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Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

200757m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

2007

Runtime

57m

Storyline

Crime writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Starting with Robert Louis Stevenson's nightmare in September 1885, Rankin traces the roots of this story, which stretches back to Stevenson's childhood. Grave-robbers, hallucinatory drugs and prostitution all play their part in the disturbing account of Henry Jekyll's double-life, as Rankin's journey takes him into the yeasty draughts and unlit closes of the city that inspired the tale - Edinburgh.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
57m
Jun 16, 2007
Languages
English
Director
Richard Downes
Richard Downes
Production
BBC Four
BBC Four
Production Countries
United Kingdom

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