The Artful Dodger is a crime drama series created by James McNamara, David Maher, and David Taylor. Based on the characters from Charles Dickens‘s classic book Oliver Twist, the Hulu series is set in 1850s Australia and it revolves around a grownup Jack Dawkins aka the Artful Dodger. After Jack escaped from prison he made a new life for himself as a surgeon but when Fagin re-enters his life things are surely going to go awry. The Artful Dodger stars Thomas Brodi-Sangster in the lead role of Jack Dawkins, with David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell, and Damon Herriman starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the spin-off series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
Oliver Twist (Hulu & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – BBC One
Synopsis: This gripping and emotionally powerful adaptation breathes new life into the popular Dickens story. Growing up in a workhouse, watching the suffering...
Oliver Twist (Hulu & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – BBC One
Synopsis: This gripping and emotionally powerful adaptation breathes new life into the popular Dickens story. Growing up in a workhouse, watching the suffering...
- 11/30/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
It's time to bid farewell to Ripper Street. Today, BBC America announced the fifth and final season of the TV series will debut in March.The final season "picks up mere days after the grisly death of Detective Inspector Bennet Drake, which reunites his old friends, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, surgeon Captain Homer Jackson and "Long" Susan Hart, to bring his murderer to justice." The cast includes Matthew Macfadyen, Adam Rothenberg, Jerome Flynn, MyAnna Buring, and Charlene McKenna.Read More…...
- 2/25/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
1. “A Series of Unfortunate Events” Season 1 (available January 13)
Why Should I Watch It? Netflix has sunk quite a sum into this ambitious adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Quite unlike the film version starring Jim Carrey, Netflix’s serialized adaptation will incorporate Lemony Snicket as a character (just he was in the book). Patrick Warburton plays the titular author recounting the tale of three Baudelaire children who are taken under the wing of the evil Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) when their parents encounter an unforeseen tragedy. And from what we’ve seen, Snicket’s warnings of the story’s grim nature as well as his general incorporation only make the show itself more endearing. This is a children’s story too dark for some children and made with adult expectations in mind.
Best Episode? We’ve yet to screen all the episodes from Season 1, and the...
Why Should I Watch It? Netflix has sunk quite a sum into this ambitious adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Quite unlike the film version starring Jim Carrey, Netflix’s serialized adaptation will incorporate Lemony Snicket as a character (just he was in the book). Patrick Warburton plays the titular author recounting the tale of three Baudelaire children who are taken under the wing of the evil Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) when their parents encounter an unforeseen tragedy. And from what we’ve seen, Snicket’s warnings of the story’s grim nature as well as his general incorporation only make the show itself more endearing. This is a children’s story too dark for some children and made with adult expectations in mind.
Best Episode? We’ve yet to screen all the episodes from Season 1, and the...
- 1/1/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Becky Lea Jul 25, 2017
Ripper Street concludes with a bold, surprising finale that feels like a perfect farewell to a series reborn...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Mad Max 5 still on the way, Tom Hardy involved Rupert Grint's Snatch TV series renewed for season 2 Dunkirk review
5.6 Occurence Reports
A full series finale is always a tricky thing to pull off. Not only does the plot of the last few episodes have to be wrapped up, but also a fitting end given to characters that audiences have grown to love over the years. Ripper Street’s final episode, Occurrence Reports, is one that manages to meet both of those needs head on by splitting the episode in two. The first half is dedicated to dealing with the final confrontation between Reid and Dove whilst the second half spends its time saying goodbye to the characters as they slowly go off...
Ripper Street concludes with a bold, surprising finale that feels like a perfect farewell to a series reborn...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Mad Max 5 still on the way, Tom Hardy involved Rupert Grint's Snatch TV series renewed for season 2 Dunkirk review
5.6 Occurence Reports
A full series finale is always a tricky thing to pull off. Not only does the plot of the last few episodes have to be wrapped up, but also a fitting end given to characters that audiences have grown to love over the years. Ripper Street’s final episode, Occurrence Reports, is one that manages to meet both of those needs head on by splitting the episode in two. The first half is dedicated to dealing with the final confrontation between Reid and Dove whilst the second half spends its time saying goodbye to the characters as they slowly go off...
