him stranded, naked, on the beach of a remote Scottish island. He has three days to get out of his predicament and back to London in time for his wedding.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'DR GIGGLES'

Date: 1.06.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 1.10am

Previously shown: 10.01.98 BBC1 1.00am; 15.10.99 BBC1

Deranged man escapes from an asylum determined to seek revenge on those he believed killed his father.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 5 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'HARD TARGET'

Date: 2.06.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 10.45pm

Previously shown: 12.07.97 BBC1 10.00pm

Action thriller. An out-of-work sailor comes to the aid of a woman searching for her missing father and discovers a group of sadistic hunters who kill human prey for sport.

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Firearms: 16 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 4 Knives etc: 10

Programme: 'SNIPER'

Date: 8.06.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.05pm

Previously shown: 25.09.98 BBC1 10.20pm

Action Thriller. A mismatched pair of assassins are sent into the Panamanian jungle toeliminate a rebel leader.

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Firearms: 13 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE SET UP'

Date: 8.06.2001 Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 12.40am

Previously shown: 19.05.97 BBC1 10.10pm; 27.05.2000 BBC1 11.30pm

Thriller. An ex-convict is employed by a bank to use his knowledge as a thief to invent the ultimate security system. However, after an old prison buddy takes his girlfriend hostage, he is soon being blackmailed into cracking his own machine.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 7

Programme: 'SE7EN'

Date: 12.06.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 11.10.98 BBC1 9.05pm; 7.01.2000 BBC1 9.30pm

Thriller. With only one week to go before his retirement a veteran homicide detective and his young replacement find the corpse of a man who has apparently been force-fed to death. After another murder and the uncovering of several cryptic clues, they begin to suspect that a serial killer is selecting and despatching his victims in a fiendish homage to the seven deadly sins.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'THREE FUGITIVES'

Date: 25.06.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.10pm

Previously shown: 16.04.94 8.30pm; 28.12.97 ITV 11.15pm

Comedy. Tough ex-con is taken hostage by an inept bank robber who has turned to crime to support his mute daughter. When the police refuse to believe that he's an innocent bystander, he is forced to aid the robber's escape.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 9 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'BLUE ICE'

Date: 08.07.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 12.30am

Previously shown: 20.12.99 BBC1 00.30am

Thriller. A former MI6 agent gets involved in the world of espionage again.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'TO PROTECT AND SERVE'

Date: 13.07.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.15pm

Previously shown: 21.04.99 BBC1 11.35pm

Someone starts executing a group of corrupt police officers after a black man is beaten to death.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 2 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'COMMANDO'

Date: 24.07.2001 ������ Channel: BBC1��� Time: 9.10pm

Previously shown: 26.09.92 ITV 10.35pm; 6.01.94 ITV 10.40pm; 13.11.98 BBC1 10.25pm; 11.02.2000 BBC1 10.25pm

Action adventure. A retired commando tries to rescue his daughter, kidnapped by a gang of ruthless renegades employed by a deposed central American dictator. The aim is to coerce the father into assassinating their leader's successor. Film includes a scene where a serrated knife is held at a child's throat.

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Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'MAN ON FIRE'

Date: 27.07.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 12.55am

Previously shown: 2.10.97 BBC1 12.00m't

Thriller. A former CIA agent takes a job as bodyguard to a rich Italian couple's 12-year-old daughter. Then disaster strikes and he finds events spinning violently out of his control.

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Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'SLIVER'

Date: 28.07.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.30pm

Previously shown: 18.10.96 BBC1 10.20pm; 6.05.98 BBC1 10.15pm; 29.05.2000 BBC1 10.30pm

Erotic thriller. A recently divorced book editor moves into a high-rise Manhattan apartment building that has a history of mysterious deaths. Romantically pursued by two neighbours she cannot escape the feeling that she's constantly being watched.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'DOUBLE CROSS'

Date: 31.07.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.20pm

Previously shown: 7.10.98 BBC1 10.35pm; 19.05.2000 BBC1 11.05pm

Thriller. A man happily bends the truth when he is involved in a minor traffic accident with an attractive woman. But his lie comes back to haunt him when he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2

Programme: 'TOTAL RECALL'

Date: 11.08.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 9.11.93 ITV 10.40pm; 25.02.95 ITV 10.00pm; 5.11.96 ITV 10.40pm; 5.12.98 ITV 9.55pm; 8.04.2000 ITV 10.15pm

Sci-fi. adventure. A man goes to Mars in search of his true identity after realising that his mind and memory have been tampered with.

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'NIGHT OF THE RUNNING MAN'

Date: 20.08.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 12.05.98 BBC1 10.25pm

Thriller. A cab driver finds a bag with $1 million in the back of his car. He decides to keep it - but the money belongs to a casino boss who hires a ruthless hit-man to get it back...

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'OUT OF ANNIE'S PAST'

Date: 2.09.2001� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 11.25pm

Previously shown: 1.12.99 BBC1 11.35pm

Thriller. After her lover is murdered in a Mob-related incident a New York gallery owner starts a new life in Utah. An ex-detective knows of her involvement in a 10 year old killing and a group of mobsters are both on her trail.

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Firearms: 2 Violent assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'FATAL BEAUTY'

Date: 15.09.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 10.55pm

Previously shown: 1.04.91 BBC1 9.20pm; 1.01.93 BBC1 ; 3.06.94 BBC1

A coloured female police detective and her battle against drug pedlars and barons in the violent underworld of narcotic dealing.

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'RUNNING COOL'

Date: 15.11.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 12.40am

Previously shown: 23.08.97 BBC1 12.30am

Action drama. A biker and his gang help an old friend to fight off a land developer.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 12 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'VICTIM OF RAGE'

Date: 22.11.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 12.40am

Previously shown: 10.03.97 BBC2 9.00pm; 15.05.98 C5 9.00pm; 18.04.2000 BBC1 12.20am

Fact based drama. Trapped in a marriage to an obsessive body-builder made violent by steroids, a woman comes to the conclusion that she must have her husband killed before he kills her.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'THE SEVEN-UPS'

Date: 23.12.2001������� Channel: BBC1 �� Time: 12.25am

Previously shown: 28.09.99 BBC1 00.15am

Action Thriller. A group of New York detectives set out to hunt down two vicious thugs.

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 6

Programme: 'STAKEOUT'

Date: 27.12.2001������� Channel: BBC1��� Time: 11.25pm

Previously shown: 27.03.93 ITV 9.15pm; 31.05.94 ITV 9.00pm; 18.07.97 BBC1 9.30pm; 7.09.2000 BBC1 10.50pm

Comedy thriller. A cop falls in love with the ex-girlfriend of a psychotic escaped convict while staking out her apartment.

