What happens when you have MI-5’s Matthew Macfadyen and Jerome Flynn from Game of Thrones together in a BBC original police procedural? Why Ripper Street of course. Here’s the official synopsis: Haunted by the failure to catch London’s most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest…
Can anyone really ever get tired of Jack the Ripper-inspired movies and TV shows? We here at Criminal Element say “Nay!”. Which is exactly why we are all kind of excited about the BBC show, Ripper Street, coming soon to BBC America. The show is a historical drama set in the Whitechapel area of London…
In the Season 2 finale of Whitechapel, most—but not all—is revealed. I’ll admit I’ve had my problems with this show’s outlandish premises, but it has bright spots. Steve Pemberton as sensationalist crimestalker Edward Buchan is one, because he seems to take such delight in playing the role. Ditto for Peter Serafinowicz as master manipulator DCI…
“The legend promises that one day Ron and Reg will return. Resurrected,” DS Miles warned DI Chandler in Season 2, Episode 1 of Whitechapel, wherein we learn there’s a Kray copycat killer on the loose in London. That day, it seems, is upon us. Proceed with caution. A sense of humor would help too. For…
Welcome back to Whitechapel, where the criminals prefer to recreate famous old crimes rather than come up with new ones. Watching this series—now in its second three-episode season on BBC America—is like listening to a radio station that only plays cover versions of classic hits. Makes you realize it’s awfully hard to improve upon the…
The Whitechapel season one finale opened where episode two left off: with Mary Bousfield’s kidney bleeding on DS Miles’s breakfast table. Of course this makes him even grumpier (“My son picked up that parcel!”) and more determined to find the killer. Chandler points out it’s only half a kidney. A note the killer included in…
Tomorrow night, the first season of Whitechapel draws to a close. If you missed last week’s episode, here’s a brief recap so you don’t get lost in London’s dark streets . . . After DI Chandler manages to convince his team of investigators that a Jack the Ripper copycat is on the prowl, they spend…
Knowing that the BBC series Whitechapel (Wednesdays, BBC America, 10 p.m.) is about a copycat Jack the Ripper, I might not have watched it since I’m a complete scaredy cat when it comes to Ripperology. Everything about him and what he did creeps me out, even if the incidents happened over a hundred years ago.…
