An Evil Streak

An Evil Streak is a three-part British television psychological drama series, created and written based on the novel by Andrea Newman published in 1977. It was directed by Edward Bennett, that first broadcast on ITV for three consecutive weeks from 17 to 31 May 1999 on Mondays, it was produced by LWT for the ITV network. The series stars Trevor Eve and Rosalind Bennett, and follows Gemma Clarkson (Bennett), has been led astray by her godfather, Alex Kyle (Eve), ever since she was a little girl. Now she is older his obsessive influence becomes even more sinister as he manipulates her into an extra-marital affair.^[1] A scheming uncle leads his married niece into an affair with an out of work actor.^[2] The series has never been re-broadcast or released on DVD or VHS.

An Evil Streak
Genre	Psychological drama, thriller
Written by	Andrea Newman
Directed by	Edward Bennett
Starring	Trevor Eve Rosalind Bennett Richard Dillane Lynsey Baxter Adrian Rawlins Gemma Jones Lolly Taylor Jackson Leach Ann Firbank
Composer	Stanislaus Syriewicz
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Executive producer	Jo Wright
Producer	Simon Passmore
Cinematography	John Hooper
Editor	Andrew McClelland
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	LWT
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	17 May (1999-05-17) – 31 May 1999 (1999-05-31)

Reception

It was a pure and mediocre reception for an ITV drama performance.

Cast

• Trevor Eve as Alex Kyle
• Rosalind Bennett as Gemma Clarkson
• Richard Dillane as David Mereday
• Lynsey Baxter as Catherine Mereday
• Adrian Rawlins as Christopher Clarkson
• Gemma Jones as Beatrice Kyle
• Lolly Taylor as Stephanie Clarkson
• Jackson Leach as Jonathan Clarkson
• Ann Firbank as Consultant
• Yana Yanezic as Catherine's Model

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Airdate	UK viewers (million)
1	"Episode 1"	Edward Bennett	Andrea Newman	17 May 1999 (1999-05-17)	8.31[3]
2	"Episode 2"	Edward Bennett	Andrea Newman	24 May 1999 (1999-05-24)	7.18[3]
3	"Episode 3"	Edward Bennett	Andrea Newman	31 May 1999 (1999-05-31)	5.40[3]