Touching Evil

Touching Evil
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Paul Abbott
Starring	Robson Green Nicola Walker Michael Feast Adam Kotz Shaun Dingwall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	1997 – 1999

Touching Evil is a British television drama serial, which began airing in 1997. It was produced by United Productions for Anglia Television, and screened on the ITV network. The first series consisted of six fifty-minute (one-hour with adverts) episodes. It was created by Paul Abbott, and written by Abbott with Russell T Davies. The serial was very popular, and led to two sequel serials in 1998 and 1999, although these were not written by Abbott or Davies.

The star was popular actor Robson Green, playing a police officer, DCI Dave Creegan, whose injuries after a shooting leave him with strange abilities to sense criminals. Touching Evil III was co-produced by Green's own independent production company, Coastal Productions. Green's co-star was Nicola Walker, playing Creegan's colleague DI Susan Taylor.

US version

In 2004, the USA Network in the US screened an adaptation of the first serial, produced by actor Bruce Willis's production company, Cheyenne Enterprises and starring Jeffrey Donovan as detective Creegan. The premise was somewhat different than that of the UK series; rather than acquiring the ability to sense criminals, Creegan's recovery from a gunshot wound to the head instead strips him of his impulse control and sense of shame. While the American adaptation garnered critical acclaim, the USA Network deemed it commercially unsuccessful and opted not to renew the series.

External links

• Touching Evil (UK version) at the Internet Movie Database
• Touching Evil (US version) at the Internet Movie Database
• Touching Evil at The Robson Green Web Site