Viewers of Channel Seven’s midday movie were perhaps put off their sandwiches on Friday, with the network airing a frisky film when many were just sitting down for lunch.
The 2015 Lifetime movie, titled If There Be Thorns, features a racy sex scene depicting a couple in the throes of passion as a young child watches on through a crack in the doorway.
The romantic thriller is a sequel to 2014’s Petals on The Wind, another raunchy film which Channel Seven aired last Friday afternoon.
Freaky Friday! On Friday, Channel Seven aired If There Be Thorns as their midday movie, a racy film which featured a heated sex scene
Surprisingly, however, the screening of both films do not appear to breach the commercial television Code of Practice.
Under the existing Code for Australian free-to-air television, any material classified M can be aired on school days between 12pm and 3pm.
If There Be Thorns, which is rated M for ‘mature themes, violence and sex scenes’, stars Heather Graham and Australian actress Rachel Carpani.
Carpani, 37, shot to fame on McLeod’s Daughters, and features in the graphic sex scene, with a male actor kissing her passionately from behind as he pulls up her pink negligee.
He then pushes her down onto the bed as they appear to simulate doggy-style sex.
In the film, the couple’s heavy breathing and passionate moans attract the attention of a young boy, who peers through the door standing startled by what he sees.
It seems Channel Seven has a penchant for playing provocative movies on Friday, as the screening of If There Be Thorns comes exactly seven days after Petals In The Wind shocked viewers as it went to air.
That thriller features actors Rose McIver and Will Kemp simulating oral sex in one particular scene.
McIver was also heard moaning ‘yes’ in another scene involving the same characters having sex.
Afternoon delight! Last Friday, Seven shocked viewers by airing the 2014 thriller Petals On The Wind
It’s not the first time Channel Seven has raised eyebrows with its choice of afternoon movie.
In June 2015, the network aired M-rated teen film Fast Times at Ridgemont High at 12pm on Thursday.
The 1982 comedy features masturbation, oral sex simulation and full frontal nudity.
That was unexpected! That thriller features actors Rose McIver and Will Kemp simulating oral sex in one particular scene