Ripper Street
| Ripper Street | |
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| Genre |
Drama Mystery |
| Created by | Richard Warlow |
| Written by | Richard Warlow |
| Starring |
Matthew Macfadyen Jerome Flynn Adam Rothenberg MyAnna Buring |
| Theme music composer | Dominik Scherrer |
| Composer(s) | Dominik Scherrer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 37 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Greg Brenman Will Gould Simon Vaughan Andrew Lowe Ed Guiney Polly Hill |
| Producer(s) | Stephen Smallwood Katie McAleese |
| Location(s) | Dublin, Ireland |
| Cinematography | Julian Court PJ Dillon Peter Robertson |
| Camera setup | Single-camera setup |
| Running time | 58–76 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Tiger Aspect Productions Lookout Point |
| Distributor | Endemol UK |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC One (Series 1–3) BBC Two (Series 4–5) Amazon Video (Series 3–5) |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 30 December 2012 – 12 October 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Ripper Street is a British TV series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London and starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, and Adam Rothenberg. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. The first episode was broadcast on 30 December 2012 during BBC One's Christmas schedule and was first broadcast in the United States on BBC America on 19 January 2013.Ripper Street returned for a second eight-part series on 28 October 2013.
On 4 December 2013, it was reported that a third series would not be made due to low viewing figures for series two. Then on 11 December 2013, Variety reported negotiations between the show's producer Tiger Aspect and LoveFilm to fund future episodes, similar to Netflix funding episodes of Arrested Development. On 26 February 2014, it was confirmed that Amazon Video would resurrect the show. Filming began in May 2014. Series three began streaming on Amazon UK Prime Instant Video on 14 November 2014 but has not been made available on Amazon's US site. The third series began airing on BBC America on 29 April 2015, and on BBC One on 31 July 2015.
In June 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth series. In 2016, it was announced that the show would end with the fifth series. Series 4 premiered on Amazon UK on 15 January 2016, on BBC America on 28 July 2016, and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two from 22 August 2016. The concluding fifth series premiered in full (six episodes) on Amazon UK on 12 October 2016.
The series begins in April 1889, six months since the last Jack the Ripper killing, and in Whitechapel H Division is responsible for policing one and a quarter square miles of East London: a district with a population of 67,000 poor and dispossessed. The men of H Division had hunted the Ripper and failed to find him. When more women are murdered on the streets of Whitechapel, the police begin to wonder if the killer has returned.
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