Whitechapel

[A Cousin]

Just finished series 3 on BBC America last night. I have to say, I am fan of this programme. I really dig the combination of horror and suspense genres. It's pretty gruesome, but it's really well done. It can scare me enough to think twice about going into my basement alone at night! After the first two series (the copycat series) I did wonder how it was going to perpetuate itself, but I liked the change in format for series 3 to using history as a blueprint.

The cast is great. Our Spooks connection in RPJ is really good in this different role for him. He doesn't overplay Chandler's OCD. Love Phil Davis as DC Miles. It's a gift of a role. There is just something about the crusty old cop with a heart of gold that I can't resist. I was really glad when they brought Buchan in permanently. He's kind of the eyes of the viewer which, again, Steve Pemberton handles really well. It's one thing to have encyclopedic knowledge of the history of crime and quite another to have to live in the middle of it 24/7. The overall character development is very well handled - it's present but not distracting from the plot and, most of the time, is tied to the plot.

And on a feminist note, I do like that the two regular female cast members (Dr. Llewellyn and DC Riley) are *normal* looking, intelligent, gutsy, professional women. Clare Rushbrook in particular is someone who sits on my radar whose work I always seem to enjoy.

Has anyone heard anything about it being recommissioned for a 4th series?

[SweetTea]

I've only seen the 1st series but am hoping I can get my hands on series 2 in the near future. I enjoyed RPJ's role and I couldn't figure out where I knew DC Miles from until I realized he was the taxi driver in Sherlock 1.1. This is going to sound so strange but Steve Pemberton reminded me of the kid who played Wes Carter. My mind is weird like that at times.

I like the suspense and don't mind horror when it is well done and not just gruesome for gruesome's sake, so I'm looking forward to seeing more of this show. I just finished listening to NW in "Bad Memories" which was suspenseful and spooky - I loved it.

[jh1892]

I love whitechapel, I really enjoy the mix of crime abd investigation with horror. Rupert penry Jones is just brilliant as we all know, and his character DI chandler is brilliantly written. I really like the OCD aspect of his character and his relationship with DS miles is very entertaining. I haven't heard anything about series 4 but I really hope there is another series and hopefully following a similar format to series 3.

[Tea Lady]

Haven't heard anything about a fourth series. Hopefully that is a good thing. I hated the second series of Whitechapel and we actually skipped through the end of the last episode as it was so ridiculous. I am glad they have changed for format slightly to a more straight-forward crime fighting cop drama with a twist.

Changing topic slightly, Scott & Bailey is a good British cop show AC. Women have the lead roles for a change.

[jh1892]

(06-05-2012 10:59 AM)Tea Lady Wrote:  Changing topic slightly, Scott & Bailey is a good British cop show AC. Women have the lead roles for a change.

Scott and Bailey is very good, although I think i preferred the first series to the second (but that might have been the suprise of finding a tv show that I like other than spooks ) . I enjoy the dynamic between the female leads and there are some hilarious one liners from the DCI. Worth a watch, I'd say.