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 6 Knives etc: 2

BBC2

Programme: 'THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS'

Date: 6.01.2001� Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 22.12.95 BBC1 9.30pm; 14.06.97 BBC1 10.00pm; 16.08.98 BBC1 9.50pm; 8.10.99 BBC1

Period romantic adventure. During the Anglo-French war of the 1750s, an American frontier scout and his two Indian partners try to rescue the two daughters of a British officer who have been kidnapped by a fearsome tribal leader.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'VIDEODROME'

Date: 20.01.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 10.35pm

Previously shown: 19.01.97 BBC2 10.40pm

Surreal sci-fi thriller. A TV producer uncovers a conspiracy.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'MELVIN AND HOWARD'

Date: 28.01.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 21.10.90 C4 10.15pm; 27.02.99 BBC2

Docudrama. The story of Melvin Daemar who allegedly gave a lift to Howard Hughes in 1968 and was left a fortune in his will.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'SCARFACE'

Date: 10.02.2001������� Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 10.35pm

Previously shown: 8.06.97 BBC2 10.05pm

Crime thriller. A Cuban refugee arrives in Florida, where he impresses the local crime boss with his handling of a cocaine deal. He rapidly rises through the ranks of the underworld, but his downfall is destined to be as swift as his ascent.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 18 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Knives etc: 4 Illegal Drug Abuse: 5

Programme: 'LEGAL EAGLES'

Date: 3.03.2001� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 10.35pm

Previously shown: 24.12.89 BBC2 9.25pm; 29.05.91 BBC1 10.30pm; 14.10.97 BBC1 11.25pm; 25.04.2000 BBC1 11.45pm

Comedy thriller. An assistant DA plunges into a mystery involving art fraud and murder when he gets mixed up with a lawyer and her client.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'NEAR DARK'

Date: 10.03.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 11.55pm

Previously shown: 22.12.97 C4 10.00pm

Vampire thriller. An Arizona farm boy runs into serious trouble when a young woman bites him on the neck...

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'A CRY IN THE DARK'

Date: 17.03.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 10.35pm

Previously shown: 10.02.95 BBC1 10.20pm; 11.10.96 BBC1 10.45pm; 7.11.97 C5 9.00pm

Real life drama based on Australia's Dingo Baby case. On a family camping trip to Ayers Rock, a baby girl disappears. Was she abducted by a dingo, as claimed by her distraught mother, - or did her parents commit the most bizarre murder in Australian history?

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Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE PUBLIC EYE'

Date: 25.03.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 12.25am

Previously shown: 13.05.97 BBC1 11.55pm

Mystery drama. A lonely tabloid photographer is drawn into the city's violent

underworld when he tries to help a widowed nightclub owner.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'HEAT'

Date: 12.05.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 21.12.99 BBC1 9.30pm

Crime thriller. A burned-out LA police detective is convinced that a professional criminal is behind the bloody robbery of an armoured car, but he proves an elusive quarry.

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Firearms: 13 Violent Assaults: 7

Programme: 'BLIND DATE'

Date: 8.06.2001� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 1.25am

Previously shown: 14.11.92 BBC1 9.25pm; 18.12.96 C5 9.00pm; 29.11.98 C5 9.00pm; 14.05.2001 C5 9.00pm

Romantic comedy. Desperate for a date to take to a company dinner, a harassed executive is set up with his sister-in-law's cousin, but is given a word of warning - on no account should he let her drink alcohol...

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE COTTON CLUB'

Date: 9.06.2001� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 12.20am

Previously shown: 8.12.90 10.30pm; 9.12.95 BBC2 12.00m't

Harlem 1928. A picture of gangland warfare in 20's Harlem where the Cotton Club is the meeting place for the jazz age, mobsters and racketeering of the Prohibition era.

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'L.A. TAKEDOWN'

Date: 7.07.2001� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 11.20pm

Previously shown: 23.02.97 BBC2 10.20pm; 21.08.98 BBC2 11.40pm

Crime thriller. Three very violent and dangerous men plan a final bank robbery - but it goes wrong.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'SHAFT IN AFRICA'

Date: 12.08.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 24.06.98 BBC1 11.10am

Action Thriller sequel. A tough New York detective investigates a slave ring in Africa.

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Firearms: 11 Violent Assaults: 11 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE GRIFTERS'

Date: 18.08.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 10.45pm

Previously shown: 2.01.94 BBC2 10.00pm; 21.06.95 BBC1 10.00pm; 26.04.98 BBC2 11.00pm

Gangster thriller. A small-time L.A. con artist finds himself out of his depth when his Mafia-connected mother reappears in his life.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 6

Programme: 'JFK'

Date: 1.09.2001� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 28.12.94 BBC2 9.25pm; 2.03.97 BBC2 9.30pm; 5.10.97 C5 9.00pm

Political thriller. After the assassination of US President John F Kennedy, a New Orleans district attorney becomes convinced that a sinister conspiracy lies behind the killing.

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Violent Assaults:�������� 2

Programme: 'SOMMERSBY'

Date: 5.09.2001 Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 8.00pm

Previously shown: 26.12.96 BBC1 10.15pm; 11.09.97 C5 9.00pm; 15.06.98 BBC2 8.00pm; 17.06.2000 BBC2 7.35pm

Romantic period drama. Seven years after leaving to fight in the American Civil War, a man returns home to his wife - but so different is he from his former crude and ill-tempered self that she is not convinced he is her husband.

Incidents involving

Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'SHORT CUTS'

Date: 22.09.2001������� Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 11.55pm

Previously shown: 1.01.97 BBC2 10.05pm; 23.05.98 C5 10.40pm

Ensemble drama set during a hot summer in L.A.

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Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'Q AND A'

Date: 13.10.2001������� Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 15.01.95 BBC2 10.10pm; 12.05.96 BBC2 10.00pm

Police thriller. After a crooked New York cop guns down a Puerto Rican drugs dealer, an inexperienced assistant D.A. uncovers a network of corruption.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'CLOCKERS'

Date: 17.11.2001������� Channel: BBC2��� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 18.04.99 BBC2 10.30pm

Crime Thriller. A teenage drug dealer unwittingly draws his law abiding elder brother into his violent world.

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Firearms: 2 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'THE SET UP'

Date: 18.11.2001 ������ Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 12.45am

Previously shown: 19.05.97 BBC1 10.10pm; 27.05.2000 BBC1 11.30pm

Thriller. An ex-convict is employed by a bank to use his knowledge as a thief to invent the ultimate security system. However, after an old prison buddy takes his girlfriend hostage, he is soon being blackmailed into cracking his own machine.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 7

Programme: 'THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS'

Date: 9.12.2001 Channel: BBC2��� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 27.04.97 BBC2 12.30am

Australian black comedy. An Outback settlement in which the locals make a living deliberately causing car accidents and then salvaging the wreckage.

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Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'THE NIGHT PORTER'

Date: 26.12.2001 ������ Channel: BBC2 �� Time: 11.15pm

Previously shown: 28.05.95 BBC2 11.05pm; 15.08.97 BBC2 11.55pm; 19.08.2000 BBC2 12.35am

Psychological drama. An ex SS officer in Fifties Vienna is reunited with a former concentration camp victim who becomes his lover when she turns up at the hotel where he works as a night porter.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 3

ITV1

Programme: 'THE ASSASSIN'

Date: 6.01.2001 Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.10pm

Previously shown: 23.09.96 ITV 9.00pm; 7.02.98 ITV 10.00pm

Thriller. A street punk is sentenced to death after killing a policeman during a raid on a pharmacy. However, instead of being executed, she is recruited to a top secret government agency and trained as an assassin.

