ITV.com – 20th April, 2015

Jekyll and Hyde – Tom Bateman, Richard E Grant, Natalie Gumede and acclaimed writer Charlie Higson to attend Comic Con.

Jekyll and Hyde writer, star of The Fast Show and celebrated novelist, Charlie Higson (Young Bond, The Enemy) and stars of the new drama Tom Bateman (Da Vinci’s Demons, The Tunnel), Richard E Grant (Doctor Who, Downton Abbey) and Natalie Gumede (Doctor Who, Coronation Street) will attend MCM London Comic Con on Saturday 23 May 2015, appearing in an exclusive panel session to discuss the production of Jekyll and Hyde.

The panel will be joined by ITV Studios Director of Drama Francis Hopkinson (Lucan, Wallander, DCI Banks) who is Executive Producer of Jekyll and Hyde and Series Producer Foz Allan (Wolfblood, The Dumping Ground, Robin Hood). Boyd Hilton, TV Editor of Heat Magazine, will moderate.

From an idea conceived by Charlie Higson, the ten-part, action adventure series has been inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Higson has written and executive produces Jekyll and Hyde which exudes mystery, fantasy, horror and sci-fi.

Tom Bateman takes the lead role as Robert Jekyll, Richard E Grant plays Bulstrode who heads the secret government department MI0 known as ‘The Invisible Men’ and Natalie Gumede takes the part of Bella who forms part of a love triangle with Robert.

Set in 1930’s London at a time of Hollywood glamour, aerodynamic cars and monster movies, the drama pays homage to the Stevenson novel, and focuses on the young, attractive, troubled hero, Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor.
At the heart of the drama is Robert Jekyll’s quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his ‘curse’. Jekyll transforms into superhero Hyde in moments of extreme anger, stress and when his or the lives of others are threatened.

In the opening episode Jekyll is a newly qualified doctor living with his foster parents in Ceylon. He knows nothing of his family history or his inherited condition, which his foster father, Dr Vishal Najaran, is controlling with medication. The drama follows his path to discovery, which coincides with the transformative powers of his condition growing stronger and more disruptive. His journey will take him into a dark and unforgiving place, as his alter ego seems capable of anything. At the same time there are shadowy forces trying to find Jekyll and the source of his powers.