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Whitechapel
2009 - 2013 7.2 (116 votes) 4 Seasons
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Genres
Crime Drama
Networks
ITV1
Created By
Ben Court
Caroline Ip

Whitechapel

Overview

Detective Inspector Chandler investigates copycat killers in London's East End.

Key Crew

Top Cast

Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones

DI Joseph Chandler

Steve Pemberton
Steve Pemberton

Edward Buchan

Phil Davis
Phil Davis

Ray Miles

Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings

Anderson

Seasons

Season 3 poster
Season 3 (2012)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Episode 1
2012-01-30

DI Chandler and DS Miles investigate the slaughter of four people at a tailor's fortified workshop. Ed Buchan, retained by Chandler as the team's historical adviser, believes that the huge archive at Whitechapel station will provide the necessary insight into this baffling crime.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Episode 2
2012-02-06

The police drama set in London's East End continues with the second of a two-part story. A second mass murder occurs with no signs of an obvious break-in and no forensic evidence for Chandler and the team to use. The crimes begin to take on an almost supernatural edge and local residents wonder how they can sleep soundly in their beds when doors and locks offer no protection from whoever is responsible.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Episode 3
2012-02-13

When Chandler, Miles and the team attend the christening of Miles’s daughter, Martha, a fox runs through Whitechape with a human arm inside its mouth.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Episode 4
2012-02-20

When traces of the aphrodisiac Spanish fly are found in murder victims, Chandler and Miles question what kind of killer they could be up against. The team are taken to the heart of a dark obsession where romance and love take on a sinister turn.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Episode 5
2012-02-27

When a babysitter is murdered and a dangerous patient and former Whitechapel resident escapes from a psychiatric unit, the area is hit by a series of terrifying events. Fearing that a spree killer is on the loose, Chandler, Miles and the team must act fast to prevent more deaths. Meanwhile, Chandler's quest to bring in a suspect alive jeopardises his relationship with Miles.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Episode 6
2012-03-05

The masked killer is still at large, and Chandler is particularly interested in a woman who managed to survive an attack. He and Miles must resolve their differences to bring the killer to book.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (2013)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Case One (Part 1)
2013-09-04

A party is being held for the launch of Buchan’s first book called ‘A History of Murder in Whitechapel’. The team attend to offer him some moral support. A little old lady at the party makes pointed comments to the team which sour the evening a little, especially after she reminds Chandler that he has yet to make a conviction. Chandler and Miles investigate a bizarre murder after a vagrant is slowly crushed to death by some stones.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Case One (Part 2)
2013-09-11

A connection to a 16th century murder seems to confirm that someone is killing witches in Whitechapel, but the investigation is impeded when a link to present-day espionage attracts the attention of the security services. Chandler is on the case, only for it to appear that there may be a malign influence at the very heart of the team. The station pulsates with unexplained phenomena, and even Miles starts to ask questions. Is anywhere truly safe, and who or what is behind the evil that seems to be surfacing all around?

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Case Two (Part 1)
2013-09-18

Following the discovery of a flayed face in a local gallery, Chandler and Miles find themselves becoming involved in the contemporary art world.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Case Two (Part 2)
2013-09-25

As more flayed bodies turn up, Chandler and Miles question the motives behind these bloody deeds. Buchan's research puts him in danger.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Case Three (Part 1)
2013-10-02

A disembowelled body is discovered in a sewer. The team must establish whether a killer is at large, or if feral swine have returned to London's sewers. Chandler has to pull the detectives together after an abysmal team-building exercise.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Case Three (Part 2)
2013-10-09

The hunt is on to find a gang of suspected cannibalistic killers lurking in the sewers before a missing girl becomes the next victim. The station is under attack and the forces of evil are moving against the team on all sides, and as the case takes a dangerously personal twist for Chandler, he must resort to desperate measures.

Runtime: 45 min

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