Meet the Ripperologist in an Exclusive Character Profile for Whitechapel
Jack the Ripper has long fascinated both horror and true crime fans, and if you fit either category, take note that the BBC series “Whitechapel” is premiering September 27th on KCET in Los Angeles, the nation’s largest independent public television station, and also streaming online at KCET.org. The station has acquired the first three seasons of the show, with Season 1 set in modern-day London, where someone is replicating the crimes of Jack the Ripper.
We have more details below along with an exclusive look at Edward Buchan, Ripperologist.
From the Press Release:
KCET, the nation’s largest independent public television station, announces the return of the most famous unsolved murder case in history with the premiere of the critically acclaimed U.K. series “WHITECHAPEL,” airing exclusively on KCET in Southern California beginning Sunday, September 27, at 9 p.m. PT. The detective series will also be streaming at KCET.org concurrent with the broadcast featuring additional related content, including a look at famous murder mysteries in Southern California. The series, acquired from BBC Worldwide TV in the U.K., originally aired on ITV1 in February of 2009 and is a Carnival Films Production.
For two weeks after each initial broadcast on KCET, you’ll be able to watch the episodes at KCET.org, so you can always catch up on anything you missed.
Cinematic and stylish, with a distinctive Gothic edge, ambitious storylines, memorable characters, and gallows wit, “WHITECHAPEL” stands out from most police procedural dramas and was nominated in five categories at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in 2012.
Synopsis:
Set in 2008against the hugely atmospheric background of Whitechapel, London, a modern police force finds itself fighting an old adversary upon discovering a series of bloody, tragic, and impossible crimes that suggest someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders. Ambitious DI Joseph Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones, “The Strain” and “MI-5”) is assigned an open-and-shut case, the killing of a woman in the East End of London. But the investigation quickly runs out of suspects until Edward Buchan (Steve Pemberton, “Inspector Lewis” and “Happy Valley”), a renowned “Ripperologist,” draws the police’s attention to the similarities between the Jack the Ripper killings in 1888 and the modern-day murder. With the help of the cynical DS Miles (Phil Davis, “Mr. Holmes”), the race begins to catch the copycat killer before he strikes again.
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