Sweet Revenge is a two-part British television drama series, created and written by playwright Sandy Welch, that first broadcast on BBC1 on 15 October 2001.

[1] The series stars Paul McGann, Sophie Okonedo and Pam Ferris, and follows Patrick Vine (McGann), an enigmatic Professor, who, when not teaching History and Anthropology, runs a sideline in helping people get revenge.

[5][6] The series was commissioned in March 2001, and Catherine Wearing and Sandy Welch, who previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed BBC adaptation of Our Mutual Friend, reunited for the first time in three years to bring the project to life.

[7] Having only previously directed a number of shorts, Sweet Revenge marks David Morrissey's "large-scale" directorial debut.

Sarah Smart was the first actor confirmed for the series, revealing that she had been given the role of "a mousy student who is very downtrodden.