Ripper Street

Ripper Street

8.1/10
BBC Two Ended Drama • Crime • Mystery

5 Seasons · 36 Episodes · Premiered December 30, 2012 · Ended October 12, 2016

The Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless in the wake of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror.

Where to Watch: BBC Two

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

8 episodes
E01
I Need Light
Sun, Dec 30 2012 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes it Jack's return, but Reid - the precinct's new man in charge - suspects a different evil at work. The team must use all of their brawn, brains and brilliance to track down the fiend responsible before another girl is killed.
E02
In My Protection
Sun, Jan 6 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket. The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee presents a 14 year-old culprit who refuses to deny the charge, leading Reid and Drake into the savage world of merciless child gangs. At the same time, Jackson's drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past.
E03
The King Came Calling
Sun, Jan 13 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
H Division and the Independent City of London force are thrown together when the panic surrounding a sudden cholera outbreak leads them to scour both boroughs to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death. Meanwhile Emily Reid seeks patronage for her charity efforts, unaware of the resistance she will meet.
E04
The Good of This City
Sun, Jan 20 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a byzantine web of conspiracy. As Reid closes in on the killer, it becomes clear that the condemned slum is home to dark secrets that someone is desperate to protect.
E05
The Weight of One Man's Heart
Sun, Jan 27 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team. While Jackson works to trace the thieves' hardware, Drake is confronted with a spectre from his past in the form of his onetime Colonel. As Reid closes in on the brash robbers and their ultimate target, Drake finds his loyalties put to the ultimate test.
E06
Tournament of Shadows
Sun, Feb 3 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
As the dock strike of August 1889 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the merciless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.
E07
A Man of My Company
Sun, Feb 17 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
An international shipping magnate arrives in town with his Pinkerton retinue to complete the acquisition of an ailing London shipping line. Meanwhile, the murdered body of an engine inventor draws Reid's attention just as Jackson and Long Susan's past comes back to haunt them.
E08
What Use Our Work
Sun, Feb 24 2013 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min
Reid is adrift. His team is in pieces and Leman Street is shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. But Reid is gripped by a growing obsession that leads back to a terrible secret from his own past.

Season 2

8 episodes

Season 3

8 episodes

Season 4

6 episodes

Season 5

6 episodes

Cast

Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen as Det. Insp. Edmund Reid
Adam Rothenberg
Adam Rothenberg as Cpt. Homer Jackson
MyAnna Buring
MyAnna Buring as Long Susan
Jerome Flynn
Jerome Flynn as Det. Sgt. Bennet Drake
Charlene McKenna
Charlene McKenna as Rose Erskine
David Dawson
David Dawson as Fred Best
Clive Russell
Clive Russell as Ch. Insp. Fred Abberline
Matthew Lewis
Matthew Lewis as Sgt. Samuel "Drum" Drummond
Jonas Armstrong
Jonas Armstrong as Nathaniel
Lydia Wilson
Lydia Wilson as Hermione "Mimi" Morton
Benjamin O'Mahony
Benjamin O'Mahony as Det. Sgt. Frank Thatcher
Killian Scott
Killian Scott as Asst. Comissioner Augustus Dove

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