Ripper Street

Ripper Street
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Genre
Created byRichard Warlow
Starring
Theme music composerDominik Scherrer
ComposerDominik Scherrer
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes37 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Greg Brenman
  • Will Gould
  • Simon Vaughan
  • Andrew Lowe
  • Ed Guiney
  • Polly Hill
Producers
  • Stephen Smallwood
  • Katie McAleese
Production locationsDublin, Ireland
Cinematography
  • Julian Court
  • PJ Dillon
  • Peter Robertson
Camera setupSingle-camera setup
Running time58–76 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release30 December 2012 (2012-12-30) –
12 October 2016 (2016-10-12)
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Ripper Street is a British mystery drama television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. The first episode was broadcast on 30 December 2012, during BBC One's Christmas schedule, and was first broadcast in the United States on BBC America on 19 January 2013.[1] Ripper Street returned for a second eight-part series on 28 October 2013.[2][3]

On 4 December 2013, it was reported that a third series would not be made due to low viewing figures for the second series.[4] Then on 11 December 2013, Variety reported negotiations between the show's producer Tiger Aspect and LoveFilm to fund future episodes, similar to Netflix's funding episodes of Arrested Development.[5] On 26 February 2014, it was confirmed that Amazon Video would resurrect the show. Filming began in May 2014.[6] The third series began streaming on Amazon UK Prime Instant Video on 14 November 2014 but was not immediately made available on Amazon's US site.[7][8] The third series began airing on BBC America on 29 April 2015[9] and on BBC One on 31 July 2015.[10]

In June 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth series.[11][12][13] In 2016, it was announced that the show would end with the fifth series.[14] The fourth series premiered on Amazon UK on 15 January 2016,[15][16] on BBC America on 28 July 2016, and in the United Kingdom on BBC Two from 22 August 2016.[9] The concluding fifth series' six episodes were released on Amazon UK on 12 October 2016.

  1. ^ "Ripper Street". BBC America. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ Brown, Maggie (29 January 2013). "Ripper Street to return for second series". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Ripper Street". two premiere date confirmed by BBC One – Ripper Street News – Cult. Digital Spy. 2 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Ripper Street not returning for third series, BBC One confirms". Digital Spy. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. ^ "'Ripper Street' May Return with Funding from Amazon's LoveFilm". Variety. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Ripper Street: Axed show to return". Digital Spy. 26 February 2014.
  7. ^ Ahmed, Tufayel (3 October 2014). "Ripper Street to return for brand new series next month". Daily Mirror. London: Trinity Mirror.
  8. ^ Georg, Szalai (3 October 2014). "'Ripper Street' Season 3 to Premiere on Amazon U.K. in November". TheHollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Ripper Street – BBC America".
  10. ^ Walker-Arnott, Ellie. "Ripper Street". Radio Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  11. ^ Mellor, Louisa (13 May 2015). "Ripper Street: renewed by Amazon for series 4 and 5". Den of Geek. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  12. ^ "'Ripper Street' Season 3 finale isn't the end: Season 4 and 5 are already in the works". Zap2it. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  13. ^ Vine, Richard (13 May 2015). "Ripper Street to return for two more series of 'blood, guts and pocket watches'". The Guardian. London.
  14. ^ "Say goodbye to Ripper Street – it's ending after season 5". The Independent. 7 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Ripper Street series 4: Amazon Prime releases lengthy synopsis". Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  16. ^ "Ripper Street series 5 release date – renewed (to be scheduled)". when-will.net.