diff -Naurb vdr-1.5.8.org/epg.c vdr-1.5.8/epg.c
--- vdr-1.5.8.org/epg.c	2009-01-10 13:15:54.309620873 -0500
+++ vdr-1.5.8/epg.c	2009-01-10 13:25:37.612995505 -0500
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 
 #define RUNNINGSTATUSTIMEOUT 30 // seconds before the running status is considered unknown
 
+static char* const critiques[8] = 
+{ 
+  "", "*", "*½", "**", "**½", "***", "***½", "****" 
+};
+
+static char* const ratings[8] = 
+{
+  "NR/AO", "G", "PG", "PG-13", "R", "NR/AO", "", "NC-17" 
+};
+
 // --- tComponent ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 cString tComponent::ToString(void)
@@ -556,6 +566,39 @@
      strcat(description, " (5.1)");
   }
 
+  // Add event event rating and critique to the description.
+  
+  if (description != NULL)
+    {
+    char  detailRating[strlen(description) + 22]; // Maximal string: "NR/AO [V,L,N,SC] ****" 21 chars + description
+    detailRating[0] = '\0';
+    strcat(detailRating, ratings[(rating>>10) & 0x07]);
+    if (ratings[(rating>>10) & 0x07] != "") strcat(detailRating, " ");
+    if (rating & 0x35F) // Replace with 0x3FF when we know what bits 9 and 11 represent
+    {
+      strcat(detailRating, "[");
+  
+      if (rating & (0x0200 | 0x0010)) // Bit 7  or 12: Violence (counting from MSB)
+        strcat(detailRating, "V,");
+      if (rating & (0x0008 | 0x0002)) // Bit 13 or 15: Language
+        strcat(detailRating, "L,");
+      if (rating & (0x0040 | 0x0004)) // Bit 10 or 14: Nudity
+        strcat(detailRating, "N,");
+      if (rating & (0x0100 | 0x0001)) // Bit 8  or 16: Sexual Content
+        strcat(detailRating, "SC,");
+      if (rating & (0x0080 | 0x0020)) // Bit 9  or 11: Unknown
+        strcat(detailRating, "?,");
+      char* s = strrchr(detailRating, ',');
+      if (s) s[0] = ']';
+      if (s[0] = ']') strcat(detailRating, " ");
+    }
+    strcat(detailRating, critiques[rating>>13]);
+    if (critiques[rating>>13] != "") strcat(detailRating, " ");
+    description = (char *)realloc(description, strlen(description) + strlen(detailRating) + 1);
+    strcat(detailRating, description);
+    strcpy(description, detailRating);
+  // printf("rating=%s\n", description);*/
+  }
   // Some channels apparently try to do some formatting in the texts,
   // which is a bad idea because they have no way of knowing the width
   // of the window that will actually display the text.