| Whitechapel | |
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| Genre | Police procedural Thriller[1] |
| Written by | Ben Court Caroline Ip |
| Directed by | S.J. Clarkson David Evans John Strickland Richard Clark Jon East Daniel Nettheim |
| Starring | Rupert Penry-Jones Phil Davis Steve Pemberton |
| Composer | Ruth Barrett |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sally Woodward Gentle |
| Producers | Marcus Wilson David Boulter |
| Cinematography | Balazs Bolygo Kieran McGuigan |
| Editors | Liana Del Giudice Anthony Combes |
| Running time | 45 minutes (excluding adverts) |
| Production company | Carnival Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 2 February 2009 – 9 October 2013 |
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Whitechapel is a British police procedural, produced by Carnival Films and distributed by BBC Worldwide,[1][2] 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.[3]
A third series was commissioned by ITV in March 2011, which was extended to six episodes as three two-part stories.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
On 16 November 2013, lead actor Rupert Penry-Jones confirmed that ITV had decided not to recommission the show.[7]
- ^ a b Whitechapel Press Pack. ITV. pp. 18–19. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009.
- ^ "BBC - Biggest ever BBC Worldwide Showcase as over 640 TV buyers head to Liverpool - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Whitechapel to return to ITV". 10 September 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Whitechapel recommissioned for third series". 3 March 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "Whitechapel Series 3 Comes to BBC America on March 28!". 20 March 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ Munn, Patrick (24 September 2012). "ITV1 Renews 'Whitechapel' For Fourth Season". TVWise. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ Penry-Jones, Rupert (16 November 2013). "Sorry to be the bearer of bad news everyone but ITV don't want any more Whitechapel. That's all folks x". Personal Twitter account. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2013.