One character is sexually assaulted offscreen and their face shows bruises when they reappear. They are a sex worker, so one could easily interpret most of the sexual encounters they have in their worklife to be nonconsensual. In fact, this character even alludes to that during one episode.
Fagin basically runs an entire ring of orphans whom he's taught the art of thieving. The Bumbles run an orphanage where Mrs. Bumble shouts at them. The famous "Please, sir, may I have some more?" scene from Oliver Twist is also played out, with Oliver being ejected from the orphanage.
A few things: One character is a sex worker and they discuss their job a few times. Two characters undress to have sex and while we don't see nudity, we definitely see some skin. Some crude sexual slang is also used, and at one point we do see naked buttocks during a scene with some sexual tension.
The Bumbles are both fat, and there are a lot of jokes about Mr. Bumble's weight--including a typical tight-fitting suit/tearing the suit jacket moment.
Compeyson gaslights and/or emotionally abuses pretty much everyone he comes into contact with. You definitely do NOT want to watch this if gaslighting is a trigger.
MASSIVE spoilers:
Although no one says the term out loud, Arthur is clearly gay. He dies by suicide at the end of the show--but his sexual orientation does not factor into his death.
Stillbirth. Sort of.
MAJOR SPOILERS
Honoria gives birth late in the series, and at first the child appears to be stillborn. However, a few minutes later, the child is revealed to be fine.
You could interpret Compeyson's pursuit of Amelia Havisham as stalking, particularly as he appears in a few places where she is at the behest of another character.
This one is kind of up to interpretation. If you know the book Oliver Twist, then you may likely know that Fagin is Jewish. Though Dickensian never mentions that fact, Fagin does have some fairly stereotypical/antisemitic Jewish qualities (e.g. being greedy and just an all-around shifty guy). Again, your mileage may vary with this one.
Episode 8- at about 29:00, Honoria empties a bowl of dried flowers and is sick into it. No visual, audio only. (On Britbox- elsewhere may be the very end of episode 15 or the very beginning of episode 16)
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