Ripper Street is a BBC fictional drama based in Whitechapel following on from the infamous murders of Jack the Ripper. The first episode was broadcast on 30 December 2012. A second series was confirmed in January 2013, with the first episode being broadcast on 28 October 2013.[1][2] The third series was produced by Amazon Prime Instant Video and uploaded weekly onto the Amazon UK site from November 2014.[3][4] A fourth series, again produced by Amazon Prime Instant Video, began airing weekly on the service, beginning 15 January 2016. This series was originally expected to consist of eight episodes,[5] but ended up consisting of seven, including a feature-length premiere of 130 minutes that was split into two episodes for television broadcast.[6][7] The concluding fifth series was released in full on Amazon Prime UK on 12 October 2016. It includes six episodes featuring a runtime of 60 to 75 minutes. During the course of the programme, 37 episodes of Ripper Street aired over five series.