So we're now in September which means the start of a whole new TV season. With so much to pack in I've found myself having to write two weekly pieces the first of which focuses on ITV's week of debuting shows which featured both some returning names and some new...
ITV has commissioned a fourth series of the 6 x 60” hit drama, Whitechapel from Carnival Films. The series written by Ben Court and Caroline Ip, and starring Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton will begin...
When Whitechapel started back in 2009 it was somewhat of a revelation. It was that rare thing of an instant hit. A top cast coupled with an intriguing premise as a Ripper fanatic struck again in modern day London. Fantastic! An instant hit. In a sea of crime drama...
Did we like it? Jack the Ripper will always be a beacon of morbid fascination, a fertile reservoir of conspiracy and febrile theorizing – much like the attacks on the World Trade Center or the assassination of JFK – as it has the twin magnetism of unsolved mystery and...
What to say if you liked it We all know that ITV1's two-part dramas are pap. It's a law of nature. Written in stone. But this one is the exception that proves the rule. What to say if you disliked it Like Father, Like Son, Like So Many Other ITV1 Crime Dramas What was...