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Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3 Illegal Drug Abuse: 3

Programme: 'F/X - MURDER BY ILLUSION'

Date: 12.01.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 10.09.92 BBC1 9.30pm; 2.07.94 BBC1 ; 19.02.97 ITV

High Tech Thriller. A top special effects man in the film world is called upon to stage the 'killing' of a supergrass for a corrupt section of the Justice Department. But eh Department decide to kill him and he has to make an unlikely alliance with an honest policeman to uncover a bizarre plot.

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'A FEW GOOD MEN'

Date: 13.01.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 10.10pm

Previously shown: 16.03.96 ITV 9.05pm; 5.08.97 ITV 9.00pm

Courtroom drama. A slick young U.S. navy lawyer is assigned to defend two marines accused of murdering a colleague at a U.S. military base in Cuba. But as he delves deeper into the case, he runs up against the outpost's no-nonsense commanding officer.

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Firearms: 1

Programme: 'THE DANGER OF LOVE'

Date: 19.01.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 19.04.97 ITV 11.35pm

True-life crime thriller. When a teacher's wife is found murdered as he is coming to the end of a torrid affair with a colleague, the police make him their prime suspect.

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Firearms: 2

Programme: 'THE GAUNTLET'

Date: 22.01.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 4.04.97 ITV 10.40pm; 6.06.98 itv 10.45pm

Action thriller. A police officer is sent to Las Vegas to escort a call girl to court to testify against the Mob. But certain corrupt officials are determined to stop them at any cost.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2

Programme: 'BACK OF BEYOND'

Date: 14.02.2001������� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 12.55am

Previously shown: 12.01.2000 ITV 12.35am

Thriller. A garage owner finds his life in the Outback disrupted when a car carrying a gang of jewel thieves breaks down nearby.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'THE YAKUZA'

Date: 7.03.2001� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 12.45am

Previously shown: 5.06.91 BBC1 11.00pm; 19.04.98 ITV ; 21.02.2000 ITV 2.05am

Thriller. When Japanese gangsters kidnap and L.A. shipping magnate's daughter after he defaults on an armaments deal, he turns to an old GI buddy-turned-private eye for help.

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Firearms: 4 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'STRIKING DISTANCE'

Date: 17.03.2001������� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 12.20am

Previously shown: 16.09.97 ITV 9.00pm

Action thriller. A fifth-generation Pittsburgh cop is determined to catch the serial killer who claimed the life of his policeman father.

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Firearms: 15 Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'TEQUILA SUNRISE'

Date: 13.04.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 10.50pm

Previously shown: 7.08.95 9.00pm; 12.12.96 ITV 9.00pm

Romantic thriller. Two old high-school friends - a cop and a drug dealer trying to go straight - find their loyalties pushed to the limit when they end up on opposite sides of a drugs bust, and fall in love with the same woman.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'MALONE'

Date: 14.04.2001������� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 1.20am

Previously shown: 8.07.93 BBC1 11.00pm

Action Drama. An ex-CIA contract killer has a violent encounter with a right-wing extremist in a small Oregon town.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'CODE OF SILENCE'

Date: 28.04.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.25pm

Previously shown: 16.03.91 BBC1 9.50pm; 2.01.95 BBC1 12.10am; 15.11.97 ITV 11.15pm

Action thriller. A tough Chicago cop has to tackle warring Mob families and corrupt police officers when a drugs bust goes wrong.

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Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3 Illegal Drug Abuse: 2

Programme: 'THE FUGITIVE'

Date: 5.05.2001 Channel: ITV1���� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 16.04.97 ITV 9.00pm; 31.10.98 ITV 10.25pm

Action thriller. After being wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife, a doctor is sentenced to death. But a freak accident on the way to jail enables him to escape and go in search of the real killer.

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'JUST CAUSE'

Date: 5.05.2001 Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 11.08.98 ITV 9.00pm

Legal thriller. A lawyer turned academic is asked to investigate the case of a young man on Death Row who has appealed against his rape and murder conviction. As he probes the crime he suspects that the authorities have got the wrong man ...

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'DIE HARD'

Date: 12.05.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 14.10.92 ITV 9.00pm; 16.01.95 ITV 9.00pm; 27.01.96 ITV 9.00pm; 1.01.97 ITV 9.00pm

Action thriller. A ruthless terrorist gang hijack a vast L.A. company building at Christmas, planning a heist of over $600 million. But a New York cop - whose estranged wife is one of those being held hostage - also happens to be in the building and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

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Firearms: 13 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'DIE HARD 2'

Date: 19.05.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 16.09.93 ITV 9.00pm; 2.09.94 ITV 9.10pm; 2.10.95 ITV 9.00pm; 5.10.96 ITV 9.00pm; 18.05.98 ITV 9.00pm

Action thriller sequel. After terrorists seize control of Washington's Dulles Airport, an L.A. cop is the only man in a position to save the lives of thousands of airborne passengers - including that of his wife.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 1 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'SOMETHING WILD'

Date: 3.06.2001� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.00m't

Previously shown: 9.06.91 BBC2 10.10pm; 27.01.96 BBC2 10.00pm; 29.12.97 ITV 11.25pm

Offbeat thriller. A strait-laced tax consultant is seduced to the wild side of life by a kooky woman who takes him on an unpredictable journey.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'MEAN STREETS'

Date: 6.06.2001 Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.35pm

Previously shown: 17.04.94 C4 10.00pm; 21.05.95 C4 9.55pm; 17.10.98 C4 10.00pm

Crime drama. A small-time hood and his wild friend fall foul of the Mafia and a loan shark. Failure to pay up can only mean severe punishment or death.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'THE COUCH TRIP'

Date: 17.06.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 1.00am

Previously shown: 19.06.91 10.20pm; 3.03.96 BBC1 11.10pm

Comedy. An escaped mental patient assumes the identity of his psychiatrist and becomes the star of a radio advice show. Then he's rumbled by a fellow con-artist who decides he wants a piece of the action...

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Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE MEAN SEASON'

Date: 30.06.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.20am

Previously shown: 30.03.93 BBC1 9.30pm; 19.10.94 BBC1 10.25pm; 2.01.96 BBC1 11.00pm; 29.10.96 BBC1 11.35pm; 27.05.97 BBC1 1.00am; 9.01.98 ITV 10.40pm

Thriller. After reporting the apparently motiveless murder of a young woman, a hard-bitten Miami crime reporter is contacted by the killer who threatens to strike again...

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Firearms: 4

Programme: 'THE BLUES BROTHERS'

Date: 14.07.2001������� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 11.10pm

Previously shown: 14.08.92 ITV 11.10pm; 6.07.96 ITV 11.10pm; 7.11.98 ITV 10.30pm

Described as cult comedy adventure of the 80's. Two blues musicians re-form their band to raise money for their old orphanage.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'THE GETAWAY'

Date: 15.07.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.25am

Previously shown: 22.07.97 ITV 9.00pm; 20.11.99 ITV 10.30pm

Action Thriller. To get her husband out of a Mexican jail, a femme fetale strikes a deal with a crime boss to take part in a robbery. It goes smoothly, but the couple soon realize they have been double crossed by their partners in crime. Film included scenes of hanging.

