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This is going to be a very intriguing and watchable series. After the first part I was left suitably impressed. They've managed to make a dark, intriguing, rather exciting series.

I'm not sure after drawing over 500 complaints after its first episode that it will remain in the 6.30 Sunday teatime slot for long, but with over 3.15 million viewers who knows? I'll certainly be tuning in to watch.

Rather good special effects, excellent cinematography, it's a very slickly produced show. The monsters, transformation scenes were really well done.

I like the premise of the story, Robert Jekyll is given a back story, he has a love interest, he has a powerful adversary in Sir Roger Bulstrode.

Tom Bateman was excellent in the lead role, very strong performance, Richard E.Grant it goes without saying is a fantastic actor, good at playing the bad guy, he's not long played Doctor Simeon, an effective adversary for the Doctor.

I am going to enjoy this, old school viewing 8/10

This is another version of the popular R.L Stevenson classic. It is one of these now popular Victorian Gothic genre but set in the 20th century. I particularly love period series because it takes you down history lane. The London fogs, its cobbled streets, top hats and great coats, the beautiful women...

So far the story is fascinating and some modern twists have been added including a secret agency. The actors/actresses are still unknown, very eye-catching so far with room for more development. I do not get why people complained of the violence. Mr. Hyde was violent, everyone who has read the book knows that. I urge the writers to ignore critics and focus on its fans. There is a lot of potential here. Keep on being creative, stick to the general theme of the book but don't be afraid to go outside the box. I love it and can't wait for the rest to come out.

I must admit I wasn't too sure of this when it started. For a start, the original novel by Robert Louis Stevenson was, like Frankenstein, meant as a moral tale that explored humanity's darker side and the lust for God-like power. But against misgivings, I've started to really enjoy it. That's all this is meant to be, a spooky, atmospheric romp, a touch of Hammer Horror, London Ghost walks and steam punk - great stuff for a Sunday night, though I'm not sure why its on so early, this is really 9pm fare in my estimation. Love the Harbingers though. Some very strange reviews on here - if you don't like it, why watch it and get yourself in a twist about it? It's well-written (far less self-indulgent than Dr Who)and beautifully produced, hats off to them. I certainly hope we can get another series out of it, I'll miss my spooky Sunday nights without it if it's discontinued.

This is a really fun and interesting show. It has an Indiana Jones feel with lots of interesting characters, secret societies and other monsters. It's over the top sometimes with decent special effects.Although when Jekyll turns into Hyde he does it mostly by acting. It feels like they are trying to set up a world so I hope it gets a second season. Instead of a standalone monster Hyde is part of a lineage of monsters.

I find the point that people complained about the violence laughable as it is no where near as violent as say Walking Dead and it's mostly just fighting and cartoon violence. It's why I checked it out and I was surprised with a better, more interesting show. Maybe British people have a different idea of violence. Give it a look.

Tom Bateman plays Robert Jekyll, a mental inadequate who occasionally crosses an emotional barrier into his alter ego Hyde. While Hyde retains Jekyll's intellectual failure he adds pugilism and high impact sexual advances to his list of inadequacies. Over the course of 10 episodes Jekyll surrounds himself with a large group of well meaning incompetents all of whom make almost no positive impact on the outcome of Jekyll's plight, both elderly relations are noteworthy in themselves as particular liabilities.

Thankfully things are carried through to a somewhat odd but presumably agreeable end, guided by the ever ready hand of the Welsh Poet Sniper Man who gets the job done at almost every step when it becomes apparent that no-one else can be trusted to do so.

As always Richard E. Grant playing himself is particularly enjoyable.

Genuinely looking forward to a 2nd series.

I was really unsure about this initially, it seemed very dark and I thought it was going to be tame, but I really love everything about the programme, the sheer OTT nature of it, the contrast between Richard Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Excellent acting from all concerned, the period settings and scenery enhance the whole series, the various monsters and villains are extremely well thought out - not too many, and just when you think all will be OK, up another pops! Episodes have an unpredictability to them. It will be a travesty if a second series isn't made. Sherlock Holmes with a nice dark twist!!! I do think it needs to be on a bit later though, I would imagine it is a bit frightening for young children.

Jekyll and Hyde is a Devilishly stylish, polished 30's horror drama that hits all the right buttons.

From the storyline to the narrative, special effects, sets and acting Jekyll and Hyde is a real winner. In spite of the fact this series is loosely based on well trodden ground, it still manages to be highly imaginative and original. It takes core elements from the original tale, written by Robert Louis Stevenson and then, in a fusion like blend, adds in intriguing extra's.

