"Jekyll" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Everyone Has A Dark Side

Plot:

London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share...

Plot Keywords:

Split Personality | Jekyll And Hyde | Lesbian | Murder | Beautiful Woman

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

James Nesbitt	...	Dr. Tom Jackman / ... (6 episodes, 2007)
Gina Bellman	...	Claire Jackman / ... (6 episodes, 2007)
Denis Lawson	...	Peter Syme (6 episodes, 2007)
Michelle Ryan	...	Katherine Reimer (6 episodes, 2007)
Meera Syal	...	Miranda (6 episodes, 2007)
Fenella Woolgar	...	Min (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Linda Marlowe	...	Ms. Utterson / ... (5 episodes, 2007)
Matt King	...	Freeman (5 episodes, 2007)
Paterson Joseph	...	Benjamin (4 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Byrne	...	Eddie Jackman (4 episodes, 2007)
Christopher Day	...	Harry Jackman (4 episodes, 2007)
Bruce Mackinnon	...	Malcolm (4 episodes, 2007)
Malcolm Storry	...	Colonel Hart (3 episodes, 2007)

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Series Directed by
Matt Lipsey		(3 episodes, 2007)
Douglas Mackinnon		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Writing credits
Steven Moffat		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
Elaine Cameron	....	producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Kathryn Mitchell	....	executive producer: BBC America (6 episodes, 2007)
Steven Moffat	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Jeffrey Taylor	....	producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Michael Treen	....	line producer (6 episodes, 2007)
Beryl Vertue	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 2007)
John Yorke	....	commissioning producer (4 episodes, 2007)
Jane Tranter	....	commissioning producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Cinematography by
Peter Greenhalgh		(3 episodes, 2007)
Adam Suschitzky		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Film Editing by
Fiona Colbeck		(3 episodes, 2007)
Andrew McClelland		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Casting by
Kate Rhodes James		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Design by
Grenville Horner		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Direction by
Fleur Whitlock		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Set Decoration by
Clare Andrade		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume Design by
Rhona Russell		(6 episodes, 2007)

Series Makeup Department
Neill Gorton	....	prosthetics: Hyde (6 episodes, 2007)
Laura Hill	....	makeup supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Irene Napier	....	makeup designer (6 episodes, 2007)
Vivienne Simpson	....	makeup artist (6 episodes, 2007)
Vanessa White	....	hair stylist: Hyde / designer: Hyde / ... (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Production Management
Richard Lonergan	....	unit manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Maria Walker	....	post-production supervisor (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Morris	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Marcus Catlin	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Ian Easton	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Rosie Newall	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)
Francesco Reidy	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2007)

Series Art Department
Trevor Daniels	....	property master (6 episodes, 2007)
Craig Gray	....	construction manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Hayley Guiheen	....	production buyer (6 episodes, 2007)
Tony Kelly	....	stand-by rigger (6 episodes, 2007)
Daryn McLaughlan	....	assistant art director (6 episodes, 2007)
Kellie Waugh	....	stand-by art director (6 episodes, 2007)
James Baylam	....	dressing props (5 episodes, 2007)
Paul Beeson	....	stand-by carpenter (5 episodes, 2007)
David Haynes	....	painting supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)
Clint Hellyer	....	carpenter supervisor (5 episodes, 2007)
Barry Kirkham	....	dressing props (5 episodes, 2007)
Clementine Miller	....	art department assistant (5 episodes, 2007)
Rob Sellers	....	stand-by props (5 episodes, 2007)
David Stratford	....	dressing props (5 episodes, 2007)
Darren Wisker	....	stand-by props (5 episodes, 2007)
Jo Sansom	....	art department assistant (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Sound Department
Tristan Aneca	....	sound maintenance (6 episodes, 2007)
Peter Brill	....	production sound mixer (6 episodes, 2007)
Dean Humphreys	....	supervising sound editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Clare Manning	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Grahame Peters	....	dialogue editor (6 episodes, 2007)
Andy Walker	....	dubbing mixer (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Special Effects by
Steve Lucas	....	special effects (6 episodes, 2006-2007)

Series Visual Effects by
Barney Jordan	....	visual effects (3 episodes, 2007)
John Kerron	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 2007)
Charlie Phillips	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 2007)

