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 season consists of six 50 minute (one-hour with advertisements) 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 first episode aired on 29 April 1997. The last episode of the series aired on 6 June 1999, after 16 episodes and 3 seasons.