Watch an extended clip from ITV’s ‘Jekyll and Hyde’

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ITV has released the first full clip from new fantasy drama Jekyll and Hyde.

Starring Da Vinci’s Demons actor Tom Bateman as “young, attractive, troubled hero” Robert Jekyll, the grandson of the original doctor, the ten-part drama will feature “spooky creatures, ghouls, zombies, werewolves and vampires” in 1930s London.

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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell star Enzo Cilenti told CultBox recently that the show will be “very chic, very funny” and has “loads of action”.

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Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Jekyll and Hyde is created by The Fast Show writer Charlie Higson and begins on ITV next month.

The official synopsis reads: “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 Hyde in moments of extreme anger, stress and when his or the lives of others are threatened.”

The cast includes Richard E Grant (Downton Abbey), Natalie Gumede (Doctor Who), Stephanie Hyam (Murdered By My Boyfriend), Donald Sumpter (Game Of Thrones), Amit Shah (The Smoke), Phil McKee (Ripper Street), Christian McKay (Rush), Ruby Bentall (The Paradise), Enzo Cilenti (Game of Thrones), Lolita Chakrabarti (Death in Paradise), Michael Karim (Inspector Lewis) and Ace Bhatti (Silk).

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