Pure Wickedness is a four-part British television drama miniseries, created and written by Lucy Gannon and directed by Harry Hook, that first broadcast on BBC One between 14 September and 5 October 1999.
The series was broadcast on Tuesdays at 21:30, and was also repeated on Saturdays and Tuesdays on BBC Choice.
Set in Derbyshire, the series deals with the aftermath of adultery. It is centred Jenny (Orla Brady) and Geoff Meadows' (Kevin Whately) marriage, which is disrupted when Jenny begins an affair with window-cleaner Frank Healy (David Morrissey).
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Principal photography took place in Derbyshire, Kent and London in 1998. On-location filming locations included Matlock, Thorpe Cloud, Chesterfield and Belper, while indoor scenes were filmed in London. This coincided with showrunner Lucy Gannon's move back to Derbyshire, where she chose to set the series.
Peter Salmon of The Guardian gave the series a mixed review, writing; "It's not about poaching stars; it's not about imitating innovative formats. It [the BBC 1 schedule] is about ambition, quality, commitment and talent." Fiona Looney of the Sunday Tribune wrote suggested the relationship between Jenny and Frank lacked "an undercurrent of passion". Sean Day-Lewis of Country Life gave a more positive review, praising Gannon's "unfailingly true" characters and dialogue.
The series has yet to be released on DVD or VHS.