- 11/4/2016
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Jul 4, 2017
Ripper Street series 5 focuses on Jonas Armstrong's Nathaniel in episode 3, providing some very welcome character development...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Goon 2: new poster lands
5.3 All The Glittering Blades
All The Glittering Blades follows Nathaniel as he attempts to live the quiet life offered to him by his brother, who in turn continues his pursuit of Edmund Reid. Nathaniel finds it difficult to adjust to his lonely cottage in the Hackney Marshes, but he occupies himself with fishing for eels, which he then sells on to a local fish seller, Mr Sumner. When Sumner dies, Nathaniel befriends his daughter Prudence, her brother Caleb, and her son Robin, but it is only a matter of time before his past catches up with him. Elsewhere in the episode, Dove further allies himself to Drum with a promotion whilst Shine continues piecing together the truth behind the Whitechapel Golem,...
Ripper Street series 5 focuses on Jonas Armstrong's Nathaniel in episode 3, providing some very welcome character development...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Goon 2: new poster lands
5.3 All The Glittering Blades
All The Glittering Blades follows Nathaniel as he attempts to live the quiet life offered to him by his brother, who in turn continues his pursuit of Edmund Reid. Nathaniel finds it difficult to adjust to his lonely cottage in the Hackney Marshes, but he occupies himself with fishing for eels, which he then sells on to a local fish seller, Mr Sumner. When Sumner dies, Nathaniel befriends his daughter Prudence, her brother Caleb, and her son Robin, but it is only a matter of time before his past catches up with him. Elsewhere in the episode, Dove further allies himself to Drum with a promotion whilst Shine continues piecing together the truth behind the Whitechapel Golem,...
- 10/20/2016
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Jun 20, 2017
With characters on the run and battle lines drawn, Ripper Street series 5, airing now on BBC Two, gets off to a strong start...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Curb Your Enthusiasm: season 9 confirmed by HBO
5.1 Closed Casket
The fifth and final series of Ripper Street starts a mere three days after the final events of the fourth series, opening with the funeral of Bennett Drake. Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), and Susan (MyAnna Buring) remain hidden in the sewers, still reeling from Drake’s death at the hands of the feral Nathaniel (Jonas Armstrong). Nathaniel’s brother, Augustus Dove (Killian Scott) sets about covering up his own actions as well as his sibling’s. To aid this, he brings back an old Whitechapel nemesis, Jedediah Shine (Joseph Mawle), last seen beaten into submission by Drake, as the new Chief of H division and commands him to track down Reid.
The fourth series’ climactic scenes were designed to shatter the status quo that was the investigative team of Lehman Street. Even when the relationship between Reid, Drake, and Jackson was fractious, they were united in their common desire to clean up the streets of Whitechapel by whatever means necessary. Losing Drake, and therefore the strong presence of Jerome Flynn, is a risk to the established dynamic of the show as the chemistry of the three central characters was often its strongest element.
How the series manages without Flynn in the longer term of course remains to be seen, but there is enough intrigue in this first episode that Drake’s loss is felt solely on an emotional level, rather than in Closed Casket’s construction. Time is spent with protagonists and antagonists alike, all of whom deal with Drake’s death in different ways. Though her scenes are brief, Charlene McKenna’s performance is heart-wrenching as the grief of losing her husband overcomes Rose and she runs away from her home. Macfadyen and Rothenberg are as reliable as ever, stoic and focused in their ambition to avenge their friend.
The episode itself reflects that stoicism; aside from Rose and Matilda’s respective scenes and a short moment in which Susan catches sight of Connor outside Dove’s home, the emotions are somewhat downplayed. There’s a new, more sombre version of the theme tune, befitting the mournful turn of events and used to establish the quieter tone that the episode goes for. It works well, particularly in the more sinister moments, such as Dove sweeping Connor into his arms, or Matilda coming face to face with an old foe of her father’s. When the heightened, emotional scenes do come, the contrast helps them land more effectively.
In the midst of this fallout, Closed Casket has a lot of set-up to do, as well as reminding everyone of what has gone before. Naturally, it feels a little slow as a result, a deliberate and steady attempt to move the characters into position for the coming episodes. As the dire nature of Reid, Jackson, and Susan’s respective situations become clearer and more obstacles are found to be in their way, the episode picks up pace towards a final scene that is still more about scene-setting than action, but with the added bonus of firmly establishing the opposite sides of this series’ struggle.
Introducing old faces is never an easy task , especially when they have been absent for two series. Thankfully, having an actor with the presence of Joseph Mawle is a good hand to play and the second he strides in, the memory of Shine’s awfulness comes flooding back. Shine is one of the best antagonists to cross Reid’s path and Mawle’s spitting performance is set up in perfect opposition to the ever calm and methodical Macfadyen. Though kept separate for this episode, the anticipation of their inevitable confrontation bubbles under the surface, ready to build as the series progresses.
