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Pure Wickedness

1999 · 1 season

A slow-burning, emotionally charged drama about forbidden desire and its messy consequences, grounded in ordinary British life.

Created by
Harry Hook
Genres
Drama
Overview
A highly respectable middle-class married woman watches a window cleaner fill his bucket at her kitchen sink and has a sudden urge to rip off his shirt. They make love right there - the mad, bad, no-chance- to-breathe and when-can-we-do-it-next kind of sex. And both she and her windows end up with a special sparkle. then there is trouble. Big trouble. For this is an up-till-then contented doctor's wife, a devoted mother with her own career as an optician. She doesn't DO adultery, especially not with a working class bloke who drinks too much, thinks too little and has a wife and four children, one of whom is her daughter's best pal.
How it feels
Tense, melancholic, romantic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Betrayal, class, obsession, family
Content
Strong sexual content. Mild language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Harry Hook
Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Harry Hook
Written by
Lucy Gannon
Starring
Orla Brady, Kevin Whately, David Morrissey, Bhasker Patel, Linda Spurrier, Lesley Dunlop, Pip Torrens, Danielle McCormack
Music
John E. Keane
Cinematography
Sue Gibson
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom

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