Richard E Grant To Star In New ITV Action Show Jekyll & Hyde

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Original Ninth Doctor, Dr Simeon and The Great Intelligence, Mr Richard E Grant, has landed a key role in a new genre action show for ITV, Jekyll & Hyde, which is the latest reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (fans  may recall Steven Moffat’s own Jekyll back in 2007 starring James Nesbitt and Planet of the Dead‘s Michelle Ryan).

Like Jekyll, the conceit behind Jekyll & Hyde is an updating with the main character, played by Tom Bateman (Da Vinci’s Demons) a descendant of the original Dr Jekyll. This time, however, the main character is a grandson, and the show is set in the 1930s.

Richard E Grant, whose long career beyond Doctor Who has seen him take on roles as diverse as an out of work alcoholic actor with delusions of grandeur in Withnail & I (in which he starred with Paul McGann), a hero in Warlock, various villains and even The Spice Girls Movie (not to mention regular appearances in costume dramas on TV and in cinema) will play Sir Roger Bulstrode, who heads the secret government department M10, known as ‘The Invisible Men.’ Also cast in a key role is Last Christmas guest Natalie Gumede is Bella who forms part of a love triangle with Robert. Production on the series starts later this month in Sri Lanka before moving to London from February through July.

Also cast is Ace Bhatti, best known to fans as the father of Rani Chandra in The Sarah Jane Adventures. Four years after Primeval ended it’s good to see ITV finally attempting something involving action, adventure and CGI again!

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