Trivia
Jackman's sons are named "Harry" and "Eddie", a reference to Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde from the Stevenson novel.
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The Klein and Utterson Institute is a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's narrator from "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Mr. Utterson.
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Michelle Ryan, Meera Syal and Fenella Woolgar all three played significant parts in different episodes in the Doctor Who series.
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In Steven Moffat's first TV series Press Gang, the lead character Lynda Day whistles a tune Hyde whistles throughout the series.
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James Nesbitt was cast because he could play Hyde straight to the edge and then pull back from it in an instant.
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Moffat wasn't sure if Gina Bellman was right for the role of Jekyll's wife after working with her for four years on Coupling. Since that was a sitcom, he didn't think she could handle such a weighty, dramatic storyline. It made her more determined to win the role.
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Gina Bellman doesn't enjoy working with props, because she always managed to damage them in TV shows like Coupling. But by the time of Jekyll, she managed to conquer that problem.
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Steven Moffat has written a second series, but the BBC have so far declined any interest in making it.
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