<P> 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 . </P>
how many episodes of touching evil are there
16