What is Jekyll (TV series)?
{{redlinks|date=March 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox television |runtime = 55 minutes <!-- approximately --> |country = United Kingdom |writer = [[Steven Moffat]] |starring = [[James Nesbitt]]<br />[[Gina Bellman]]<br />[[Paterson Joseph]]<br />[[Denis Lawson]]<br />[[Michelle Ryan]]<br />[[Meera Syal]]<br />[[Fenella Woolgar]] |num_series = 1 |theme_music_composer = [[Debbie Wiseman]] |editor = Andrew McClelland<br />Fiona Colbeck |cinematography = Adam Suschitzky<br />Peter Greenhalgh |camera = Single-camera |network = [[BBC One]] |producer = Elaine Cameron<br />Jeffrey Taylor |company = [[Hartswood Films]]<br />Stagescreen Productions<br />[[BBC America]] |executive_producer = Steven Moffat<br />[[Beryl Vertue]]<br />Kathryn Mitchell |director = [[Douglas Mackinnon]]<br />[[Matt Lipsey]] |first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2007|6|16}} |last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2007|7|28}} |num_episodes = 6 }} '''''Jekyll''''' is a British television drama serial shown on [[BBC One]]. [[Steven Moffat]] wrote all six episodes. [[Douglas Mackinnon]] and [[Matt Lipsey]] directed three episodes each. It was made by [[Hartswood Films]] and Stagescreen Productions. The series also got funding from [[BBC America]]. The series is a [[sequel]] to the [[novella]] ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'', and not an [[adaptation]] of it. The [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] tale is used as a [[backstory]] within the series. It stars [[James Nesbitt]] as Tom Jackman, a modern-day descendant of Dr. Jekyll. He has recently begun transforming into a version of Mr. Hyde (also played by Nesbitt). Jackman is aided by [[psychiatric nurse]] Katherine Reimer, played by [[Michelle Ryan]]. [[Gina Bellman]] appears as Claire, Tom's wife. Filming took place around southern England in late 2006. The series was first shown on BBC One in June and July 2007. ==Plot== Doctor Tom Jackman ([[James Nesbitt]]) is a married father of two. He has abandoned his family wit