Mike Covell’s Blogg

Australia has caught Ripper fever, with the announcment that hit ITV drama Whitechapel is going to be shown on Australian TV.  The Sydney Morning Herald featured a write up on the excellent series;

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/friday–whitechapel-20100323-qtlt.html

The Sydney Morning Herald ran a piece only moments ago stating that the ripper murders are the ultimate cold case.  To read more:

 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/original-cold-case-is-still-a-ripper-20100324-quwp.html

Quest TV will be showing Jack the Ripper in America on Sunday the 14th of March 2010.

The synopsis reads:

Jack The Ripper In America Detective Ed Norris is one of Americas best cold case investigators. But can he link the brutal murder of a prostitute in New York to the world’s most notorious serial killer?

The advert for the show featured snippets regarding the Carrie Brown murder in New York.

Running from 22.00 to 23.00,

Quest is available on Freeview Channel 38
Quest is available on Sky Channel 154
Quest+1 is available on Sky Channel 167

Whitechapel is Back!!  The most popular drama series of 2009 returns with another series commisioned by ITV.

Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton reprise their starring roles in the three-part series, produced by Carnival Films. The story continues to centre around the iconic cult of Jack the Ripper in the East End of London.
Series executive producer Sally Woodward Gentle said: “Whitechapel II will be as sharp, intense and as visually distinctive as the first series with the gangster culture of the Krays never far away. Once again the streets of Whitechapel yield an extraordinary story and we are delighted, if slightly scared, to be going back there again.”
Director of drama Laura Mackie added: “Whitechapel II will be as audacious and as compelling as the first series strengthened by further character development and very real personal jeopardy.”  The show will be produced for Carnival Films for ITV.

The principal cast will be joined by Peter Serafinowicz, (The Peter Serafinowicz Show) who plays DCI Cazenove and Craig Parkinson, (Lark-Rise to Candleford) who plays twins, Jimmy and Johnny Kray. Whitechapel II once again draws on a set of iconic cult crimes born out of the area. After Jack the Ripper comes the gangster brutality of the Krays, and in Whitechapel II the paranoia of this era and the faded glamour of the former East End overlords will characterise the drama.
Directed by David Evans (Unforgiven, Survivors) and produced by Grainne Marmion (Small Island, The Damned United), Whitechapel II will be filming at various locations around London including Whitechapel, Bethnal Green and the East End.
Whitechapel I, which played out in a 9pm Monday night slot in February, was ITV1’s best performing new drama of 2009. The first episode debuted with 9.3 million viewers (31.1%) and an average audience of 8.7 million (30.1%) watched across the three episodes.
Returning to write the second series are Ben Court and Caroline Ip and Sally Woodward Gentle will executive produce the series.
Woodward Gentle said, “Whitechapel II will be as sharp, intense and as visually distinctive as the first series with the gangster culture of the Krays never far away. Once again the streets of Whitechapel yield an extraordinary story and we are delighted, if slightly scared, to be going back there again.”