It’s 2007 and there’s a new Dr Jekyll with an old problem … Mr Hyde.
Popular and hugely successful actor James Nesbitt (Murphy’s Law, Bloody Sunday, Cold Feet), plays Tom Jackman, the lead role in the highly anticipated series Jekyll. He is joined by an outstanding cast in the six-part series for BBC One.
What if you had a dark side? What if your wife found out? What if she preferred it?
Gina Bellman (Coupling, Blackeyes) plays Mrs Jackman, whose idyllic existence with her two small sons and doting husband is shattered by an ancient family curse – you think your husband’s having a mid-life crisis – try being Mrs Jekyll & Hyde.
Denis Lawson (Holby City, Sensitive Skin, Emmy-nominated for Bleak House) plays Tom Jackman’s oldest friend Peter Syme, who’s just a little worried that Tom now seems to be sharing a flat with a younger, sexier man with a taste for the night life.
Michelle Ryan (Mansfield Park, EastEnders, The Bionic Woman) is Tom’s enigmatic and dedicated assistant, psychiatric nurse Katherine Reimer, the only person other than Dr Jackman who knows about the secret double life and has the job of helping him lead it – the servant of two masters but only one man.
Meera Syal (Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee, The Kumars At No 42, Keeping Mum) is Miranda, the private detective who stumbles not only on the truth about Dr Jackman and his alter ego, but on a conspiracy over a century old – she must convince Tom that there are more frightening things in this modern world than Mr Hyde…
They are joined by Mark Gatiss (The League Of Gentlemen, Nighty Night), Paterson Joseph (Green Wing, William & Mary), Fenella Woolgar (He Knew He Was Right, The Way We Live Now) and young actors Andrew Byrne (After Thomas) and Christopher Day.
Writer Steven Moffat (Coupling, Doctor Who) has taken a modern twist on the classic tale of scientific misadventure which he describes as: “Somewhere between a modern horror story and The Odd Couple,” whilst producers Elaine Cameron and Jeffrey Taylor comment: “The series is a remarkable conspiracy thriller – more Spooks than Robert Louis Stevenson.”
James Nesbitt comments: “Jekyll is modern, contemporary and cutting-edge – I am very excited to have been given the opportunity to explore the comedy and darkness in both characters.”
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