Ripper Street
2012 · TV Series · TV-MA · 60 min · ★ 7.4 · 83% critics
In 1889 Whitechapel, a hard-pressed police division tries to keep order in the shadow of the infamous Ripper killings. As new crimes erupt across the chaotic streets, the detectives push back against fear, corruption, and grief, searching for justice and a bit of light in a relentlessly dark world.
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Details
- Years
- 2012–2016
- Release date
- 2012-12-30
- Network
- BBC One, Prime Video
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (195 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, emotionally heavy Victorian crime drama with ongoing character struggles and a bleak mood, like Zodiac or Taboo; Not for you if you prefer light mysteries or tidy, upbeat storytelling.
Pros: gripping Victorian crime cases; dark, brooding atmosphere; strong performances | Cons: later seasons uneven; can feel melodramatic; occasional modern-leaning themes
Themes
- london, england
- jack the ripper
- victorian england
- serial killer
- period drama
- police detective
- 19th century
- victorian era
- dark
- period piece
Cast & crew
Matthew Macfadyen
as Edmund Reid
Adam Rothenberg
as Homer Jackson
- JF
Jerome Flynn
as Bennet Drake
- DW
David Wilmot
as Donald Artherton
- DD
David Dawson
as Fred Best
- KM
Kahl Murphy
as Connor Judge
- KM
Kye Murphy
as Connor Judge
- BO
Benjamin O'Mahony
as Det. Sgt. Frank Thatcher
- KS
Killian Scott
as Asst. Commissioner Augustus Dove
- GE
Gary Egan
as Barton
Directed by Kieron Hawkes, Luke Watson, Colm McCarthy +8 more
Created by Richard Warlow
Episodes5 seasons · 36 episodes
Season 18 episodes
- S1E1I Need Light52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E2In My Protection52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E3The King Came Calling52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E4The Good of This City52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E5The Weight of One Man's Heart52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E6Tournament of Shadows52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E7A Man of My Company52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S1E8What Use Our Work?52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
Season 28 episodes
- S2E1Pure as the Driven52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S2E2Am I Not Monstrous?52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S2E3Become Man52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S2E4Dynamite and a Woman52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacock
- S2E5Threads of Silk and Gold52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S2E6A Stronger Loving World52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S2E7Our Betrayal (1)52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacock
- S2E8Our Betrayal (2)52mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacock
Season 38 episodes
- S3E1Whitechapel Terminus59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E2The Beating of Her Wings59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E3Ashes and Diamonds58mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E4Your Father, My Friend59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E5Heavy Boots59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E6The Incontrovertible Truth59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E7Live Free, Live True59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
- S3E8The Peace of Edmund Reid59mAmazon Prime VideoBritBoxPeacockApple TV+
Season 46 episodes
- S4E1The Strangers' Home130mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S4E2Some Conscience Lost67mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S4E3A White World Made Red65mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S4E4Men of Iron, Men of Smoke66mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S4E5No Wolves in Whitechapel64mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S4E6Edmund Reid Did This63mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
Season 56 episodes
- S5E1Closed Casket60mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S5E2A Brittle Thread61mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S5E3All The Glittering Blades74mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S5E4The Dreaming Dead64mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S5E5A Last Good Act67mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+
- S5E6Occurrence Reports76mAmazon Prime VideoPeacockApple TV+