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Season 1 – Ripper Street

Play trailer Poster for Season 1 – Ripper Street Dec 2012 Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Jack the Ripper was a serial killer who butchered a number of women in and around the Whitechapel District of London in 1888. This drama begins about six months after the final murder, with now-peaceful East London hoping that the reign of terror is over. Among the hopeful are members of H Division, the police precinct tasked with keeping order in the district, including Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, a forward-thinking detective haunted by a past mistake that ended in tragedy. While trying to keep order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel, Reid is soon drawn into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London, where each new murder elicits fear that the Ripper may be back.
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Ripper Street — Season 1

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Gritty, sinister, and visually striking, Ripper Street is a gripping thriller, with well-crafted characters and compellingly lurid plotlines.

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Grace Dent Independent (UK) 10/22/2018
I fought through episode one of Ripper Street trying to float above the chat - always all-male scenes - about sperm deposits, ripped-out Fallopian tubes - thinking: "Who enjoys this? Who is this really for?" Go to Full Review Alex Hardy The Times (UK) 10/18/2018
4/5
It's still bally ridiculous at times, but the visuals, stories and soap are so well defined. Go to Full Review David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle 01/19/2013
2.5/4
Ripper Street boasts superb performances, cast and production values, and, beyond the copycat elements, thoughtfully written scripts loaded with surprises and a compellingly complicated moral base. Go to Full Review Jan Moir Daily Mail (UK) 10/24/2018
How did such a godforsaken, blood-spattered, flamboyantly violent, women-hating television series ever get made in the first place? Go to Full Review Michael Noble PopMatters 03/17/2014
7/10
The effect is a fictional history that even professional historians can enjoy without making too many dismissive shakes of the head. Go to Full Review J.C. Maçek III PopMatters 08/20/2013
8/10
As these and other images are not only what they seem, they help also to develop Ripper Street's more distressing themes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Cookie M @RT74391424 07/02/2024 Visual setting a dark place which never seems to find sunlight. Especially fond of the Captain, though his character gritty, a heart bigger than grand canyon. Disappointed they let his character die, just after he got his son. Reid awkward but bright lost in work, eventually and again puts work over daughter. Ending was blah, maybe I expected a glimmer of sunshine just a little to lighten the ending. Overall it is worth the watch. See more 07/05/2021 One of the best series I have ever seen. Each character is fascinating and so well-acted that you forget that this is a show and not a real-time glimpse into the past. See more 03/02/2021 They need to replace the main characters wife current one is such a Downer See more 01/11/2021 Best series I've seen since The Game of Thrones See more shubham s @RT30287817 06/29/2020 AMAZING !!! It has to be said upfront - " Leman Street team is better than Sherlock". Plot has many twists & turns but most amazing is the depth of each character & their different shades. Victorian Dark Age is shown with some accuracy. A must watch for any suspense fan. See more 01/02/2020 The show is really good. The way the portray characters really keeps you on edge. You just don't know what plot twist is gonna happen next. The season starts off very strong and you wanna keep watching. See more Read all reviews
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Matthew Macfadyen

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MyAnna Buring

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Charlene McKenna

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Adam Rothenberg

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Jerome Flynn

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Amanda Hale

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 30, 2012 I Need Light A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her, but authorities are divided on the question of suspects. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 6, 2013 In My Protection A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket, and the 14-year-old culprit refuses to deny the charge. Details Episode 3 Aired Jan 13, 2013 The King Came Calling H Division and the Independent City of London force search for an underlying pattern amidst the tide of sickness. Details Episode 4 Aired Jan 20, 2013 The Good of This City The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost undecipherable murder scene and an unreliable witness. Details Episode 5 Aired Jan 27, 2013 The Weight of One Man's Heart A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draws the attention of Reid and his team, while Drake is confronted with a specter from his past in the form of his one-time colonel. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 3, 2013 Tournament of Shadows As a dock strike takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism. Details Episode 7 Aired Feb 16, 2013 A Man of My Company A shipping magnate wants to complete the acquisition of an ailing line; an engine inventor's body gains Reid's attention. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 9, 2013 What Use Our Work Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street shaken to its foundations; a kidnapping offers Reid cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. Details

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Ripper Street — Season 1

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Season Info

Executive Producer
Greg Brenman, Will Gould, Simon Vaughan
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Dec 30, 2012