Pure
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2019
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy drama about one woman's mental illness and attempts to find herself after running away to London. Stars Charly Clive, Anthony Welsh, Niamh Algar, Joe Cole, Kiran Sonia Sawar and more.
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Pure, episode 1, review
Naked bodies and extreme emotions make this new comedy an excruciating success,
Helen Brown, The Telegraph, 30th January 2019Pure branded 'soft porn' by shocked viewers
Channel 4's new drama Pure has had a mixed reaction from fans after the first episode aired tonight.
The new six-part series follows 24-year-old Marnie, who battles a mental illness called purely obsessional OCD (pure O), a form of OCD characterised by repetitive sexual thoughts.
Rebecca Flood, The Sun, 30th January 2019Charly Clive interview
Charly Clive, the star of Channel 4's taboo-busting new drama talks about how a brain tumour helped her find her comic voice.
Sarah Carson, i Newspaper, 30th January 2019How did Channel 4's Pure shoot those OCD naked scenes?
Filming Marnie's "intrusive thoughts" of sex and nudity proved quite a challenge for Channel 4's groundbreaking new drama.
Eleanor Bley Griffiths, Radio Times, 30th January 2019Kirstie Swain on writing Channel 4 comedy drama Pure
As she strolls into The Herald offices wheeling a suitcase behind her, Kirstie Swain looks every inch a woman going places. When we meet on a windswept Monday morning, the screenwriter is en route to London fresh from visiting her parents in the Berwickshire village of Ayton.
Susan Swarbrick, The Herald, 28th January 2019What is "Pure O", the form of OCD in Pure?
The lead character in Pure suffers from intrusive and distressing sexual thoughts - read more about the little-known condition here.
Ellie Harrison, Radio Times, 28th January 2019Charly Clive: How brain tumour inspired comedy career
At 23, Charly Clive discovered she had a tumour the size of a golf ball in her brain. She named it 'Britney' and wrote a sellout comedy show about it. Now she's starring in Pure, a Channel 4 drama about OCD.
Eva Wiseman, The Guardian, 27th January 2019I talk to: Charly Clive
The name Charly Clive might mean very little to you now, but if her television debut as the lead in Channel 4's comedy drama Pure is anything to go by, we're going to be seeing a lot more of her in the coming years.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 27th January 2019Kirstie Swain interview
We wanted to be truthful and respectful of the condition but also make a great TV show too.
Kate Stone, Funny Women, 25th January 2019The sort of original, provocative fare that Channel 4 does better than just about anybody (and arguably no longer does enough of), this comedy-drama stars Charly Clive as Marnie, whose rare form of OCD causes her to be besieged by explicit thoughts. After witnessing an imagined orgy at her parents' anniversary party, she flees to London to figure things out.
The Guardian, 25th January 2019