Jekyll: BBC Drama series starts 16 June

[grant]

Hi Dave!

Thanks for the link to the press pack on the main site. I'm getting quite excited about this series now!

Thanks also for inserting the short interview clip at the beginning of the Treasure song previews. Got quite a surprise when I heard it as, nowadays, I usually switch them off in case there's something to listen to on the Forum.

Oh dear! I'm probably off topic again.

Best wishes
Grant

[jons]

grant said:

Thanks also for inserting the short interview clip at the beginning of the Treasure song previews. Got quite a surprise when I heard it as, nowadays, I usually switch them off in case there's something to listen to on the Forum.

Oh dear! I'm probably off topic again.

Best wishes
Grant

Dave missed the ending of the interview where she said "I'm off to make a cup of tea!" And then she said (to keep this on-topic) "Watch Jekyll when its on the telly!"

[jons]

For people who have never seen the brilliant James Nesbitt in action here he is in one of the Yellow Pages ads.

He is already pretty handy with the scissors! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

[Dave]

I enjoyed that Ad, thanks Jon!

Incidentally, everybody, try typing into the Google search box "Jekyll Hayley Westenra" or "Jekyll Westenra" or "Jekyll Hayley" and see what's top of the Search Results! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Oh, don't restrict it to the UK, that won't work!

Cheers, Dave

[Dave]

The Production Company for Jekyll, Hartswood Films, has just posted details of the broadcast schedule for Jekyll in the UK - and it seems to me that it has been promoted to peak time on a peak day - as well as being brought forward by a week or so. Here are the details, which hopefully will be confirmed by the BBC official programme schedules early next week.

Jekyll

Duration: 6 x 55 minutes

Channel: BBC1

First Screening: Saturday, 16th June, 2007 at 9:00pm

Only sixteen days to go!

Cheers, Dave

[Martin]

dave said:

The Production Company for Jekyll, Hartswood Films, has just posted details of the broadcast schedule for Jekyll in the UK - and it seems to me that it has been promoted to peak time on a peak day - as well as being brought forward by a week or so. Here are the details, which hopefully will be confirmed by the BBC official programme schedules early next week.

Jekyll

Duration: 6 x 55 minutes

Channel: BBC1

First Screening: Saturday, 16th June, 2007 at 9:00pm

Only sixteen days to go!

Cheers, Dave

Thanks Dave for the info. This first episode clashes with Hayley's appearance at Telford but hopefully Auntie Beeb will repeat on either BBC3 or 4.

Martin

[Dave]

Hi Martin, yes that is unfortunate timing - though i shall not be going to Telford, it's the wrong day for me and too far. Video recorder at the ready for you then!

Though still not officially announced by the BBC, that time and date is looking increasingly likely now as there is a one hour gap in the published BBC schedule at 9pm on the 16th - immediately following Casualty. Also, the BBC has confirmed that Jekyll will start in that week (16-22 June) but it is currently "unplaced". Still not guaranteed, but I'd be willing to bet a tenner on it as the 9pm and 10pm slots on Sunday have now been filled.

www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk25/sat.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/wk25/unplaced.shtml

Incidentally, Saturday evening programmes on BBC1 TV at 9pm have an average audience of 6.5 million viewers so I hope Hayley is mentioned in the programme credits!

Cheers, Dave

[postscript]

dave said:

The Production Company for Jekyll, Hartswood Films, has just posted details of the broadcast schedule for Jekyll in the UK - and it seems to me that it has been promoted to peak time on a peak day - as well as being brought forward by a week or so. Here are the details, which hopefully will be confirmed by the BBC official programme schedules early next week.

Jekyll

Duration: 6 x 55 minutes

Channel: BBC1

First Screening: Saturday, 16th June, 2007 at 9:00pm

Only sixteen days to go!

Cheers, Dave

Those at Telford remember to set your videos if you want the drama bit!
Peter S.

[grant]

dave said:

I enjoyed that Ad, thanks Jon!

Incidentally, everybody, try typing into the Google search box "Jekyll Hayley Westenra" or "Jekyll Westenra" or "Jekyll Hayley" and see what's top of the Search Results! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Oh, don't restrict it to the UK, that won't work!

Cheers, Dave

Superb Dave!!
I tried it on my own provider's search engine BT-Yahoo and HWI comes up second which aint arf bad!!

Best wishes
Grant

[grant]

dave said:

The Production Company for Jekyll, Hartswood Films, has just posted details of the broadcast schedule for Jekyll in the UK - and it seems to me that it has been promoted to peak time on a peak day - as well as being brought forward by a week or so. Here are the details, which hopefully will be confirmed by the BBC official programme schedules early next week.

Jekyll

Duration: 6 x 55 minutes

Channel: BBC1

First Screening: Saturday, 16th June, 2007 at 9:00pm

Only sixteen days to go!

Cheers, Dave

Some of us won't be in then We'll be out at some concert in the backwoods with Hayley

Grant

[jons]

grant said:

Some of us won't be in then We'll be out at some concert in the backwoods with Hayley

Grant

Hi Grant, theres always Sky+!

So its Doctor Who at seven and then Casualty at eight, then Jekyll at nine!

[jons]

An article from Manchester Evening news: blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2007/05/james_nesbitt_jekyll.html

JAMES Nesbitt explores his dark side in a modern day TV adapation of an old story.

“It’s great that I finally get to wear wigs,” says the former Cold Feet star about his role in Jekyll.

“I’ve been saying to make-up artists for years that I want a full head of curly black hair, and now I’ve got it.”

The new six-part BBC1 series, due on screen next month, co-stars Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson, Michelle Ryan and Meera Syal.

It also has a twist – the 2007 Mr Hyde is more attractive than the new Dr Jekyll, called Tom Jackman.

Writer Steven Moffat explains: “One of the most important things is that our Hyde is not the wolf-man. This is about a different man, not a different face.

“Our Hyde acts different, rather than looks different. It’s a story of subtly different men.

“Victorian evil is fanged and monstrous and different from us. Modern evil is seductive and attractive and looks pretty much exactly like us.”

This version of Jekyll is described as “somewhere between a modern horror story and The Odd Couple – more Spooks than Robert Louis Stevenson”.

Ex-Murphy’s Law actor and Manchester United fan Jimmy spent an hour each day having make-up and prosthetics applied, so that his character would look more attractive.

“It’s not often that you get the chance to have a face you really want.

“In the past I’ve said that it’s very depressing to hand over the wigs at the end of the day, but now I also have to hand over my chin, nose and ears!”

A co-production with BBC America, Jekyll promises to be an intriguing watch, with lines like:

“What if you had a dark side? What if your wife found out? What if she preferred it?”

Dave! The images we posted earlier on in this thread have altered!

Hartswood films have changed the image! They do have a downloadable PDF of the press pack though: www.hartswoodfilms.co.uk/pdf/Jekyll%20%20press%20pack.pdf

Now I've got to think of a caption for this:

James Nesbitt is the new face of Blood Donors Anonymous!

[jons]

This is the closest I could find to the image that they altered, but no knife reflected Michelle Ryan!

Dave, I assume you have the image stored somewhere seeing as you enlarged it?

P.S. Its enough to give you nightmares that photo!

[Martin]

jons said:

Hi Jon S
Are you sure this is a picture of James Nesbitt? It looks more like Terry Venables after England scored last night!

Martin

[jons]

Are you sure Martin? It looks like anger to me. Maybe its Terry after Brazil scored the equaliser!