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Pure: Interview with author Rose Cartwright

Channel 4’s new series, Pure, is based on your book, which deals with your experiences of Pure O. Can you explain what that is? Pure O is just a nickname for a certain manifestation of OCD. Most people think that OCD is to do with cleanliness or order or germs – actually it’s a really wide-ranging

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Joe Cole (Charlie)

Can you tell us a little about Pure? It’s based on Rose Cartwright’s memoir. She has a condition called ‘Pure O’, which is a form of OCD whereby you have intrusive thoughts that makes your life very difficult to live in a normal sense; in her case, intrusive sexual thoughts. She went through various

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Charly Clive (Marnie)

Explain a bit about the show, what’s the story? Pure is about a young woman called Marnie who has a type of OCD which is known as Pure O, which means that she experiences unwanted, intrusive thoughts. Hers are of a sexual nature. It’s about her coming to London to start a new life for herself, and

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Anthony Welsh (Joe)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? Pure is based on the memoir of Rose Cartwright, and her dealing with her OCD. It’s adapted from her memoir, but it’s not an exact portrayal of her story, it’s not the exact events but it’s very much based on the mental health issues that Rose

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Niamh Algar (Amber)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? Pure is based on Rose’s Cartwright’s memoir and is centred on a character called Marnie who is suffering from this obsessive compulsive disorder which is nicknamed Pure O, where she suffers from intrusive thoughts that are often sexual. The

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with Kiran Sonia Sawar (Shereen)

Explain a little bit about Pure – what’s it all about? It’s the story of a young woman trying to figure out young adult life whilst suffering from a form of OCD called Pure O but not knowing that it’s what she has. She’s trying to figure out life whilst suffering from an extreme mental disorder. You

15 Jan 19 Interview

Pure: Interview with writer Kirstie Swain

Tell us where the genesis of this project came from? Drama Republic came to me with the book. I’d worked with Jen Kenwood, the producer, before – and when she and Roanna Benn, the exec producer, brought me Pure , I read it and said “fuck” out loud loads of times because it really resonated with me.

15 Jan 19 News Release

Stath Lets Flats returns to C4 for your viewing pleasure

Britain’s worst letting agent Stath will once again be unleashed on the London property market, as writer-performer and rising star Jamie Demetriou's (Fleabag, Paddington 2) Stath Lets Flats is recommissioned by Channel 4 for a brand new 6 x 30 series. The hopeless Greek-Cypriot lettings agent will

14 Jan 19 Interview

Catastrophe Series 4: Interview with Sharon Horgan

So, Catastrophe is back for a fourth series. When we left, Rob had just had a car accident while over the limit, so there are a few issues to get hold of in the new series, aren’t there? Yes! We have set ourselves up with a bit of a puzzle to work out. When we started writing it we were like “Oh