Whitechapel

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Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton lead the cast in a darkly atmospheric new thriller for ITV1, Whitechapel.

It is set in 2008 against the contrasting facade of Whitechapel in London, where a series of bloody, tragic and impossible crimes suggest that someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders.

In a city under the constant surveillance of CCTVTV and with the knowledge that DNANA evidence can help catch even the most dangerous of criminals, this modern-day Ripper still manages to recreate the slaughter with alarming accuracy, and mirroring the red herrings and twisted idiosyncrasies connected to the original Victorian case.

The murders are investigated by three unlikely heroes: Chandler (Penry-Jones), a fast-tracked, media-savvy DI on his first big murder case; Miles (Davis), a front line, hard-bitten DS nearing retirement, who’s saddled with a boss who would rather talk about ‘emotional intelligence’ than gut feeling; and Buchan (Pemberton), an expert on the myths and legends behind unexplained or violent deaths and eccentrically brilliant Ripperologist.

This modern police force is fighting an old adversary; an adversary who was never caught. And our heroes face an intense race against time to prevent any further bloodshed.

Whitechapel is produced by Marcus Wilson (True Dare Kiss, Life On Mars), written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip (Marian, Again) and directed by SJ Clarkson (Mistresses, Life On Mars). Sally Woodward Gentle (The Ruby In The Smoke, Waking The Dead) is executive producer.