Whitechapel
Set in 2008 and against the hugely atmospheric background of Whitechapel, London, a modern police force are fighting an old adversary.
TV Series 2009 – 2013
4 Seasons – 18 Episodes
A series of bloody, tragic and impossible crimes would suggest someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders. The murders are investigated by our three unlikely heroes: Chandler, a fast-tracked, media savvy DI on his first big murder case; Miles, nearing retirement, a front-line, hard-bitten DS, and Buchan, the eccentrically brilliant Jack the Ripper tour guide.
The names of some of the characters are drawn from real people associated with the Whitechapel murders case committed by Jack the Ripper. Joseph Chandler was a Police Inspector who was the first officer to arrive at the scene of the death of Annie Chapman. Edward Buchan was a contemporary suspect for the murders who committed suicide on the day of Mary Jane Kelly’s funeral. Mary Bousfield was Martha Tabram’s landlady. John McCormack was the lover of suspected ripper victim Alice McKenzie. A Dr Llewellyn was called to the scene of the murder of Mary Ann Nichols. The Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and head of the Criminal Investigation Department at the time of the murders was named Robert Anderson, he was the highest ranking officer to work on the cases. John Fitzgerald confessed to murder of Annie Chapman which was later proved untrue.
