BBC Literary Archive

Drama on 4 | Robert Louis Stevenson: Terror in the South Seas

Terror in the South Seas | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 57'00''

Newly arrived on a Samoan Island, a trader marries a native girl and is tabooed by the other inhabitants. Stars...

Robert Louis Stevenson | Around Scotland

BBC One Scotland | 1977 | 20'51''

A drama-documentary about Robert Louis Stevenson's life.

The Adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC One | 2005 | 58'34''

Docu-drama about one of Scotland's greatest writers, whose adventurous spirit ultimately led him to settle in Samoa. Starring Ewen B...

Literary Pursuits – RL Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde | Sunday Feature

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Radio 3 | 2018 | 43'27''

Sarah Dillon finds out the story behind the writing of RL Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde.

RL Stevenson – The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Radio Scotland | 1996 | 14'20''

A mild-mannered doctor and his monstrous alter ego. Tim Pigott-Smith reads RL Stevenson's classic tale of dual...

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Four | 2007 | 57'07''

Writer Ian Rankin investigates The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, tracing Robert Louis Stevenson's story back to event...

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Two | 1980 | 1'07'57''

Adapted from the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, and starring Lisa Harrow and Ian Bannen.

Treasure Island (1965)

Treasure Island | BBC One | 1965 | 1'44'41''

Ronald Magill's adaption for the theatre of Robert Louis Stevenson's book, comes from Nottingham Playhouse. With Gemma Jones.

The Read | S3E4: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: The Read with Reece Shearsmith

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Four | 2025 | 1'04'19''

Who is the real monster? Robert Louis Stevenson’s defining gothic horror explores alter egos in this c...

8: Dr Jekyll’s Closet | Edinburgh Nights

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Two | 1994 | 40'41''

In the final program, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is explored through a do...

Treasure Island (1977)

Treasure Island | BBC One | 1977 | 52'52''

RL Stevenson's famous tale of pirate gold and skulduggery on the high seas.

The Body Snatcher

The Body Snatcher | BBC Two | 2011 | 1'17'56''

In 19th-century Edinburgh, a grave robber diversifies into murder, to the horror of the doctor who buys his corpses. Starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

Treasure Island (1968)

Treasure Island | BBC One | 1968 | 24'18''

Following the visit of Billy Bones to the Admiral Benbow, Jim embarks on a series of events that lead to discovery of the map that showed where the tr...

Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

Treasure Island | BBC One | 2006 | 1'29'24''

In a musical reworking of the classic tale, the Muppets set out to find buried treasure after young Jim Hawkins is given a treasure map by a my...

Jekyll

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC One | 2007 | 52'55''

A contemporary take on a classic horror tale. Tom Jackman, the only living descendent of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, is a new man with an old problem. Jackman tries to kee...