{"id":4155,"date":"2021-09-09T12:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T10:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1346904"},"modified":"2021-09-09T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:35:07","slug":"david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series\/","title":{"rendered":"David Tennant and Georgia Tennant to star in modern-day Jekyll and Hyde series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The series is titled Hide and is written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 09 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>David Tennant is set to star in a modern-day Jekyll and Hyde series titled Hide \u2013 and he\u2019ll be joined in the cast by his wife and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/staged-season-three-release-date\/&quot;\">Staged<\/a> co-star Georgia Tennant.<\/p>\n<p>Described as \u201ca Jekyll &amp; Hyde tale by way of a conspiracy thriller\u201d, Tennant stars as a disgraced journalist who finds himself looking into a story that he reckons could put his career back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Things don\u2019t quite go as planned though, and he soon finds himself on the run from some sinister enemies who are desperate to silence him.<\/p>\n<p>According to the synopsis, while he\u2019s on the run \u201ca serious accident has an extraordinary side effect, and he realizes there are monsters in the world \u2013 and he may be one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/09\/david-georgia-tennant-jekyll-hyde-thriller-drama-hide-peacock-michele-fazekas-tara-butters-julie-anne-robinson-1234823078\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Deadline<\/a>, David Tennant \u2013 who will also executive produce the series \u2013 said, \u201cOne of my earliest jobs was playing \u2018first policeman\u2019 in a BBC radio adaptation of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI read the book many years ago and I\u2019ve been fascinated with this character for as long as I can remember. This story has followed me around for years, tapping on my shoulder slightly impatiently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWhen Julie Anne [Robinson] approached me to talk about reimagining it for the 21st century, alongside her, the magnificent Fazekas and Butters and with the ever-brilliant Georgia Tennant, I didn\u2019t let her finish the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to be playing this character, telling this story and working with these people.\u201d<\/p> <p>Meanwhile, director and executive producer Julie Anne Robinson (<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/bridgerton-season-2-release-date\/&quot;\">Bridgerton<\/a>) said of the project, \u201cI am ecstatic to have this opportunity to work with such creative and talented individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Jekyll and Hyde story is a classic, and it is so thrilling to be bringing a new and exciting iteration to the screen with such brilliant collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No other casting news has been revealed as yet, but the series has been written by Agent Carter scribes Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, who also executive produce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The series is titled Hide and is written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4156,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/09\/david-tennant-and-georgia-tennant-to-star-in-modern-day-jekyll-and-hyde-series.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The series is titled Hide and is written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/4155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}