Jekyll & Hyde


Show of the week: Jekyll & Hyde

Writer and actor Charlie Higson and ITV Studios drama chief Francis Hopkinson on ITV’s big-budget fantasy-drama series inspired by the classic gothic novella. Since the relaunch of Doctor Who on the BBC in 2005, the fantasy-drama-sci-fi hybrid has been one of the most successful brands of British drama. Many of these programmes have been for […]

Show of the week: Jekyll & Hyde

Writer and actor Charlie Higson and ITV Studios drama chief Francis Hopkinson on ITV’s big-budget fantasy-drama series inspired by the classic gothic novella. Since the relaunch of Doctor Who on the BBC in 2005, the fantasy-drama-sci-fi hybrid has been one of the most successful brands of British drama. Many of these programmes have been for […]

ITV’s Crozier to keynote MIPCOM

Adam Crozier, the CEO of UK broadcaster ITV, will deliver a keynote speech at MIPCOM in October. On Monday, October 5, Crozier’s Media Mastermind talk will cover points such as creative renewal at the network, its global expansion in markets such as the US and new international scripted coproductions. His thoughts on scripted will tie […]

CBC stocks up on BBC and ITV drama

Canadian pubcaster the CBC has bought UK period drama Banished and a new adaptation of Jekyll & Hyde and both are among the highlights of its upcoming 2015-16 schedule. Banished (left), which follows exiled Britains in an Australian penal colony in the 18th century and airs on BBC One in the UK, has been acquired from […]