For starters there's the very heady 1930's British flavour of the whole series, which recaptures the latter days of the British empire. The whole series is 30's "chick" with a capital "C". Stylish cars, sets and people sit alongside the more worker day aspects of life and times, of the period.

Adding to the mix, are Gothic elements and monsters, reminiscent of any early 20th century horror flick. Not to mention proper "British" secret organizations, both good and bad. Groups that tap into the mystical world these monstrous creatures inhabit. A world that sits just beneath the thin skin of normalcy, most people call reality.

The acting in Jekyll and Hyde is of a high standard and the cast are well chosen. The narrative is intelligent, for the most part, only occasionally overplaying the 30's "thing". The story in spite of its layers of complexity, holds together well too. Its a credit to the writers, director and producers, that they manage to create such a cohesive tale, with so many creative concepts in play.

I love this series, its a remarkably refreshing take on a classic tale. Nine out of ten from me.

Written for family viewing but aimed at children of an older age.

Originally aired at the family slot of 6pm on a Sunday.

The time slot was changed to 7pm for this after a few complaints about the first episode.

It's the perfect Saturday morning pictures fare and filmed in such a way.

An "original" storyline well told.

Great story, great locations and rather scary in places.

Acting deliberately hammy at times to fit in with the comic book genre and some great humorous interludes.

Remember, this is a children's programme.

It's brilliant.

I look forward to this fun and intriguing TV show every single week. I love the actors, the story, the atmosphere, even the costumes. It's very much like the old silver screen horror flicks, but contemporary enough to avoid becoming square. The balance of humor and drama is perfect so that it's never truly sad. I don't watch scary shows or movies because I want a good cry. Many so-called horror shows today are filled with too much tragedy. And though there are violent scenes in Jekyll and Hyde, it's not a gore fest with unnecessary blood bathes. Kudos to ITV for making such an grand production. I hope Jekyll and Hyde continues on for years to come.

This review is based on having watched the 1st episode.

I'm not sure why all the vitriol - it's not really a show that should engender deep feelings either why it seems. It's a bit campy, has a few flaws, but at the end of the day, it is entertaining without requiring too much thought to follow the plot. And I am a bit of a fan of London period pieces so that's my bias.

The backstory for the grandson of Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde as it unfolds is interesting and while some of the more supernatural elements are a bit distracting, I found it enjoyable to watch on a Sunday night.

That being said, I'm in Canada and we don't have really strict guidelines about violence on TV before a certain time. If you don't want the wee ones to watch it - there is some violence and some "monster" types that could scare little ones - be warned. But for adults, I certainly didn't find it scary but fun and watchable. I'll keep watching and hopefully it will continue to develop and eliminate some of the minor flaws as time goes on.

The production values are fantastic. The sets are gorgeous, the costumes spot-on the "Art-Deco"/"Steam Punk (like)" feel of the show all seem well thought out and acted upon. But 6-7 episodes in I still only knew the names of 3 characters: Ravi (the brother), Bella (the bar owner) and Jekyll/Hyde. I refer to the Richard E Grant character as "the richard e grant character" and the secretary of Jekyll's attorney as "Miss Lemon". Seriously! What that says to me is they've done a good job with the world building but haven't really given me characters that I actually CARE about… beyond Bella and Ravi. So given that Bella and Ravi are secondary characters to Jekyll & Hyde I'm pretty sure that's not what they were going for and I don't think it says much about getting me engaged in the story.

I don't have a problem suspending my disbelief. I find the various "monsters" intriguing and interesting but I just don't care enough about any of it to know virtually any of the characters NAMES!… Oh yeah, the "girlfriend scientist"… you get the picture. I know who is involved, I just don't CARE. So the sets, costumes, camera work and so forth, end up on the "cutting room floor" of my mind along with everything else the show is trying to accomplish.

I wanted to like this show. I really did. I love the genre. I just can't get behind all of the characters and I'm not sure that's the fault of the actors involved. The dialog doesn't engage me. The "action sequences" kinda leave me unimpressed and NOT wanting more. I engage for the scenes between Bella and Hyde but that's about it and that, in and of itself, is not enough to make me want to come back for more.

I can see why others may like it and even be excited about it. But for me, I just end up wishing they'd kill them all already and just get it over with. So I won't be coming back. Production values notwithstanding. There just isn't enough humanity in what is supposed to be a STUDY ON HUMANITY for me to give it more than 6-7 hours.

