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Whitechapel

TV·2009–2013·4 seasons, 18 episodes·ITV1·Drama, Crime, Mystery·1h·7.9·Created by Ben Court, Caroline Ip

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Set against the contrasting facades of Whitechapel, London, a series of bloody, tragic and impossible crimes are carried out.

A fast-tracked inspector, a hardened detective sergeant, and an expert in historical homicides investigate modern crimes with connections to the past in the Whitechapel district of London.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Whitechapel S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 8.0The Ripper must kill one more victim to complete his re-enactment of the 1888 murders. DI Chandler is near to breakdown as he struggles to find an answer.
  2. 02Whitechapel S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 7.7New suspects only seem to lead to dead ends, and a frustrated DI Chandler pins his hopes on trapping their latest suspect.
  3. 03Whitechapel S04E06Episode 6S04E06 · 7.3The hunt is on to find a gang of suspected cannibalistic killers lurking in the sewers before a missing girl becomes the next victim. The station is under attack and the forces of evil are moving against the team on all sides, and as the case takes a dangerously personal twist for Chandler, he must resort to desperate measures.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2009Aired 7.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Whitechapel S01E01Episode 1February 2, 2009 7.0Fast-tracker, DI Joseph Chandler, is posted to Whitechapel by Commander Anderson to lead the investigation into the murder of a young woman,
  2. S01E02Whitechapel S01E02Episode 2February 9, 2009 7.7New suspects only seem to lead to dead ends, and a frustrated DI Chandler pins his hopes on trapping their latest suspect.
  3. S01E03Whitechapel S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3February 16, 2009 8.0The Ripper must kill one more victim to complete his re-enactment of the 1888 murders. DI Chandler is near to breakdown as he struggles to f

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode3Episodes2010Aired 6.1Season avg
  1. S02E01Whitechapel S02E01Season's bestEpisode 1October 11, 2010 6.3DI Chandler, DC Miles and the team investigate a series of brutal killings and maimings. Local history expert Buchan suggests that London on
  2. S02E02Whitechapel S02E02Episode 2October 18, 2010 5.7Miles learns that a criminal called Billy Bunhill has been shot inside another notorious Kray haunt, The Blind Beggar pub. Chandler's intere
  3. S02E03Whitechapel S02E03Episode 3October 25, 2010 6.3With the body count rising and nothing conclusive to pin on the twins, Chandler and his team have no option but to play the Krays at their o

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2012Aired 6.2Season avg
  1. S03E01Whitechapel S03E01Episode 1January 30, 2012 5.0DI Chandler and DS Miles investigate the slaughter of four people at a tailor's fortified workshop. Ed Buchan, retained by Chandler as the t
  2. S03E02Whitechapel S03E02Season's bestEpisode 2February 6, 2012 7.0A second mass murder occurs with no signs of an obvious break-in and no forensic evidence for Chandler and the team to use. The crimes begin
  3. S03E03Whitechapel S03E03Episode 3February 13, 2012 6.7Part 1 of 2. When Chandler, Miles and the team attend the christening of Miles's daughter, Martha, a fox runs through Whitechapel with a hum
  4. S03E04Whitechapel S03E04Episode 4February 20, 2012 6.0When traces of the aphrodisiac Spanish fly are found in murder victims, Chandler and Miles question what kind of killer they could be up aga
  5. S03E05Whitechapel S03E05Episode 5February 27, 2012 6.3When a babysitter is murdered and a dangerous patient and former Whitechapel resident escapes from a psychiatric unit, the area is hit by a
  6. S03E06Whitechapel S03E06Episode 6March 5, 2012 6.0The masked killer is still at large, and Chandler is particularly interested in a woman who managed to survive an attack. He and Miles must

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2013Aired 6.6Season avg
  1. S04E01Whitechapel S04E01Episode 1September 4, 2013 7.0The team investigates the murder of a man who is crushed to death by stones and, as the killer's methods are revealed, Chandler unearths a s
  2. S04E02Whitechapel S04E02Episode 2September 11, 2013 6.5A connection to a 16th century murder seems to confirm that someone is killing witches in Whitechapel, but the investigation is impeded when
  3. S04E03Whitechapel S04E03Episode 3September 18, 2013 6.0Following the discovery of a flayed face in a local gallery, Chandler and Miles find themselves becoming involved in the contemporary art wo
  4. S04E04Whitechapel S04E04Episode 4September 25, 2013 6.7As more flayed bodies turn up, Chandler and Miles question the motives behind these bloody deeds. Buchan's research puts him in danger.
  5. S04E05Whitechapel S04E05Episode 5October 2, 2013 6.0In the sewers two workmen find the disembowelled corpse of young runner, Thomas Griffin. Dr. Llewellyn believes his killer removed his stoma
  6. S04E06Whitechapel S04E06Season's bestEpisode 6October 9, 2013 7.3The hunt is on to find a gang of suspected cannibalistic killers lurking in the sewers before a missing girl becomes the next victim. The st

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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