Series Stunts
Gareth Milne	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Peter Pedrero	....	wire stunt coordinator (unknown episodes, 2006)
Luke Kearney	....	stunt actor (unknown episodes, 2007)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Anthony	....	best boy (6 episodes, 2007)
Nick Beeks-Sanders	....	camera operator (6 episodes, 2007)
Roger Bowles	....	focus puller (6 episodes, 2007)
Stuart King	....	gaffer (6 episodes, 2007)
Steve Smith	....	focus puller (6 episodes, 2007)
Robin Stone	....	grip (6 episodes, 2007)
Simon Surtees	....	clapper loader (6 episodes, 2007)
Ray Bateman	....	electrician (5 episodes, 2007)
Danny Butler	....	electrician (5 episodes, 2007)
Dick Conway	....	electrician (5 episodes, 2007)
Jay Maidment	....	unit photographer (4 episodes, 2007)
Balazs Bolygo	....	director of photography: second unit (2 episodes, 2007)
Simon Gilmour	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes, 2006)

Series Casting Department
Andy Morgan	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Clare Baldwin	....	costume assistant (6 episodes, 2007)
Sally Campbell	....	costume supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Elaine Robertson	....	assistant costume designer (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Editorial Department
Emma Oxley	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Aidan Farrell	....	colorist (6 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Mitchell	....	on-line editor (6 episodes, 2007)

Series Music Department
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer (4 episodes, 2007)
Hayley Westenra	....	vocalist (4 episodes, 2007)

Series Transportation Department
Michael Billimore	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2007)
Jeff Hudson	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2007)
David Lloyd	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2007)
Rod Patterson	....	transportation captain (1 episode, 2007)
Harry Smith	....	unit driver (1 episode, 2007)
Forbes KB	....	unit driver: locations (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
John Beharrell	....	production accountant (6 episodes, 2007)
Penelope Beharrell	....	assistant accountant (6 episodes, 2007)
Cathy Doubleday	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Claire Hewitt	....	assistant script supervisor (6 episodes, 2007)
Mitchell Mcgee	....	unit security (6 episodes, 2007)
Anya Noakes	....	publicist (6 episodes, 2007)
Rachel Stone	....	assistant coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Rebecca Sutton	....	production coordinator (6 episodes, 2007)
Peter A. Tullo	....	location manager (6 episodes, 2007)
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in / stand-in: James Nesbitt (5 episodes, 2007)
Karen September	....	unit nurse (5 episodes, 2007)
Louise Coles	....	floor runner (4 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sarah Bramall	....	production runner (3 episodes, 2007)
Andrew Dalmahoy	....	location manager (unknown episodes, 2006)

Production Companies

• Hartswood Films Productions
• Stagescreen Productions (in association with)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (for)
• BBC America

Distributors

• BBC Worldwide (2007-) (worldwide) (all media)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2007) (UK) (TV) (BBC 1)
• BBC America (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Polyband (2009) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects by)

Other Companies

• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Crossfade  sound post-production

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 (video) | Australia:M | Australia:MA (DVD version)

Filming Locations:

Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Hartswood Films Productions

Trivia:

The Klein and Utterson Institute is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's narrator from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Mr. Utterson.

Quotes:

Mr. Hyde: Ever killed anyone, Benjamin?
Benjamin: Not personally. I have people.
Mr. Hyde: You're missing out. It's like sex. Only there's a winner.

Great

Great show. James Nesbitt is mesmerizing as BOTH Tom Jackman, a modern day Dr Jekyll, and Mr Hyde his vicious alter ego. This show is part sci-fi, part psychological drama, part conspiracy actioner. It's not perfect. The American accents are atrocious and some of the explanations and conspiracy elements are a bit weak, but it's riveting TV.

James Nesbitt plays Tom Jackman, a British doctor who discovers that he changes into someone else. That someone else is Mr Hyde, a superhuman driven to indulge his impulses. As one character says "Hyde is a child with all the urges and needs of a grown man." Jackman seems to be the descendant of Henry Jekyll, who was the real life inspiration for the Robert Louis Stevenson story. This is despite the fact that Jekyll had no known descendants, and apparently died a virgin. Jackman himself had no known parents, being found abandoned at a train station and raised in foster care. That's the basis for a somewhat intiguing mystery and a sometimes disappointing conspiracy plot as Jackman is targeted by a powerful multinational corporation.

But the real attraction here is Nesbitt and the interaction between the Jackman and Hyde personalities. Nesbitt, who will be familiar to British, and some American viewers, from the show Murphy's law, and the film Bloody Sunday, shines here and gets to show off the full range of his acting chops. When he's Jackman he's a somewhat nebishy man who loves his family so much that he leaves them in order to isolate them from Hyde. It's a very real and dramatic performance. As Hyde he is all flamboyance a swaggering bon vivant who could have stepped out of a Broadway show, except for the fact that his shirt is covered in blood and he could turn violent at any moment. Nesbitt doesn't play Hyde as a macho bully, but rather as someone even more dangerous, a creature with no boundaries, driven only by passion, whether that's for food, sex, or violence. The interplay between these two aspects of Nesbitts performance is a joy to behold.