Touching Evil
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Touching Evil was a 1997 British television drama serial, produced by Granada Television and screened on the ITV network. It 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 star was popular actor Robson Green, playing a police officer, DCI Cregeen, whose injuries after a shooting leave him with strange abilities to sense criminals. The serial was very popular, and led to two sequel serials in 1998 and 1999, although these were not written by Abbott or Davies. 1999's Touching Evil III was co-produced with Granada by Green's own independent production company, Coastal Productions.
In 2004, the USA Network in the US screened an American mini-series adaptation of the first serial, produced by actor Bruce Willis's production company. While the American adaptation garnered critical acclaim, the USA Network deemed it commercially unsuccessful and opted to not renew the series.