Whitechapel (TV series)

Whitechapel is a British crime drama television series, which tells the cases of Detective Inspector Joseph Chandler. So far, three squadrons were sent, with the first two seasons were each filled with a larger sample, while the third season consists of three separate cases. Together with his team determined Chandler in London's Whitechapel, from which the title of the series results. On September 24, 2012 Whitechapel was extended from ITV for a 4th season with 6 episodes, whose charisma is provided in the year 2013.

Publication

The first season was aired from 2 to 16 February 2009, ITV and is about a copycat killer, who is inspired by the exploits of Jack The Ripper. The German Original Air Date was on Arte entitled Jack the Ripper is not to take on 18 December 2009, with all three episodes of the season were sent consecutively.

The second season aired from 11 to 25 October 2010, ITV and the plot revolves around the crimes that are committed in retaliation for the detention of the Kray twins. The German Original Air Date was on 15 March 2012 at the species under the name of The Syndicate of the Kray brothers.

The third season was aired from 30 January to 5 March 2012, ITV and consists of six episodes, with two consequences include a case. The three criminal cases have references to historical crimes. The German Original Air Date was again on Arte; doing a double episode was sent consecutively in each case.

The first double episode of 10 January 2013 on the Ratcliffe Highway murders New, refers to the Ratcliff Highway murders. The second case, the poisoner, was sent on 17 January 2013. The season was completed on 24 January 2013, the case " Who's afraid of the black man ," the midnight refers to the Bogeyman and the Lon - Chaney film.

Instrumentation and synchronization

The German synchronization was created by a synchronous book and the dialogue directed by Frank Wesel by the synchronous Company Berliner Synchron AG Wenzel Luedecke in Berlin. In the third season Andreas Pollak was responsible for written and directed.

Reception

Whitechapel had its premiere in Britain on 2 February 2009 at 21:00 clock, reaching 8.13 million viewers. The first season received positive reviews and had a Metacritic score of 75 out of 100, indicating generally favorable reviews.

A critique in the Leicester Mercury said that the television series as "Life on Mars - Trapped in the 70's, without the time travel" ( "Life on Mars without the time -travel " ) would, adding " what Whitechapel lack of originality, would through the atmosphere and the enthusiasm more than made up " ( " what Whitechapel Lacked in originality, it more than made ​​up for with atmosphere and enthusiasm. " ) After the 2nd episode was broadcast on February 9, commented Andrew Billen in the Times he had to warm up for the TV series more and more, and added that " the television series makes all slow Ripperologists from us, as the Jack murders attributed would be separated from those that he had in fact committed. It's all possible in the worst taste, and a bloody good pleasure. " ( " Slowly, the show is making Ripperologists of us all, as Jack's ' canonical ' murders are separated from the ones he Actually committed. It is all in the worst possible taste and bloody good fun. " ) the Daily Telegraph, however, was less impressed and wrote in his review, " the premise was weak-minded, the script idiotic, the actor's portrayal as on auto-pilot and the director had any glimmer of excitement lacking. " (" The what feeble premise, the script imbecilic, the acting on autopilot, the direction lacking in any glimmer of tension. " )

Season 2 also received positive reviews and had a Metacritic score of 69 out of 100, which generally indicates " favorable reviews ".