Robbie Williams

What’s it about?

UK music artist, Robbie Williams, reflects on his younger years, starting with his time with Take That (the band) and the beginning of his solo career. The docuseries includes 30 years of behind-the-scenes footage of Williams revisiting his drug and alcohol misuse, relationships and mental health journey.

The facts

• Directed by Joe Pearlman
• English language
• Runtime: 4 episodes, 50 minutes each.

Why did it get this rating?

This docuseries was self-rated by Netflix. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.

Drug use

Williams talks about his drugs and alcohol addiction as part of his long journey towards sobriety. He talks about the impacts it had on his life and those around him.

Mental health

The series highlights Williams’ mental health journey and his battle with depression and anxiety. His journey after leaving Take That and becoming sober, as well as the pressure of being famous, took a mental toll.

William’s openly shares some of the lowest moments of his life. This includes references to his attempts at suicide and self-harm. While nothing is shown this could be hard to watch for people who have or have known someone who has gone through similar experiences with mental health.

Sexual references

Known as an entertainer, Williams leans into his sex-appeal image. He is frank in how he talks about past relationships and references the time he said that he slept with four out of the five Spice Girls.

Offensive language

The series contains a lot of offensive language, ‘f*ck’ and ‘sh*t’ is frequently mentioned.

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