'Whitechapel' Season 2 Returns to BBC America
Premiering Wednesday, March 28, the new season of the critically acclaimed drama consists of three distinctive, dark and chilling crime stories.
Rupert Penry-Jones in "Whitechapel"
February 8, 2012"Whitechapel" cast members Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones and Steve Pemberton
The files of America's first serial killer H.H. Holmes and other historic cases from Britain's past help solve modern-day murders in London's East End
The critically acclaimed drama, "Whitechapel," returns to BBC America's Dramaville with three distinctive, dark and chilling crime stories. From the producers of Downton Abbey, the new season will find Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), Detective Sergeant Miles (Phil Davis) and Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton) spreading their investigations beyond the boundaries of East London's Whitechapel, as they peel back layers of the East End's most gruesome history. "Whitechapel" premieres Wednesday, March 28, 10:00pm ET/PT as part of BBC America's Dramaville.
In season one, the intrepid team tracked down a blood-thirsty Jack the Ripper copycat and faced off against the gangster brutality of a new generation of Krays. But now they are faced with a whole new set of challenges ...
DI Chandler and DS Miles are still based in Whitechapel, with Ed Buchan joining the unit as their historical advisor. They have rescued a huge crime archive, a vast but chaotic collection of files and papers beneath the incident room. Buchan begins eagerly sorting this treasure trove of primary sources. Chandler is convinced crimes of the past hold the key to solving murders in the present and it's not long before they have their first case - the race is on to find the killer.
Whitechapel remains a dark and scary place, laden with villainy and foreboding. The East End will once again provide fertile ground for murder, body-snatching, poisoning and grisly discoveries, as the team's present day investigations echo three hundred years of crimes committed in the city's darkest recesses.
The "Whitechapel" cast includes Rupert Penry-Jones ("Red Tails," "MI-5," "Persuasion") as DI Joseph Chandler,
Phil Davis ("Sherlock," "Merlin," "Vera Drake") as DS Ray Miles, Steve Pemberton ("Psychoville," "The League of Gentelmen," "Benidorm") as Edward Buchan, Ben Bishop ("Titanic") as DC Finley Mansell, Sam Stockman ("Wire in the Blood," "Holby City") as DC Emerson Kent, Claire Rushbrook ("The Fades," "Doctor Who") as Dr. Llewellyn, and Hannah Walters ("This is England '86," "Filth and Wisdom") as DC Megan Riley.
"Whitechapel" is a Carnival Films production for ITV. The series was created and written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip ("Primeval"). Directors include John Strickland ("Bedlam," "Bodies," "Apparitions"), Richard Clark ("Doctor Who," "Life on Mars") and Jon East ("Summerhill," "That Summer Day"). The executive producer is Sally Woodward Gentle ("Any Human Heart," "Enid," "Waking the Dead"). The producer is David Boulter ("Prime Suspect 6," "Fiona's Story").
The critically acclaimed drama, "Whitechapel," returns to BBC America's Dramaville with three distinctive, dark and chilling crime stories. From the producers of Downton Abbey, the new season will find Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones), Detective Sergeant Miles (Phil Davis) and Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton) spreading their investigations beyond the boundaries of East London's Whitechapel, as they peel back layers of the East End's most gruesome history. "Whitechapel" premieres Wednesday, March 28, 10:00pm ET/PT as part of BBC America's Dramaville.
In season one, the intrepid team tracked down a blood-thirsty Jack the Ripper copycat and faced off against the gangster brutality of a new generation of Krays. But now they are faced with a whole new set of challenges ...
DI Chandler and DS Miles are still based in Whitechapel, with Ed Buchan joining the unit as their historical advisor. They have rescued a huge crime archive, a vast but chaotic collection of files and papers beneath the incident room. Buchan begins eagerly sorting this treasure trove of primary sources. Chandler is convinced crimes of the past hold the key to solving murders in the present and it's not long before they have their first case - the race is on to find the killer.
Whitechapel remains a dark and scary place, laden with villainy and foreboding. The East End will once again provide fertile ground for murder, body-snatching, poisoning and grisly discoveries, as the team's present day investigations echo three hundred years of crimes committed in the city's darkest recesses.
The "Whitechapel" cast includes Rupert Penry-Jones ("Red Tails," "MI-5," "Persuasion") as DI Joseph Chandler,
Phil Davis ("Sherlock," "Merlin," "Vera Drake") as DS Ray Miles, Steve Pemberton ("Psychoville," "The League of Gentelmen," "Benidorm") as Edward Buchan, Ben Bishop ("Titanic") as DC Finley Mansell, Sam Stockman ("Wire in the Blood," "Holby City") as DC Emerson Kent, Claire Rushbrook ("The Fades," "Doctor Who") as Dr. Llewellyn, and Hannah Walters ("This is England '86," "Filth and Wisdom") as DC Megan Riley.
"Whitechapel" is a Carnival Films production for ITV. The series was created and written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip ("Primeval"). Directors include John Strickland ("Bedlam," "Bodies," "Apparitions"), Richard Clark ("Doctor Who," "Life on Mars") and Jon East ("Summerhill," "That Summer Day"). The executive producer is Sally Woodward Gentle ("Any Human Heart," "Enid," "Waking the Dead"). The producer is David Boulter ("Prime Suspect 6," "Fiona's Story").
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