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Firearms: 18 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'ROBOCOP 2'

Date: 28.07.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 10.45pm

Previously shown: 9.12.95 ITV 9.45pm; 31.03.97 ITV 10.25pm; 13.05.2000 ITV 11.10pm

Sci-fi action sequel. The robotic law enforcer continues his fight against crime in Detroit, but finds himself up against two powerful adversaries - a corrupt corporation and an insane drug dealer who plans to flood the market with a devastating new designer drug.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA'

Date: 1.08.2001� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.30am

Previously shown: 8.12.95 ITV 10.40pm; 16.09.2000 ITV 10.25pm

Fantasy adventure. A tough truck driver and a female lawyer are caught up in a supernatural gang war beneath the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'THE PELICAN BRIEF'

Date: 11.08.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 10.45pm

Previously shown: 26.03.97 ITV 9.00pm; 28.11.98 ITV 9.55pm; 12.01.2000 ITV 10.15pm

Conspiracy thriller. When a young law student writes a speculative brief connecting the recent murders of two Supreme Court judges, she unwittingly stumbles upon the truth and puts her life in grave danger.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2

Programme: 'HEARTBREAK RIDGE'

Date: 15.08.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 19.02.94 ITV 9.15pm; 31.05.95 ITV 9.00pm; 31.07.96 ITV 9.00pm

Military drama. A battle-hardened sergeant takes on a platoon of army misfits and tries to turn them into a crack-fighting unit.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'NIGHT MOVES'

Date: 19.08.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1���� Time: 1.00am

Previously shown: 7.04.96 ITV 11.45pm

Thriller. A Los Angeles private detective puts his own marital problems on ice when he is hired to find a runaway teenage daughter.by a faded Hollywood actress

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'THE TERMINATOR'

Date: 1.09.2001� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 10.30pm

Previously shown: 24.06.90 10.40pm; 23.07.94 BBC1 10.10pm; 4.01.96 BBC1 10.00pm; 1.11.96 BBC1 10.20pm; 11.11.97 ITV 10.40pm

Thriller. A robot assassin is sent from the 21st Century to present-day L.A. to kill a woman who holds the key to the future of humanity.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE HOUSE ON CARROLL STREET'

Date: 2.09.2001� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 1.20am

Previously shown: 3.01.96 BBC1 11.35pm; 9.08.2000 ITV 11.30pm

Political thriller set in Fifties New York. A black-listed magazine journalist stumbles upon a sinister government conspiracy to smuggle Nazis into the U.S.

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Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'CONAN THE BARBARIAN'

Date: 26.09.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 12.25am

Previously shown: 12.09.92 ITV 9.15pm; 15.07.95 ITV 9.45pm; 6.03.99 ITV 11.00pm; 11.11.2000 ITV 10.35pm

Action adventure fantasy. Set in a mythical primitive era, a young man seeks revenge on the tribe who brutally murdered his parents.

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Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'IN THE LINE OF FIRE'

Date: 20.10.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 10.05pm

Previously shown: 12.11.97 ITV 9.00pm; 18.11.2000 ITV 9.05pm

Thriller. Still haunted by his failure 30 years earlier to save President Kennedy from assassination, an ageing secret service agent finds himself taunted by a professional assassin who threatens to kill the current President.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE COLOR OF MONEY'

Date: 7.11.2001� Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 11.40pm

Previously shown: 29.05.93 ITV 10.20pm; 17.07.95 ITV 9.00pm; 5.08.2000 ITV 11.20pm

Drama. A retired pool hustler discovers a talented but innocent young player and teaches him to use his skill to make money from the shady world of pool-room gambling.

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Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'ON DEADLY GROUND'

Date: 10.11.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 11.30pm

Previously shown: 2.09.98 ITV 10.40pm; 26.07.2000 ITV 11.30pm

Thriller. An oil rig fire fighter who lives life on the edge has his loyalties tested when his unscrupulous employer prepares to drill for oil on land that belongs to a native Inuit.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 10 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'CHASERS'

Date: 17.11.2001 ������ Channel: ITV1 ��� Time: 11.45pm

Previously shown: 17.01.98 ITV 10.35pm

Action comedy. Two UK navy officers are told to escort a prisoner to Charleston navel base, but discover that their female charge has no intention of being incarcerated.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'MALONE'

Date: 16.12.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 1.00am

Previously shown: 8.07.93 BBC1 11.00pm; 14.04.2001 ITV 1.20am

Action Drama. An ex-CIA contract killer has a violent encounter with a right-wing extremist in a small Oregon town.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'NO WAY OUT'

Date: 31.12.2001������� Channel: ITV1���� Time: 12.05am

Previously shown: 24.12.91 BBC1 9.30pm; 29.10.93 BBC1 9.30pm; 7.02.95 BBC1 9.35pm; 3.12.97 ITV 10.40pm; 25.11.2000 ITV 10.55pm

Thriller. A naval officer is sucked into a Pentagon conspiracy after he embarks on an affair with the mistress of his powerful boss, the U.S. Secretary of Defence.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

C4

Programme: 'TRAINSPOTTING'

Date: 21.01.2001 ������ Channel: C4 ������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 26.11.97 C4 10.00pm

Black comedy-drama in Edinburgh's squalid underbelly, a man and his friends - a group of losers, liars, psychos, thieves and junkies - rush headlong towards self-destruction. Will he 'choose life' and get out before it's too late?

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 5 Illegal Drug Abuse: 11

Programme: 'MORTAL THOUGHTS'

Date: 29.01.2001 ������ Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 22.07.95 ITV 9.50pm; 7.09.96 ITV 10.45pm; 25.12.97 ITV 11.25pm

Thriller. A young woman is questioned by the police about the mysterious death of her best friend's husband. A sordid story of casual domestic violence emerges. But is she telling the whole truth?

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Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'MATADOR'

Date: 10.02.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 12.45pm

Previously shown: 19.04.98 C4 11.55pm

Spanish erotic thriller. A female lawyer defends a bullfighter charged with rape and murder.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 4 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'MANHUNTER'

Date: 19.02.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 7.08.93 BBC2 11.15pm; 21.04.95 BBC1 10.20pm

Thriller. An ex-F.B.I. agent with a gift for understanding murderers comes out of retirement to track down a serial killer.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'JAGGED EDGE'

Date: 26.02.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 24.03.95 BBC1 9.30pm; 22.06.96 ITV 11.15pm; 7.11.97 ITV 10.40pm������

Courtroom thriller. A wealthy San Francisco publisher is accused of murdering his heiress wife. He wants a top woman lawyer to defend him - but first he must convince her of his innocence...

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO'

Date: 11.03.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.30pm

Previously shown: 19.04.92 C4 10.35pm; 28.02.95 C4 10.00pm; 6.02.97 C4 10.00pm; 29.10.98 C4 10.00pm; 24.01.2000 C4 10.00pm

Comedy drama. Two teenage girls living on a run-down Bradford housing estate embark on a three-way affair with a married man.

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Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'RAINING STONES'

Date: 24.04.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 31.10.95 C4 10.00pm; 4.06.96 C4 10.00pm

Comedy drama. An unemployed man is determined to buy his daughter a new dress for her first communion.