FYI- I only posted because the other reviews are largely supportive and encouraging and of course if those people like it they should say so! But it seems to me that the "other side" deserved just a little representation and hopefully enough anecdotal evidence to support my position. Naturally, everyone should decide for themselves and these boards are for the purpose of expressing those decisions and giving the uninitiated viewer some information on which to base their own decisions.

High production values, competent acting talent, rich period settings, exotic locations and a rollicking yarn.

I'm very impressed by this "boy's own" style version of Jekyll and Hyde on ITV1. What concerned me was the degree of well-designed and constructed horror at this early time of day (7pm) on a Sunday.

My first impression was that it's a combination of Sherlock (period setting), Buffy (monsters and some of the snappy dialogue) and The Incredible Hulk (Hyde). Overall I've been very impressed so far but, if I were ITV, I'd shift it back to the watershed.

Nice to see "Abbey" from Misfits looking gorgeous and sophisticated in this. She looks great in evening wear. I have to say that the acting talent is very good throughout. Some roles could be regarded as a little "hammy", but that fits with the genre.

Typical, just get into a show and its cancelled, didn't think I would like it and hey ho there you go I did. So now I'm getting a tad scared to start watching stuff in case they pull the plug on it, they did it with Atlantis, The Dresden Files a personal favorite of mine, and a few others. Unfortunately we seem to be inundated with same old reality TV junk that seems to go on for ever that never gets canned or the soaps, can't get rid of them. But something with a wee bit more bite so to speak and its gone, all well on to the next one, see how long that lasts. Just waiting for folks to get fed up with Agent Carter and Marvels Agents of Shield if that goes I wont be a happy bunny at all.

There is no disputing taste.

To me the first episode was HORRIBLE!

No acting talent spotted, the scenes are cut in hiccups, no credibility to the start of the storyline.

Way too many cinematographic styles mixed / unmatched. It almost seems as if several opinions about style are presented all at once in episode 1.

A good effort for wardrobes & locations but that could not save the cliché's nor this disastrous waste of money.

It is surprising to me that this rolled to the shores from the U.K. Several of the actors performed much better in other productions UNLESS you where the main villain in Hudson Hawk.

Personally I would be ashamed to put it on my resume.

There are a lot of good and decent shows out there and there fine but no where near as fascinating to me as Jekyll and Hyde. The un-natural way the characters act and move is so unsubtle and melodramatic. It's over the top and every one will let there emotions be known. Jekyll isn't very good at hiding or suppressing Hyde and everybody notices. The thing about Hyde's character that confused me is why this Indian raised man comes over to Britain and is basically British after that. A few references are maid but still. Lily is the oddest. She just wanders around for a few episodes smiling no matter strange, distressing or traumatic things get. Over all it is a (probably unintentionally) captivating show and because of that it's the only thing I still watch live on television.

I give this a 3 due to the terrible acting. I haven't seen over the top cheese like this since Jim Carey movie sequels (ie: Ace Ventura sequels and The Mask sequels.) But that over-acting, which is actually quite funny (OMG, I can't get enough of the man-headed dog creature that looks like The Rock on crack) is why I keep watching.

I don't think this is one of those intentional B-rated shows, sadly. It doesn't seem to be self-aware of just how bad it is but that doesn't distract from the comedic gold. Keep making them, I hope that this is considered bad enough to keep people watching rather than just bad and canceled after one season (I'm, surprised with each new episode that it's still going.)

If the show survives the first season, I will revisit the rating I'm giving it but I sincerely hope that they don't try too hard to "fix it" because it could end up being just another boring supernatural television series.

The original story is supposed to be a morality play. I guess in this world of Internet porn it is impossible to shock audiences with the original story so it was necessary to fill the void with a cardboard villain and supernatural nonsense.

The only thing the exceeds how bad this production is how shocked I am at the number of people that appear to like it... Perhaps I should not be so shocked after all.

Over the top acting, absurd supernatural creatures... And apparently a remake of "the league extraordinary gentlemen" to counter a ridiculous villain.

What passes for entertainment today never ceases to amaze me.

Some have commented that this is a show for the very young... If that's true... Or if it is bad intentionally... Then I could perhaps understand some of the positive reviews... Otherwise... What the heck are you people smoking.

Jekyll and Hyde is one of those programs with a premise that captures you for a moment; a 1930s horror show of Lovecraftian bent that focuses on the monster and presents an aversion to gratuitous displays of blood gore, Christmas has come early. Sadly upon opening your gift you find it's been shattered and haphazardly glued back together.

