Ripper Street

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  • DRAMA & SOAPS
  • 1h
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Jack the Ripper may have got away, but Whitechapel still needs policing

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Series 1

Episode 1

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's Jack's return, but Reid - the precinct's new master - suspects a different evil at work.

Episode 2

A beloved toy maker is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket.

Episode 3

H Division and the independent City of London force are thrown together when the panic surrounding a sudden cholera outbreak leads them scour both boroughs, searching to find some underlying pattern amidst the rising tide of sickness and death.

Episode 4

The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a byzantine web of conspiracy.

Episode 5

A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies draw the attention of Reid and his team, while Drake is confronted with a spectre from his past in the form of his one time Colonel.

Episode 6

As the dock strike of August '89 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.

Episode 7

An international shipping magnate arrives in town with his Pinkerton retinue to complete the acquisition of an ailing London shipping line.

Episode 8

Reid is adrift - his team in pieces and Leman Street shaken to its foundations following recent events.