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Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1��

Programme: 'RAGING BULL'

Date: 8.05.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 24.04.94 C4 10.00pm; 16.12.95 BBC2 12.15am; 1.08.98 BBC2 11.10pm

A biopic of boxer Jake la Motta. The rise and fall of the Middle weight boxing champion, an angry, violent and not very likeable man.

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Violent Assaults: 6

Programme: 'PEEPING TOM'

Date: 9.06.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 3.40am

Previously shown: 23.11.97 C4 10.00pm

Psychological thriller. A film studio technician takes to murdering women and filming the fear on the faces of his victims, just before they die.

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Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'DRUGSTORE COWBOY'

Date: 15.06.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 12.40am

Previously shown: 17.10.93 C4 10.00pm; 16.03.97 C4 11.55pm; 23.08.98 C4 11.00pm

A junkie leads a group of fellow addicts from town to town, robbing pharmacies and hospitals for their next fix.

Incidents involving

Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'SLEEPERS'

Date: 24.06.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 7.11.99 C4 10.00pm

Fact based drama. Four young men seek revenge on guards who once abused them at a brutal reform school.

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Firearms: 4 Violent assaults: 5 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'WILD AT HEART'

Date: 30.06.2001 ������ Channel: C4�������������� Time: 11.40pm

Previously shown: 1.04.96 C4 10.00pm; 8.05.2000 C4 10.30pm

Violent road movie. An Elvis-obsessed ex-convict and his girlfriend set off on a bizarre odyssey across America - pursued by a hit-man hired by the woman's mother.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD'

Date: 15.07.2001 ������ Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 6.02.2000 BBC2 10.00pm

Thriller. A retired gangster is persuaded to commit one last crime.

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 6 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'BANDIT QUEEN'

Date: 14.08.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 12.30am

Previously shown: 28.07.97 C4 1.10am

Indian true-life drama. A low cast's child bride becomes a notorious bandit.

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Firearms: 13 Violent Assaults: 6 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'KALIFORNIA'

Date: 20.08.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.30pm

Previously shown: 9.11.97 C4 10.30pm

Thriller. A young couple take a trip through the American South to research a book on serial killers - and unwittingly encounter the real thing.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 8

Programme: 'THE INDIAN RUNNER'

Date: 6.09.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 3.25am

Previously shown: 16.06.96 BBC2 10.30pm; 9.01.98 BBC2 12.35am; 17.03.2000 BBC2 12.50am

Family drama. A small-town Nebraska policeman tries to get his ne'er-do-well brother, a Vietnam veteran, to give up his life of crime - with disastrous results. Film included a suicide.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'THE LAST DETAIL'

Date: 8.09.2001 Channel: C4�������������� Time: 2.25am

Previously shown: 9.04.91 C4 10.50pm; 24.07.97 C5 9.00pm; 10.08.98 C5 10.05pm; 7.12.2002 C5 9.00pm

Comedy drama. Two veteran U.S. marines assigned to escort a young recruit to jail decide to give their charge one last weekend of fun.

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Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION'

Date: 9.09.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 16.11.97 C4 9.00pm

Prison drama set in the Forties, based on a Stephen King story. Jailed for the murder of his wife and her lover, a mild-mannered banker forges an unlikely friendship with the prison 'fixer'.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 6

Programme: 'HEATHERS'

Date: 1.10.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 13.08.95 C4 10.00pm; 24.11.96 C4 10.00pm; 4.08.98 C4 10.00pm

Black comedy. Two high-school misfits exact revenge on a trio of girls who form the school's tyrannical ruling clique.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'LA SCORTA'

Date: 5.11.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 1.20am

Previously shown: 23.04.98 C4 11.35pm

Italian political thriller. An Italian judge working in Sicily is engaged to break the power of the Mafia.

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Firearms: 1 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'THE KRAYS'

Date: 6.11.2001� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 14.03.93 C4 10.10pm; 25.04.95 C4 10.00pm; 15.06.96 C4 10.30pm

Drama based on the lives of the notorious gangster brothers who had a criminal empire in the East End of London in the 50's and 60's.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc:���� 4

Programme: 'EASY RIDER'

Date: 19.11.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 1.00am

Previously shown: 17.12.95 BBC2 10.00pm; 25.07.98 BBC2 12.00m't; 1.04.2000 BBC1 12.20am

Road movie. Two bikers set off across the U.S.A. to the Mardi Gras in New Orleans encountering hostility on the way.

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Firearms: 2 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 2

Programme: 'BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA'

Date: 10.12.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 26.10.96 ITV 10.00pm; 17.11.98 ITV 10.40pm

Chiller. Devastated by the death of his wife, a 15th century Romanian prince lives on through the ages as a vampire until, in late-Victorian England, he sees a woman who looks just like his long-dead bride....

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 7

Programme: 'A BOY AND HIS DOG'

Date: 10.12.2001������� Channel: C4�������������� Time: 2.05am

Previously shown: 30.04.93 C4 11.05pm

Sci-fi black comedy. A boy and his telepathic dog are lured into a strange underground society by a beautiful woman.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'BRAINDEAD'

Date: 25.12.2001 ������ Channel: C4�������������� Time: 1.40am

Previously shown: 3.10.2000 C4 11.40pm

Horror spoof. An innocent young man tries to fend off a horde of mutant flesh-eaters and becomes a zombie.

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Firearms: 1 Violent assaults: 13

C5

Programme: 'ONE GOOD COP'

Date: 8.01.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 19.09.94 9.00pm; 16.01.96 ITV 9.00pm

Police drama. When his partner and best friend is killed in the line of duty, a New York policeman decides to give the dead man's three orphaned children a home. The flat he shares with his wife is not big enough for a family so he comes up with a risky and illegal way to raise money.

Incidents involving

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'DOUBLE IMPACT'

Date: 15.01.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 21.10.95 ITV 10.00pm; 22.02.97 ITV 10.00pm; 9.05.98 ITV 11.05pm; 19.03.2000 C5 9.00pm

Action drama. Twins are separated at the age of six months following the murder of their parents. They are reunited 25 years later in Hong Kong, and team up to take revenge on their parents' killers.

Incidents involving

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 13 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'LOCK UP'

Date: 18.01.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 13.07.96 BBC1 9.45pm; 6.01.98 BBC1 10.25pm; 6.02.2000 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. With only six months left to serve of his prison sentence, a tough convict finds himself transferred to a brutal, high-security prison run by a sadistic warden. His only recourse is to fight back.

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Violent Assaults: 14 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE NIGHTMAN'

Date: 3.02.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 11.50pm

Previously shown: 3.08.96 ITV 11.00pm; 14.11.97 ITV 10.40pm; 30.01.2002 ITV 12.20am

Erotic love-triangle thriller. Still haunted by the murder of her mother 18 years earlier, a woman doctor learns that the man convicted of the crime is out on parole.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'GOODFELLAS'

Date: 5.02.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 10.04.94 C4 10.00pm; 2.06.96 C4 10.05pm; 25.08.98 C4 10.00pm

Gangster drama based on the memoirs of a real-life Mafia hood.

