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30 07 2007

Jekyll

Posted by Alan in Television

Mr HydeWell, Jekyll finished on Saturday, and what a cracking series its been. The central premise of Dr Tom Jackman managing an uneasy truce and living arrangement with his alter-ego was a great hook, and the various mysteries that followed through the series were captivating. Stephen Moffat’s writing shone as usual, with brilliant one-liners, and possibly the only time I’ve actually liked the Crazy Frog ringtone.

I’ve never really seen James Nesbitt in anything other than a Yellow Pages advert before, but he was great in this. Successfully taking Mr Hyde beyond “the monster” everyone associates the character with.

Its out on DVD today. I’ll probably be nabbing it myself and can’t recommend it highly enough.

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  1. David says:
    September 23, 2007 at 14:32

    I’ve been going on the previous entries, and I couldn’t help but comment on this blog entry. Jekyll was one of the best BBC produced series I’ve seen since the relaunch of Doctor Who, and before that nothing.

    From the first episode, which felt much longer than it actually was, created such mystery in the character that I was hooked. I loved this series, and grabbed the DVD set at my soonest convenience.

    Nesbit was incredible. Absolutely incredible. He played both characters brilliantly, playing each perfectly, with different mannerisms, different styles of voice, it was so easy to believe that Jackman and Hyde were two different people! Yellow Pages can no longer have him!

  2. Alan says:
    September 27, 2007 at 13:11

    Couldn’t agree more. I’d only really seen him in the Yellow Pages adverts before, so this was a totally different side to Nesbit I hadn’t seen before.

    I hear there’s rumours a second season’s been commissioned. On one hand, I’ll really enjoy seeing more of it. On the other, it was such a strong standalone story, I’ll be worried that they ruin it (although its Stephen Moffat, and he’s yet to let me down).

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