Helen McCrory as Dr Frankenstein
As ITV1’s Frankenstein breathes new life into a classic story, writer Jed Mercurio and star Helen McCrory tell Serena Davies why it’s a tale for our times
Now that stem cell research is sufficiently advanced that scientists can fabricate heart muscle tissue, the creation of an entire heart, and even an entire creature, no longer sounds like science fiction. Which makes this the perfect time to update the story of Frankenstein: the tale, written in 1818 by a 19-year-old woman novelist, in which a scientist does just that.
Enter Frankenstein, a new feature-length drama written and directed by Jed Mercurio, the former doctor who made his name with the gritty hospital dramas Bodies and Cardiac Arrest.