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'THE HITCHER'

Date: 8.02.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 26.10.98 C5 9.00pm; 21.04.2000 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. A teenager driving across Texas picks up a hitch-hiker but his passenger turns out to be a psychotic killer who engages him in a sadistic game of cat and mouse.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 1 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE PREPPIE MURDER'

Date: 10.02.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 6.06.97 ITV 12.40am

Fact based crime drama. A well-bred prep-school graduate is accused of the brutal murder of a young woman in New York's Central Park.

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Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS'

Date: 12.02.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 22.10.94 ITV 10.00pm; 3.10.95 ITV 10.40pm; 12.10.96 ITV 10.00pm; 28.01.98 ITV 10.40pm

Thriller. A novice FBI agent is assigned to help track down a serial killer. To develop a profile of the killer, she has to collaborate with one of the most dangerous murderers ever brought to justice - a cannibalistic psychiatrist.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'UNHOLY MATRIMONY'

Date: 14.03.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 3.30pm

Previously shown: 25.11.96 ITV 11.10pm; 7.07.98 ITV 11.40pm

Fact based crime thriller. In the sleazy underworld of San Antonio in Texas, a car mechanic-turned-psychologist and a pimp-turned-minister join forces to commit the perfect crime - murdering a young woman for 300,000 dollars in accident insurance.

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Violent Assaults: 6

Programme: 'NO MERCY'

Date: 21.03.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 2.11.91 ITV 9.05pm; 8.05.93 ITV ; 25.08.98 C5 ; 29.03.99 C5 9.00pm; 7.03.2000 C5 9.00pm

Crime thriller. A Chicago policeman travels to New Orleans to avenge his partner's murder. His only lead to the killer is the Cajun mistress of a local gang boss.

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 2 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'TANGO & CASH'

Date: 27.03.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 27.02.95 ITV 9.00pm; 1.02.97 ITV 10.00pm; 4.04.98 ITV 10.05pm; 12.10.98 C5 9.00pm

Action Thriller. Two Los Angeles policemen, who have become rivals, are forced to overcome their differences when they are sent to prison after being framed by a drugs baron.

Incidents involving�������������

Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3

Programme: 'GET CARTER'

Date: 28.03.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 24.03.96 BBC1 11.45pm; 7.03.98 BBC2 10.30pm

Gangster thriller. A tough London racketeer travels to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to avenge his brother's murder.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 7 Knives etc: 2 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'BLUE JEAN COP'

Date: 2.04.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 26.10.91 9.05pm; 5.02.94 10.45pm; 20.05.95 ITV 10.45pm

A lawyer and a detective team up to find the killers of an undercover cop.

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Firearms: 7 Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'BEAR ISLAND'

Date: 5.04.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 3.35pm

Previously shown: 10.02.95 ITV 10.40pm

Adventure Thriller. On an Arctic Island, a team of meteorologists discover the rusting hulk of a World War II German submarine, containing skeletons and gold bullion.

Incidents involving ������������

Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'MIAMI BLUES'

Date: 16.04.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 8.08.97 ITV 10.45pm; 16.04.2000 C5 9.00pm

Offbeat thriller. A devious criminal arrives in Miami, steals a policeman's badge and gun, and goes on a crime spree...

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'UNIVERSAL SOLDIER'

Date: 19.04.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 24.06.95 ITV 10.00pm; 29.10.96 ITV 10.40pm; 24.01.98 ITV 10.00pm; 22.07.2000 ITV 11.20pm

Sci-fi action adventure. A soldier killed in Vietnam is brought back from the dead as a state-of-the-art killing machine. But flashbacks prompt him to question his role as a government-controlled killer and lead him to clash with his former platoon leader, who is also now a cyborg.

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Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 9 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'BLUE HEAT'

Date: 21.04.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 29.12.94 ITV 9.15pm; 6.02.96 ITV 9.00pm; 15.06.98 ITV 11.40pm; 4.04.2000 C4 9.00pm

Thriller. An undercover narcotics squad raids a drugs ring. But the mission goes wrong when the back-up does not arrive and they realize they have stumbled upon something much bigger than they had first thought.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'DARKMAN'

Date: 22.04.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 30.05.93 BBC2 10.25pm; 6.05.95 BBC1 11.40pm; 19.02.97 BBC1 11.25pm; 27.11.98 BBC1 11.40pm

Fantasy thriller. A brilliant scientist who invents synthetic skin is horribly mutilated in a gang attack. Thanks to his invention he is able to plan an ingenious revenge.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 10 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'THE ROOKIE'

Date: 26.04.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 4.12.93 ITV 9.30pm; 9.10.95 ITV 9.00pm; 29.03.97 ITV 9.05pm; 7.03.98 ITV 10.20pm; 16.05.2000 C5 9.00pm

Police thriller. When his partner is killed in a shoot-out with a car thief, a veteran cop is teamed with a rich kid trying to escape his background.

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Firearms: 13 Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'NEXT OF KIN'

Date: 3.05.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 12.11.93 BBC1 9.30pm; 5.05.95 BBC1 10.35pm; 18.02.97 BBC1 10.55pm; 10.12.97 BBC1 00.05am; 9.03.98 C5 9.00pm; 27.03.2000 C5 9.00pm

Comedy thriller. A hillbilly cop vows to bring his younger brother's gangster killer to justice. But his older brother is set on violent confrontation with the Mob...

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Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 7 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'SUSPECT'

Date: 11.05.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 7.11.92 ITV 9.05pm; 28.06.99 C5 9.00pm

A lawyer in Washington discovers secrets in high places when she defends a homeless deaf and dumb man accused of murder.

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Firearms: 1 Violent assaults: 3 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON'

Date: 12.05.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 3.35am

Previously shown: 16.05.93 C4 9.00pm; 27.05.94 C4 11.50pm; 30.08.98 C5 11.00pm

Bitter sweet comedy drama. A Russian circus performer defects in New York and discovers that the city is not all it appears to be - or the American Dream.

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Firearms: 1

Programme: 'NATURAL BORN KILLERS'

Date: 12.05.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.55pm

Previously shown: 8.11.97 C5 10.50pm

Violent drama. A young couple embark on a three-week killing spree that leaves 52 people dead and sees them become 'stars' in the eyes of the media.

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Firearms: 15 Violent Assaults: 11 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 5 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'FIRST BLOOD'

Date: 13.05.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.40pm

Previously shown: 17.09.98 C5 10.00pm

A Vietnam veteran looks up an Army friend but finds he died under suspicious circumstances. The local town sheriff arrests the veteran on a false charge but lives to regret it. He and his men cannot contain the veteran who goes on the rampage in fury.

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 3 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'BLIND DATE'

Date: 14.05.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 14.11.92 BBC1 9.25pm; 18.12.96 C5 9.00pm; 29.11.98 C5 9.00pm

Romantic comedy. Desperate for a date to take to a company dinner, a harassed executive is set up with his sister-in-law's cousin, but is given a word of warning - on no account should he let her drink alcohol...

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE ASSASSIN'

Date: 17.05.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 23.09.96 ITV 9.00pm; 7.02.98 ITV 10.00pm

Action thriller. A street punk is sentenced to death after killing a cop. However, instead of being executed, she is recruited to a top-secret government agency and trained as an assassin.

