Medical science | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Ian Rankin investigates Victorian medical science in Edinburgh, which relied on dead bodies that had been dug up from graveyards.
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- Clip length: 3'55''
- Broadcast year: 2007
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- English Literature | 19th-century texts | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson | Themes
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- Provider: BBC
- Channel: BBC Four
- Programme: Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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