Jekyll and Hyde | |
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Genre | Fantasy Action Drama Thriller Horror |
Created by | Charlie Higson |
Based on | Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson |
Directed by | Stewart Svaasand Colin Teague |
Starring | |
Composers | David Arnold Michael Price |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Charlie Higson Francis Hopkinson |
Producer | Foz Allan |
Cinematography | Simon Dennis Suzie Lavelle |
Running time | 45–46 minutes |
Production company | ITV Studios |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 25 October 27 December 2015 | –
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Jekyll and Hyde is a British TV fantasy drama based loosely on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Set in 1930s London and Ceylon, it follows the character of Dr. Robert Jekyll, a grandson of the Victorian Dr. Henry Jekyll, who has inherited his grandfather's split personality and violent alter-ego.
The series aired on ITV in the United Kingdom from 25 October to 27 December 2015 and it consisted of ten episodes. On 5 January 2016, creator Charlie Higson announced on Twitter that ITV had decided to pass on a second series.[1]