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Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 4���

Programme: 'THE RUNNING MAN'

Date: 21.05.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 29.10.94 ITV 9.00pm; 16.09.95 ITV 9.00pm; 3.05.97 ITV 10.15pm; 16.03.98 C5 9.00pm; 9.03.99 C5 9.00pm; 18.04.2000 C5 9.00pm

Sci-fi adventure. A convict in 21st century America is forced to participate in a deadly game show in which the contestants are hunted to their deaths by a team of fearsome gladiators.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'RENEGADES'

Date: 22.05.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 6.05.94 BBC1 10.20pm; 7.10.95 BBC2 11.15pm; 17.04.98 C5 11.10pm

Action thriller. When a maverick cop teams up with a Lakota Indian to track down a crooked policeman, the unlikely pair end up on the run from enemies on both sides of the law....

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Firearms: 11 Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 5

Programme: 'TELEFON'

Date: 31.05.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 4.03.94 BBC1 10.20pm; 14.05.97 BBC1 11.30pm; 22.09.98 BBC1 11.30pm

Spy thriller. A KGB agent tries to stop a renegade Stalinist's plans to heat up the Cold War between East and West.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 1 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2

Programme: 'FINAL ANALYSIS'

Date: 5.06.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 21.01.95 ITV 9.00pm; 3.01.96 ITV 9.00pm; 23.08.97 ITV 10.10pm

Psychological thriller. A San Francisco psychiatrist falls in love with the sister of one of his patients. When her violent husband is murdered, he becomes the prime suspect.

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Firearms: 2 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'JUMPIN' JACK FLASH'

Date: 6.06.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 8.00pm

Previously shown: 3.03.93 ITV 8.00pm; 12.07.95 ITV 8.00pm; 19.04.98 BBC1 10.35pm

Comedy spy thriller. A bored computer operator is longing for excitement and romance when she receives an electronic cry for help from a British spy trapped behind the Iron Curtain.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'DEADLY PURSUIT'

Date: 10.06.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.50pm

Previously shown: 16.10.91 ITV 9.00pm; 4.05.98 C5 9.00pm; 29.01.2001 BBC1 11.30pm

Thriller. An FBI agent pursues a killer into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest, aided by a rugged mountain guide whose girlfriend is the killer's hostage.

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Firearms: 8 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'HANDGUN'

Date: 11.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 11.10pm

Previously shown: 25.07.98 C4 10.00pm; 17.08.2000 C4 2.40am

Crime Drama. When a teacher in Dallas is raped by a lawyer she sets out for revenge...

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE STONE KILLER'

Date: 14.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 18.04.95 ITV 1.25am; 20.12.97 C5 10.50pm; 27.09.98 C5 9.00pm; 10.03.2000 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. A New York detective transfers to the West Coast where he becomes involved in trying to unravel a chain of mystery that leads to the elaborate plan of a Mafia don using Vietnam veterans to stage an underworld massacre.

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Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 5

Programme: 'CRIMES OF PASSION'

Date: 16.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.50pm

Previously shown: 2.10.98 C5 11.55pm

Black Comedy. A business woman leads a double life but one night one of her customers becomes dangerous.

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Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'BLACK WIDOW'

Date: 18.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 6.08.94 ITV 9.25pm; 18.02.96 ITV 11.40pm; 21.08.97 C4 10.30pm

Thriller. When two wealthy men both die of the same rare disease, a Justice Department investigator's suspicions are aroused.

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Firearms: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'DONATO AND DAUGHTER'

Date: 21.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 5.02.98 ITV 10.40pm

Thriller. A Los Angeles police officer and his daughter, also a police officer, try to put aside personal differences when they become involved in the hunt for a psychopathic serial killer.

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Firearms: 3 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'BETRAYED'

Date: 28.06.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 3.35pm

Previously shown: 2.09.92 ITV 9.00pm; 29.06.2000 C5 3.30pm

Thriller. An undercover FBI agent investigating a racist group in the Deep South falls for her main suspect.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 1

Programme: 'THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY'

Date: 15.07.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 24.08.93 BBC1 10.00; 28.04.95 BBC1 10.20pm; 16.07.96 BBC1 10.20pm; 15.12.98 BBC1 11.20pm

Political thriller. A young Australian journalist gets caught up in a revolutionary coup in 1965 Indonesia. As he strives for a scoop he becomes involved with a British Embassy official and a Chinese-Australian photographer.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'DEAD CALM'

Date: 17.07.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 4.08.96 BBC1 9.45pm; 7.02.2000 C5 9.00pm

Suspense thriller. Sailing their yacht in the Pacific, a couple rescue the sole survivor of a sinking ship. The sailor's story of disaster doesn't ring true, so the husband decides to investigate - leaving his wife alone with the stranger on the yacht....

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME'

Date: 20.07.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 30.10.91 ITV 9.00pm; 22.05.93 ITV 9.30pm; 30.01.95 ITV 9.00pm; 2.02.98 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. A New York cop is assigned to protect a socialite who has witnessed the murder of one of her friends. However, on a museum visit, he cannot prevent the killer from reaching her...

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'PINK CADILLAC'

Date: 27.07.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 24.08.96 ITV 9.30pm

Action comedy. A 'skip-tracer' whose job is to track down escaped criminals and bail-jumpers is hired to find a young woman and an eight-month-old baby.

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Firearms: 10 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 2 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'FEDS'

Date: 28.07.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 6.15pm

Previously shown: 20.09.95 ITV 8.30pm; 1.01.97 ITV 5.35pm; 16.02.98 C5 9.00pm; 24.04.2000 C5 9.00pm

Comedy. Two women, one an ex-marine, the other a lawyer, help each other survive gruelling training and the pranks of their chauvinistic colleagues as recruits at the FBI academy.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'THE DREAM TEAM'

Date: 29.07.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 28.01.98 BBC1 11.15pm

Comedy. Four mismatched psychiatric patients on a day trip to New York's Yankee Stadium get separated from their doctor-chaperon.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'DESPERATE HOURS'

Date: 3.08.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 17.09.94 9.00pm; 30.12.95 10.05pm; 9.08.97 ITV 10.15pm

Fifties thriller. A psychopathic criminal escapes from prison and, with his gang, holds a family hostage.

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Firearms: 11 Violent Assaults: 11 Knives etc: 3

Programme: 'ENDLESS LOVE'

Date: 3.08.2001 Channel: C5 ������������� Time: 1.05am

Previously shown: 6.04.91 BBC1 10.40pm; 15.05.98 C5 11.45pm

A teenager becomes totally obsessed with a beautiful girl.

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Violent Assaults: 2 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'SOUTHERN COMFORT'

Date: 9.08.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 15.01.91 BBC1 10.55pm; 25.02.2000 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. A group of National Guardsmen on manoeuvres in the Louisiana swamps become involved in a tense cat-and-mouse game with murderous Cajun hillbillies.

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 4

Programme: 'MIKE'S MURDER'

Date: 17.08.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 1.15am

Previously shown: 17.07.93 BBC2 12.10am; 25.07.95 BBC1 11.50pm

Thriller. A woman finds her boyfriend dead and her investigations into the cause reveal a secret dark side to his life.