I'm not sure who to blame for the resulting Frankenstein that is the show though, I could blame the writers, but I've seen worse script writing; I could blame the director, but he seems new at this and doesn't quite yet grasp what he's doing; I could blame the cast, but some of them have wonderful sense of irony about their persona and seem to understand just how ridiculous the show is. So who do I blame, well nobody, I can just say it's a mess and walk away.

Having not read the source material, I'm uncertain as to how accurate certain details were, but as to whether or not a man with supposedly super human strength and a manic bent could limit himself to non-lethally punching people in the chin in every single fight scene is a part of it, well I doubt it. The fights are just plain boring, this wouldn't be a problem but the show seems to idolise them and find an excuse to have a new one every episode.

Before I continue on my quest for negativity, I would like to say that I like the costume design, having monsters with simple things like skulls for faces works well and should negate the need for CG, which brings up the question why it was used anyway. One of the monster designs in particular looks particularly shoddy and makes you wonder why it couldn't have been redesigned to something more simple.

The directing particularly caught my attention, and, taking my earlier comment into account, you'll have guessed that that isn't a good thing. They seem to enjoy the 'Dutch tilt' (a camera position which rotates the camera so the shot appears on its side) a little too much, to the point where some of the shots are actually nearing the 90 degrees mark. It also completely removes any sense of weight or meaning to such shots as they're used without any kind of relation to what's currently happening on screen. Speaking of happening on screen, the director of photography is having a field day with this, every shot is so full of 'stuff' that the 'stuff' that actually matters in the shot just fades into the white noise of 'stuff.'

I'm really disappointed in this series, I wanted it to work, I like a bit of the supernatural and secret societies thing, but the show isn't worth struggling through just to get that fix.

I think my eyes nearly rolled right up into my head. I cannot understand how anyone could think that this type of acting is good acting. Everyone in this ridiculous show is so over the top. When Jekyll "goes Hyde" or whatever you want to call it, he chews so much scenery I am stunned there's anything left to look at but him.

Oh, and there's this girl he met once in the street and fell madly in love. Yay for instalove! (groan) What is this, a really bad YA novel? Anyway, every time she kisses him, he turns back into his mild mannered self, which reminded me oh so very strongly of Black Widow bringing Bruce Banner back from the Hulk in Avengers: Age of Ultron. I know there's "nothing new under the sun" but could you at least try to be less derivative? (Also, the acting in Age of Ultron is much better than this mess.)

About halfway through the first episode I got so annoyed with the whole thing I could barely continue watching. I will not be continuing with this series.

Tom Bateman plays Robert Jekyll. Grown up in colonial Ceylon, with his foster family murdered he comes to 1930s Britain where there are shadowy organisations involved in the investigation of the supernatural and people with special abilities.

The series had high production values, very well filmed and good set design.

However it was incredibly slow paced and not well written. Three episodes in and we have the reveal that Jekyll is also Mr Hyde. The grandson of the original Jekyll and Hyde from the Victorian era.

The stories just dragged, the series had try to go with an Incredible Hulk feel as the inadequate Jekyll transforms to the more physical Mr Hyde while retaining Jekyll's intelligence but with added guile and friskiness.

Bateman was not magnetic in the role. It was noticeable he did little promotion for the series to sell himself in the role. I just found him dull. With Richard E Grant in the cast the ham factor dial went to 11.

As for the tone of the series, for something aimed for a family audience and broadcast in the tea time slot we had a family burnt alive in the first episode. The violence in this series had some unpleasantness to it.

If you want a fair review of this crap-fest, just read all the previous 'honest' bad reviews on here and multiply them by by ten! This nonsense bears no discernible relationship whatsoever to the classic Robert L. Stevenson stage play. Its more like watching a terrible fusion of 'Sexton Blake' and 'Doctor Who'! From the totally ridiculous plots, over the top acting, and the rambling insane direction, I really struggled to find anything good to say about this. In the end I just gave up! So, in conclusion, if you wish to waste 10 or so hours of your life watching this farce, as well as the prospect of suffering serious eye bleed, then tune in and be damned. It is quite simply the epitome of bad. You have been warned!

How can you fault the exquisite B grade production values, the predictable plot, the cheesy dialogue and Hils, the queen of the independent female stereotype.

Everything about his show we loved from the first episode. We even loved Max and Spring Heeled Jack, both characters killed of by the nonsense plot twists. Kept us going to the end. Can easily support a second series. So many loose ends left open, the plot twists are convenient, frequent, mad and loose.

The best loved character is of course Hils, she makes the show. Bring back Hils as a spin off, I just have to have more Hils.