Ripper Street

2013 • BBC

4.8

255 reviews

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (8)

1 I Need Light

1/6/13

A young woman is found brutally murdered, the hallmark signs of the Ripper upon her. One time H Division boss, Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes it Jack's return, but Reid -- the precinct's new man in charge -- suspects a different evil at work. When Jackson learns that Long Susan's girls have been drawn into the murky world of Victorian pornography, the team must use all of their brawn, brains and brilliance to track down the fiend responsible before another girl is killed.

2 In My Protection

1/13/13

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. Jackson's drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past -- a past that he and Long Susan fear will now be exposed.

3 The King Came Calling

1/20/13

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. As Jackson's lab fills with bodies -- and with no clear correlation between the victims to be found -- the team work against the clock. Meanwhile Emily Reid seeks patronage for her charity efforts, unaware of the resistance she will meet.

4 The Good of This City

1/27/13

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.

5 The Weight of One Man's Heart

2/3/13

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 -- returned to London to seek redress for the unjust treatment of the Empire's soldiers. As Reid closes in on the brash robbers and their ultimate target, Drake finds his loyalties put to the ultimate test.

6 Tournament of Shadows

2/10/13

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.

7 A Man of My Company

2/17/13

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.

8 What Use Our Work

2/24/13

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.

About this show

Haunted by the failure to catch Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) is charged with keeping law and order in Whitechapel. Reid is assisted by Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and former US Army surgeon and Pinkerton agent Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg). They frequently cross paths with brothel madam Long Susan (MyAnna Buring), who came to London with Jackson. All will come to depend on one another to uphold justice - both moral and legal - in the dying days of Victorian England.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

255 reviews

Malcolm Cleverley

June 19, 2017

Drama at its best! Great storyline with real villains and heroes you can have and love. I can't believe once upon a time this dramamwas nearly canned!!!

Steven Laing

March 18, 2015

Great drama. Humanity in all its flaws as the good and not so good cope with the grim reality of crime ridden Whitechapel after the ripper.

MS DRAGONFIRE

October 7, 2016

I wasn't too keen at first as I hate these kind of dramas but after 2 or 3 episodes I was hooked and think it is very well done, well acted and brilliant to watch, such a shame the BBC sold it. I am currently watching it on amazon prime, I am on series 3 and watch it every single night.

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