‘Whitechapel’ has been axed, confirms star
Rupert Penry Jones has revealed that Whitechapel will not be returning for a fifth series.
Rupert Penry Jones has revealed that Whitechapel will not be returning for a fifth series.
After interrogation scenes with the gleefully uncooperative journalist, who was caught last time cooking something suspicious, his presence in photos led the team to raid an illicit dining club.
Following the pattern that grisly discoveries occur when the Whitehapel gang are socialising, this final tale began amid a “Zombie Apocalypse” team building exercise.
Not that we were initially aware, joining them fleeing from the undead hordes with Buchan and Miles worryingly immersed in the game. It was a smart move, serving to highlight this fractured team’s plight. If such an event does not truly exist for corporate jollies, it really ought to!
Starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton, crime drama Whitechapel returns to ITV this autumn for a fourth series.
The second part of this face-skinning story begins at quite a pelt, as our witness link from the previous episode is made within the first few minutes. After her input, Buchan’s disgust is palpable at a link to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, drawing on a work of lurid fiction rather than his treasured archive of fact.
Two crime dramas came to an end last Sunday with Vera continuing to draw in more viewers than What Remains.
After last week’s supernatural shenanigans, we are back to the gruesome bread and butter of Whitechapel with a serial killer who has a penchant for skinning their victims.
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Striking a decidedly supernatural tone, Series 4’s opening two-part tale drew to a close with a rational, scientific explanation for the Witchfinder murders, before expertly throwing all the cards up in the air once again.
Doc Martin, the GP with the bedside manner that even Dr Crippen would baulk at returned to ITV on Monday with a healthy 7.6m (32.6%).