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Violent Assaults: 4 Illegal Drug Abuse: 2

Programme: 'ROBOCOP'

Date: 15.09.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 19.3.94 ITV 10.15pm; 18.2.95 ITV 10.15pm; 13.04.96 ITV 10.05pm; 8.05.99 ITV 10.00pm; 15.04.2000 ITV 10.20pm; 31.07.2000 ITV 1.30am; 18.10.2000 C5 10.15pm

Science Fiction thriller. A murdered policeman is transformed into an indestructible cyborg policeman - but retains some human spirit and seeks revenge against the men who killed him.

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Firearms: 12 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'DECEIVED'

Date: 17.09.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 13.02.95 ITV 9.00pm; 18.05.96 ITV 9.00pm

Thriller. A New York art restorer's life is thrown into turmoil after her husband of six years is killed in a car accident. As evidence of his real identity slowly emerges, she finds her own life in deadly peril as she gets closer to the truth.

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Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1�����

Programme: 'IMPULSE'

Date: 23.09.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 22.01.94 ITV 9.05pm; 11.3.95 ITV 9.00pm; 12.03.2000 C5 9.00pm

Thriller. An undercover vice policewoman and an assistant District Attorney join forces to find a missing witness in an important trial.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 4 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'TRUE CONFESSIONS'

Date: 27.09.2001 ������ Channel: C5 ������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 10.04.96 BBC1 11.30pm; 6.06.99 C5 9.00pm; 26.11.2000 C5 9.00pm

Crime drama. The lives of an L.A. police detective and his Catholic priest brother come together in surprising ways during an investigation into the murder of a prostitute.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 2

Programme: 'SHINING THROUGH'

Date: 1.10.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 11.9.95 ITV 9.00pm; 26.05.97 ITV 10.40pm

Romantic espionage drama set during World War Two. A New York secretary persuades her spy master lover to send her on a dangerous assignment to Berlin. Once there, she succeeds in infiltrating the home of a top Wehrmacht officer - but can she accomplish her mission before a Gestapo double-agent betrays her?

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'A BOY CALLED HATE'

Date: 6.10.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 12.05pm

Previously shown: 16.11.98 C5 10.55

Teen road drama. A young petty criminal rescues a girl from violent assault and shoots her attacker. The pair go on the run but they are hunted down after killing a police officer.

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Firearms: 4 Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'BIRD'

Date: 12.10.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 12.35am

Previously shown: 1.06.96 BBC2 12.10am

Biopic of jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.

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Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'COMA'

Date: 18.10.2001������� Channel: C5 ������������� Time: 9.15pm

Previously shown: 10.7.92 10.20pm; 27.10.95 BBC1 10.20pm

A doctor's life is threatened when she investigates a sinister medical conspiracy.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 3

Programme: 'BASIC INSTINCT'

Date: 31.10.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.15pm

Previously shown: 16.11.94 ITV 10.40pm; 23.9.95 ITV 10.00pm; 8.10.97 ITV ; 21.04.99 C5 10.00pm; 25.10.2000 C5 10.15pm

Erotic thriller. A detective investigates the brutal murder of a rock star and finds himself sexually attracted to the prime suspect.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 3 Knives etc: 1 Illegal Drug Abuse: 1

Programme: 'A WOMAN SCORNED'

Date: 2.11.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.50pm

Previously shown: 20.10.98 C5 10.00pm

Erotic Drama. After her husband commits suicide a young woman decides to find out the reasons why. When she uncovers the truth she sets out on a trail of revenge.

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Firearms: 2 Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'A BREED APART'

Date: 7.11.2001 Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 15.10.91 BBC1 10.50pm; 10.09.2000 C5 9.00pm

A reclusive Vietnam veteran lives on a private island where he protects the are wildlife that flourishes there. Into this safe world comes a ruthless egg collector.

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1

Programme: 'PREDATOR 2'

Date: 16.11.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 10.10.95 ITV 10.40pm; 18.02.98 ITV 10.40pm

Sci-fi action fantasy sequel. In L.A. a bloodthirsty alien exploits the conflict between drugs dealers and the police, killing indiscriminately. It's left to a streetwise cop to fight the creature to the death.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 5 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 3�������������

Programme: 'RESERVOIR DOGS'

Date: 19.11.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 31.05.97 C4 10.30pm

Crime thriller. When a big jewel heist goes horribly wrong, the gang hide out in an empty warehouse with a cop hostage - and the suspicion that they have an informer in their midst....

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Firearms: 11 Violent Assaults: 4 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'MIDNIGHT EXPRESS'

Date: 20.11.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 10.00pm

Previously shown: 24.10.97 ITV 10.40pm; 8.11.2000 C5 10.15pm

Prison drama. An American college student is arrested at Istanbul airport for possession of drugs and sentenced to four years in a Turkish prison.

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Firearms: 1 Violent Assaults: 9 Knives etc: 2

Programme: 'HARD TARGET'

Date: 21.11.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 12.07.97 BBC1 10.00pm; 10.03.2000 BBC1 10.25pm

Action thriller. An out-of-work sailor comes to the aid of a woman searching for her missing father and discovers a group of sadistic hunters who kill human prey for sport.

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Firearms: 16 Violent Assaults: 6 Fire Raising/Explosions: 4 Knives etc: 10

Programme: 'EXTREME PREJUDICE'

Date: 26.11.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 26.8.91 ITV 10.35pm; 25.01.96 ITV 10.40pm; 31.08.98 C5 9.00pm; 4.09.2000 C5 9.00pm

Action thriller. A Texas Ranger fights a big battle against local drug trafficking. His problems are made worse when a leading drug dealer turns out to be a boyhood friend.

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Firearms: 9 Violent Assaults: 3 Fire Raising/Explosions: 1 Knives etc: 1

Programme: 'BILLY BATHGATE'

Date: 29.11.2001 ������ Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 28.11.96 ITV 10.50pm; 2.12.2000 ITV 11.25pm

Drama set in Thirties New York. An impressionable young man becomes involved with a notorious gangster who is in the twilight of his criminal career.�

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Firearms: 3 Violent Assaults: 5

Programme: 'CONAN THE DESTROYER'

Date: 2.12.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 3.04.97 ITV 10.40pm

Fantasy adventure. Comic-book hero Conan the Barbarian joins a young princess on a quest to find a magic key.

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Violent Assaults: 1 Knives etc: 11

Programme: 'F/X - MURDER BY ILLUSION'

Date: 3.12.2001� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 10.09.92 BBC1 9.30pm; 2.07.94 BBC1 9.20pm; 19.02.97 ITV 10.40pm; 12.01.2001 ITV 11.30pm

High Tech Thriller. A top special effects man in the film world is called upon to stage the 'killing' of a supergrass for a corrupt section of the Justice Department. But eh Department decide to kill him and he has to make an unlikely alliance with an honest policeman to uncover a bizarre plot.

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Firearms: 5 Violent Assaults: 4

Programme: 'DISORGANISED CRIME'

Date: 19.12.2001������� Channel: C5�������������� Time: 9.00pm

Previously shown: 25.04.97 ITV 10.45pm; 8.10.98 C5 ; 1.11.99 C5

Crime comedy. A criminal plans the perfect robbery but manages to get himself arrested before he can reach the rendezvous with his fellow crooks.

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Firearms: 6 Violent Assaults: 3

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