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  • Whitechapel Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 46 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Whitechapel

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 46 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

In the wee hours of the morning, a Police Community Support Officer discovers the body of a woman lying in a yard. The victim is Cathy Lane and the medical examiner determines she was strangled and that her throat was slit. The attack ...See moreIn the wee hours of the morning, a Police Community Support Officer discovers the body of a woman lying in a yard. The victim is Cathy Lane and the medical examiner determines she was strangled and that her throat was slit. The attack probably lasted no more than a few minutes but the killer tried to gut her as well. The police, led by newly appointed DI Joe Chandler, at first focus on her husband Rob Lees, a brute of a man who also happens to be a butcher, but he has the perfect alibi: he was in the drunk tank at Charing Cross station at the time of the murder. Ripperologist Edward Buchan suggests to them that this murder is identical to Jack the Ripper's first murder, and that another attack on Emma Jones also matches one from over 100 years ago. DI Chandler soon recognizes a pattern to the killings, much as Buchan suggested. His major problem however is that his squad, led by DS 'Skip' Miles, have absolutely no respect for him and see him as just another fast-track university graduate who knows nothing about policing on the street. Written by garykmcd See less
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Updated Feb 2, 2009

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Feb 2, 2009 (United States)
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8 nominations

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16 cast members
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Rupert Penry-Jones
DI Joseph Chandler DI Joseph Chandler   See fewer
Alex Jennings
Commander Anderson Commander Anderson   See fewer
Phil Davis
DS Ray Miles DS Ray Miles   See fewer
Christopher Fulford
DC Fitzgerald DC Fitzgerald   See fewer
Johnny Harris
DC Sanders DC Sanders   See fewer
George Rossi
DC McCormack DC McCormack   See fewer
Sam Stockman
DC Kent DC Kent   See fewer
Claire Rushbrook
Dr Caroline Llewellyn Dr Caroline Llewellyn   See fewer
Sophie Stanton
Mary Bousfield Mary Bousfield   See fewer
Dennis Banks
Jim Green Jim Green   See fewer
Dutch Dore-Boize
Rob Lees Rob Lees   See fewer
Steve Pemberton
Edward Buchan Edward Buchan   See fewer
Sally Leonard
Frances Coles Frances Coles   See fewer
Paul Hickey
Dr Cohen Dr Cohen   See fewer
Jane Riley
Sarah Smith Sarah Smith   See fewer
Simon John Wilson
Policeman (uncredited) Policeman (uncredited)   See fewer
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