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Whitechapel (2009)

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Genre
detective fiction, police procedural, drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
4 seasons, 18 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 133 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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London detectives investigate murders in the Whitechapel district that mimic infamous historical crimes like Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins. The series follows their methodical hunt for modern copycat killers.

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What happens

Whitechapel is a British police procedural, produced by Carnival Films for ITV and distributed by BBC Worldwide, in which detectives in London's Whitechapel district deal with murders which replicated historical crimes. The first series was broadcast in the UK on 2 February 2009 and depicted the search for a modern copycat killer replicating the murders of Jack the Ripper. A second series was commissioned by ITV in September 2009 with the focus on the Kray twins. The first episode of this second series was broadcast on 11 October 2010. A third series was commissioned by ITV in March 2011, which was extended to six episodes as three two-part stories. The first and second series were broadcast in the United States on six consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning 26 October 2011 on the BBC America cable network. The third was broadcast in the US starting on Wednesday 28 March 2012, also on BBC America. On 24 September 2012, ITV renewed Whitechapel for a fourth and final series consisting of six episodes. The first episode was broadcast on 4 September 2013. On 16 November 2013, lead actor Rupert Penry-Jones confirmed that ITV had decided not to recommission the show. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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