Grease is slapped with a woke trigger warning by ITV due to its scenes of 'teenage misbehaviour'
Grease has been slapped with a woke trigger warning by ITV due to its scenes of 'teenage misbehaviour'.
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By AMELIA WYNNE, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER
Published: 01:46 GMT, 2 January 2026 | Updated: 01:49 GMT, 2 January 2026
Grease has been slapped with a woke trigger warning by ITV due to its scenes of 'teenage misbehaviour'.
The film was released in 1978 and follows Danny and Sandy as they reconnect at high school following a summer fling.
It stars John Travolta as Danny while Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson is played by the late Olivia Newton-John.
The film features discussions about virginity, teenage pregnancy and many would argue nowadays that some scenes and songs trivialise the issue of consent.
The description on ITVX reads: 'With mild language and teenage misbehaviour.'
It follows a patterns of many older films and series now carrying new warnings or having their certificates reclassified.
Grease has been slapped with a woke trigger warning by ITV due to its scenes of 'teenage misbehaviour'
The film was released in 1978 and follows Danny and Sandy as they reconnect at high school following a summer fling
Just earlier this week one of the most popular Hollywood musicals of all time West Side Story was reclassified as a 12 certificate after 40 years of being a PG.
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) identified a number of themes and scenes which it considers triggering for younger viewers, and so raised the age rating for the home entertainment release.
One warning is for sexism and 'occasional transphobic remarks' – thought to centre around 'tomboy' Anybodys, a character who is now accepted as being transgender and is told to 'go wear a skirt'.
Another warns of 'moderate violence, sexual threat [and] discrimination'. It also notes that 'characters occasionally smoke cigarettes and there are verbal references to alcohol addiction', as well as people being 'stabbed with clear sight of knife impact, though there is no blood', and somebody being shot.
Released in cinemas in 1961, the retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is the tragic love story of Maria and Tony, members of rival gangs who rule the Upper West Side of New York.
Originally a Broadway musical, the film was directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, with music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.