ShowMax gets new series within 24 hours of premiere

ShowMax will offer episodes of the new ITV series Jekyll & Hyde within 24 hours of their original air date in the UK.
Jekyll and Hyde premieres on ITV on 25 October.
Set in 1930s London, the show stars Tom Bateman (Da Vinci’s Demons, The Tunnel), Natalie Gumede (Coronation Street, Death In Paradise), and Richard E Grant (Downton Abbey, Dr Who).
ShowMax said it will be the first to have it in South Africa on 26 October, adding that the show was exclusive to its platform.
Each week ShowMax said it will add a new episode of the 10-part drama within 24 hours of it airing in the UK.
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