Network: BBC America
Episodes: 37 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: January 19, 2013 — TBD
Series status: Ending
Performers include: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, MyAnna Buring, Charlene McKenna, Amanda Hale, Jonathan Barnwell, David Wilmot, and David Dawson.
TV show description:
This dramatic TV show begins in April 1889 in London — six months after the last Jack the Ripper killing. 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 and also filled with factories, rookeries, chop shops, brothels and pubs.
The men of H Division had hunted Jack 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.
To investigate the killings, calm and meticulous Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) and his troubled right-hand-man, Detective Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn), team up with Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), a US Army surgeon and a former Pinkerton detective who’s an expert in the world of early forensics.
They cross paths with Tenter Street brothel madam Long Susan (MyAnna Buring). She and Jackson came to London from America and both reside at the brothel. Their relationship has become strained due to Jackson’s attraction to one of Long’s most profitable girls, Rose Erskine (Charlene McKenna). Rose longs to break free from her role in Whitechapel and travel the world.
Despite her husband’s reservations, Reid’s once-happy wife — Emily Reid (Amanda Hale) — is determined to make a new life by helping the fallen women of Whitechapel though she’s still troubled by a terrible family tragedy. Meanwhile, sensationalist newspaperman Fred Best (David Dawson) knows a dark secret about the Reids’ sorrow.
Episode #37 — Occurrence Reports
Reid tries to bring Augustus Dove to justice and make his peace in Whitechapel.
First aired: TBD
What do you think? Do you like the Ripper Street TV series? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
I love ripper street
Detective Inspector Bennet Drake was murdered in the last episode I watched on BBC America. Is this the end of the series? I see no new episodes in the schedule.
Keep the series going. Every great show that one needs to think while watching gets cancelled while the idiot shows big brother etc keeps on going. It is sickening how many great shows get cancelled
Please do not cancel. This is one of the best cast and best written shows on television. At the very least, reunite this cast in another vehicle!
Great writing. Perfect casting. Here’s one American that says “well done” BBCA for allowing me privilege to enjoy. Hope more to come
Why in the world would you cancel the best show on TV put it on bbc an I will watch it
Enjoy this show. Brilliant! Hope it doesn’t stop at season 5…hope it continues for at least another 2 seasons! From the US
I liked the series. I hope it comes back. I am I in the USA.
Great show! I cannot stop watching it.
Love The Show I watch it all the time one of my regular shows
Love the show, it should be renewed .
The show should be renewed! It is a great show!
I just love this series and believe it should be renewed. It’s exciting, interesting and keeps you on edge ,love the characters and their very different life stories. Please keep this show going. A fan from Canada.
A truly fabulous series with wonderful acting, storyline, writing, costumes, and sets. Please continue this hidden treasure of a show beyond series 5. It’s superbly done in every aspect. I stumbled upon it accidentally and have enjoyed every episode tremendously with continued eager anticipation for the next one.
the show is fabulous. needs to continue!!!