Whitechapel
TV Show · Drama · Crime

Whether it's a Jack the Ripper copycat committing horrific murders in the Whitechapel district of London, or gruesome crimes in the East End prompting a look back at 300 years of history, it's up to the investigative team led by Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler, Detective Sergeant Ray Miles and jack-of-all-trades historical adviser Edward Buchan to decipher the nightmares of the past to help solve the horrors of the present. Summoning ghosts, however, can be a tricky proposition, especially when it leads Chandler, Miles and Buchan to places darker still.

2009 · 45m
  • 15+
Starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton
Director Jon East, S.J. Clarkson

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    Ambitious DI Joseph Chandler is assigned an open-and-shut case, the killing of a woman in the East End of London. Get a quick result, he is told, and you will get the promotion you have been waiting for.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    Chandler continues to clash with his team, led by the cynical DS Miles. Further suspects lead to dead-ends as the detectives attempt to penetrate the conspiracies and myths that surround the legend of Jack the Ripper.
    45m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    The final act begins - the Ripper must kill one more victim to complete his re-enactment of the 1888 murders. Chandler is near to breakdown as he struggles to find an answer.
    44m
  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    A spate of gruesome killings and maimings rocks the east end district of Whitechapel. DI Chandler and his team are tasked with solving them. The crimes seem to replicate those committed by the infamous Kray twins back in the 1960s.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    The copycat killer has struck again. The name Jimmy Kray is revealed. The team is stunned when an interview reveals a former relationship with Ronnie Kray which resulted in identical twins, Jimmy and Johnny. Chandler insists on pursuing the twins.
    44m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    The team resumes their investigation. But tensions begin to surface, and Buchan is forced to reveal his own investigations. The shocking revelations bring some new leads, and the team question what else could be fake about Jimmy?
    45m
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Cast & Crew

  • Rupert Penry-Jones
    Joseph Chandler
  • Phil Davis
    Ray Miles
  • Steve Pemberton
    Edward Buchan
  • Sam Stockman
    Emerson Kent
  • Claire Rushbrook
    Dr. Caroline Llewellyn
  • Ben Bishop
    Finley Mansell
  • Hannah Walters
    Megan Riley
  • George Rossi
    DC McCormack
  • Angela Pleasence
    Louise Iver
  • Alex Jennings
    Commander Anderson
  • Christopher Fulford
    DC Fitzgerald

About

Whitechapel

Drama

Whether it's a Jack the Ripper copycat committing horrific murders in the Whitechapel district of London, or gruesome crimes in the East End prompting a look back at 300 years of history, it's up to the investigative team led by Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler, Detective Sergeant Ray Miles and jack-of-all-trades historical adviser Edward Buchan to decipher the nightmares of the past to help solve the horrors of the present. Summoning ghosts, however, can be a tricky proposition, especially when it leads Chandler, Miles and Buchan to places darker still.

15+

COMMON SENSE

Dark, bloody, but excellent British crime drama.

Information

Studio
BBC America
Released
2009
Rated
TV-MA
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 2009 Carnival Fillms

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English, English (United Kingdom)
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