With Any Dream Will Do off our screens, what on earth will we do with our Saturday evenings, assuming we haven't sunk to the level of Britain's Got Talent? (I jest, it's good fun, really) Well, how about a classy, scary drama by the writer who brought us pretty much all the best new Doctor Who episodes (the Blitz two-parter, The Girl In The Fireplace, and last week's Blink)? You've got it in an updated version of Jekyll and Hyde - Jekyll, starting this Saturday (9pm, BBC One). I'll put money on it being a winner.

To celebrate, we're counting down the Top 10 most vicious, but strangely alluring villains in TV... You can't be any ordinary baddie, you've gotta do it with style to get in this list. Or just be utterly bizarre.

In no particular order then...

10) Paul Robinson (Neighbours): Oh is this the level we're aiming at, I hear you cry? Well yes, dammit, it is (don't worry, we'll get to the proper nasties in time, I'm just easing us in). But c'mon, Paul Robinson is just brilliant. He reforms once a month, for three minutes, and then goes back to back-stabbing, manipulating, and possibly inadvertantly giving babies fatal diseases. He's even bad when he's not meaning to be. But the girls keep falling for him! He's a classic for this list.

9) Uriah Heep (David Copperfield): Ok, so Uriah Heep doesn't have charisma like our Paul, but that's entirely the point. He's a vacuum, a black hole, sucking life and and joy from every room he enters. He makes your skin crawl, you can't even look at him without a shiver running down your spine... that's one successful villain.

8) Ruth Patchett(Life and Loves of a She-Devil): This cult '80s BBC drama was based on the Fay Weldon novel, and it's the ultimate revenge thriller. Ruth, who was played by Julie T. Wallace, finds out that her husband has been cheating on her, and, naturally, she goes on the rampage, intent on destroying both him and his mistress. Stalkerish and stylish - a winning combinaiton.

7) The Joker (Batman): Of all the Batman villains, The Joker is the one that fits our particular bill very well. He's just so bloody manic! No subtle scheming and plotting for the Joker, he varies from silly to malicious and psychotic. Any villain who turns the water supply into jelly is alright by us.

6) Albie Kinsella (Cracker): Some baddies are so bad that the word baddie is just too cute, and Albie Kinsella is one of them. Robert Carlyle didn't become a star by playing someone who dealt in food-based pranks. So why is he in this list? Because he's remembered by so many, because he was part of three hours of TV - "To Be A Somebody" in the second series - that remain with people to this day.

5) Tom (Tom and Jerry): That fanastic grey-blue cat Tom is perfect for this Top 10, because we're actually on his side a lot of the time... though that's probably because we know he'll never actually get his hands on the slightly-smug Jerry. We don't love to hate him, or even hate to love him. We just... love him. And when the two work together to defeat the bulldog Spike? Genius.

4) Dirty Den (Eastenders): The guys over at CorrieBlog will have to have words with me, I'm sure, but I'm an 'Enders girl at heart, and Den Watts is one of their most successful characters ever. Like Mr. Robinson, he's smooth, suave and smarmy, but has a ruthless streak that means he'll destroy anyone who gets in the way of what he wants. At least he did until Chrissie dealt with him once and for all...

3) Daleks (Doctor Who): There's been a case made for the Doctor himself being in this list - charming but dark and all that - but he's ruled out on the grounds that 90% of the destruction he causes is unintentional... but the Daleks - now we really *do* love to hate these little pepper pots. They should be ridiculous, funny even, but there's something so cold and determined about them that they scare the pants off us, and yet we couldn't bear for them to be totally wiped out.

2) Clare Cunningham (Hollyoaks): In an attempt to bring this list up to date, I'm including Gemma Bissix's uber-bitch. There are other trashy villainesses I could have included, of course - Tanya Turner from Footballers' Wives particularly stands out - but how times have you actually cheered when a female character has been punched in the face by a man? (OB, last Christmas, if you're wondering). And who else but Clare could hate little Tom?

1) Angel (Buffy The Vampire Slayer): Strictly speaking, Spike might actually have been a better choice for this list, but Angel's in to bring us back to where we started - with Jekyll and Hyde. Angel, a vampire who has been 'cursed' with a human soul, experiences the same internal struggle, the same unwanted, but unavoidable changes, and has the same devastating affect on those around him.

Set The Video: Jekyll, BBC One, Saturday 16 June, 9pm [annawaits]