Whitechapel

Whitechapel is a three-part British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, which first broadcast on 2 February 2009. A second series was commissioned by ITV in September 2009 with the focus on the Kray Twins. Filming is expected to begin in early 2010. In Whitechapel, London in 2008 a series of horrific murders occur which closely resemble those carried out by Jack the Ripper 120 years after the killer first struck in 1888. Despite ... more

Whitechapel is a three-part British television drama series produced by Carnival Films, which first broadcast on 2 February 2009. A second series was commissioned by ITV in September 2009 with the focus on the Kray Twins. Filming is expected to begin in early 2010. In Whitechapel, London in 2008 a series of horrific murders occur which closely resemble those carried out by Jack the Ripper 120 years after the killer first struck in 1888. Despite modern policing techniques including CCTV and DNA evidence, this modern day 'Ripper' "still manages to recreate the slaughter with alarming accuracy while mirroring the red herrings and twisted idiosyncrasies connected to the original case". The murders are investigated by the three main characters - Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler, Detective Sergeant Ray Miles and Ripperologist, Edward Buchan. A modern police force is fighting a murderer from the past, a murderer who was never caught and trying to prevent further murders. Other characters... less