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| The Enigma of Steel Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mississippi
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| Anyone seen Jekyll? BBC America has just started broadcasting (cablecasting or digicasting?) a program called Jekyll. I saw the pilot episode and enjoyed it but I knew nothing about it prior to tonight. Usually BBC America has programming that was on the BBC a season or two ago. What bothers me is I've searched the site and there is no evidence of it. Was it a short series or didn't it appeal to anybody here? |
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| Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: UK: ENGLAND:
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? Is this the one with James Nesbitt? If so, it's just finished airing on British TV. It's available on Amazon.co.uk which has some reviews. I didn't watch it so can't comment personally. Amazon.co.uk: Jekyll - Series 1 [2007]: DVD: James Nesbitt; Michelle Ryan; Gina Bellman; Denis Lawson; Meera Syal |
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| Resident Crazy Guy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vatican City
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? We started to tape it, with the intent to watch it all once the series had finished... and then we forgot, so we stopped. We're now waiting for the re-runs on BBC2, 3 or 4 so we can watch it.Apparently it was supposed to be quite good. |
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? Well, I'm unlikely to see the series, under the circumstances, though I'm somewhat curious. However, I do see one glaring problem... how can Jekyll even have descendants? He committed suicide before he married, and the prostitute he'd taken up with (as Hyde) he murdered before she could have had any children... so..... |
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? Haven't a clue about that, but I've just found out the script is by Steven Moffat who has written, amongst other things, several Doctor Who episodes: The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, The Girl in the Fireplace and Blink. He's also doing a two-parter for series four. He also wrote the 1999 Comic Relief Dr. Who episode - Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death. So we can rest assured that the script should be rather good. |
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| The Enigma of Steel Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mississippi
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| I'm so dizzy... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Warwickshire
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? I watched (I think) episode 4, and it was just plain odd. I found the acting totally over the top, certain bits of the plot were obvious, and other bits came so far out of left field as to make no sense at all. J.D, there was an explanantion about the genealogy, but I think it assumed I'd seen the first two episodes, becasue it went by at 5,000mph! However, I was unimpressed, but I've heard rave reviews. Here's the Wiki bit on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_%28TV_serial%29 Steven Moffatt also wrote 'Coupling', which was one of the funniest sitcoms ever, IMHO, at least until series three. |
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? I like Moffat's writing and I actually watched all of this series. I found it enjoyable, ignoring a few holes in the plot and James Nesbitt's over-the-top performance at times. Quote:
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| Re: Anyone seen Jekyll? Couldnt agree more Coupling is prolly the funniest sitcom i have ever seen. I miss it alot. The swedish tv ruined the airings.. I gotta get this show somewhere. I have always like the different versions about this story. |
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