The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

Absorbing, flawless, outstanding cast, sympathetic but culturally and historically accurate acting, cinephotography, locations, costumes, hair...even the female actors trained to walk the way they would have...every detail excels and raises this production to a proper Gold Standard.

As a specialist in Victorian history, I was extremely impressed with the exactitude of this production's quality and accuracy.

Came across this via my local PBS station and made sure I was able to view all the programmes which upheld the high quality so firmly established at the outset.

A worthy investment in anyone's vid library.

Really excellent depiction of a story based on true events. Paddy Considine well cast in this role and gives his usual solid performance backed by an outstanding cast.

Great locations, direction, script and storyline.

Thoroughly recommend this.

There are four movies in this series, which were filmed from 2011 to 2014.

Paddy Cosidine is the lead actor and does an amazing job portraying a flawed but incredibly endearing detective.

I am so glad I watched these and I strongly recommend you watch them in their proper order, otherwise you'll miss some of the character development. We slowly learn, over the space of the four movies, what happened to poor Jack Whicher. I like that they take their time telling his story.

Having just finished the fourth, I already miss Mr. Whicher. It is too bad this series was canceled, but... and not spoiling anything here, it ends in a fantastically satisfying way. I'm grateful for that.

This is one of the best shows I've seen recently. The writing is excellent and acting superb. The production is rich and detailed. If you are used to American shows, as I am, this is very different. Nothing flashy or fast paced. But it's so engrossing that I couldn't wait to watch the next, and then the next, and then it was done. I was so sorry to see there were only four episodes. The tragic character of Mr Whicher, beautifully portrayed by Paddy Considine, is sort of a common man Sherlock Holmes, although I almost hate to make that comparison. Mr Whicher is not driven by ego or fame or glory or money, but always by the search for Truth. I had never heard of the story or character, but I'm so glad I stumbled on this gem.

I only just started watching this. I finished all 4 episodes and see that years ago this show had been cancelled. I greatly enjoyed the character of Mr. Whicher and would have loved to see him grow.