The returning secondary characters continue to provide capable support. Thatcher finds himself in his element with Shine in control and Benjamin O’Mahoney’s cocksure attitude is undercut beautifully in the climactic scene of the episode. Anna Burnett is given some of the more emotional work to do as Matilda is faced with surviving without her father and the newfound knowledge of his violent acts. Both Armstrong and Scott remain impressive as the chalk-and-cheese Dove brothers, one struggling to control his inner animal, the other the very definition of calm manipulation.
With characters on the run, stakes raised, and battle lines drawn, it’s a strong start to the fifth series. Ripper Street has steadily become a more consistently good show during its runtime and if the current trajectory holds, it will finish its time with us on a considerable high.
Read Becky's review of the series four finale, Edmund Reid Did This, here.
This review was originally posted in October 2016.
With characters on the run and battle lines drawn, Ripper Street series 5, airing now on BBC Two, gets off to a strong start...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Curb Your Enthusiasm: season 9 confirmed by HBO
5.1 Closed Casket
The fifth and final series of Ripper Street starts a mere three days after the final events of the fourth series, opening with the funeral of Bennett Drake. Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), and Susan (MyAnna Buring) remain hidden in the sewers, still reeling from Drake’s death at the hands of the feral Nathaniel (Jonas Armstrong). Nathaniel’s brother, Augustus Dove (Killian Scott) sets about covering up his own actions as well as his sibling’s. To aid this, he brings back an old Whitechapel nemesis, Jedediah Shine (Joseph Mawle), last seen beaten into submission by Drake, as the new Chief of H division and commands him to track down Reid.
The fourth series’ climactic scenes were designed to shatter the status quo that was the investigative team of Lehman Street. Even when the relationship between Reid, Drake, and Jackson was fractious, they were united in their common desire to clean up the streets of Whitechapel by whatever means necessary. Losing Drake, and therefore the strong presence of Jerome Flynn, is a risk to the established dynamic of the show as the chemistry of the three central characters was often its strongest element.
How the series manages without Flynn in the longer term of course remains to be seen, but there is enough intrigue in this first episode that Drake’s loss is felt solely on an emotional level, rather than in Closed Casket’s construction. Time is spent with protagonists and antagonists alike, all of whom deal with Drake’s death in different ways. Though her scenes are brief, Charlene McKenna’s performance is heart-wrenching as the grief of losing her husband overcomes Rose and she runs away from her home. Macfadyen and Rothenberg are as reliable as ever, stoic and focused in their ambition to avenge their friend.
The episode itself reflects that stoicism; aside from Rose and Matilda’s respective scenes and a short moment in which Susan catches sight of Connor outside Dove’s home, the emotions are somewhat downplayed. There’s a new, more sombre version of the theme tune, befitting the mournful turn of events and used to establish the quieter tone that the episode goes for. It works well, particularly in the more sinister moments, such as Dove sweeping Connor into his arms, or Matilda coming face to face with an old foe of her father’s. When the heightened, emotional scenes do come, the contrast helps them land more effectively.
In the midst of this fallout, Closed Casket has a lot of set-up to do, as well as reminding everyone of what has gone before. Naturally, it feels a little slow as a result, a deliberate and steady attempt to move the characters into position for the coming episodes. As the dire nature of Reid, Jackson, and Susan’s respective situations become clearer and more obstacles are found to be in their way, the episode picks up pace towards a final scene that is still more about scene-setting than action, but with the added bonus of firmly establishing the opposite sides of this series’ struggle.
Introducing old faces is never an easy task , especially when they have been absent for two series. Thankfully, having an actor with the presence of Joseph Mawle is a good hand to play and the second he strides in, the memory of Shine’s awfulness comes flooding back. Shine is one of the best antagonists to cross Reid’s path and Mawle’s spitting performance is set up in perfect opposition to the ever calm and methodical Macfadyen. Though kept separate for this episode, the anticipation of their inevitable confrontation bubbles under the surface, ready to build as the series progresses.
The returning secondary characters continue to provide capable support. Thatcher finds himself in his element with Shine in control and Benjamin O’Mahoney’s cocksure attitude is undercut beautifully in the climactic scene of the episode. Anna Burnett is given some of the more emotional work to do as Matilda is faced with surviving without her father and the newfound knowledge of his violent acts. Both Armstrong and Scott remain impressive as the chalk-and-cheese Dove brothers, one struggling to control his inner animal, the other the very definition of calm manipulation.
With characters on the run, stakes raised, and battle lines drawn, it’s a strong start to the fifth series. Ripper Street has steadily become a more consistently good show during its runtime and if the current trajectory holds, it will finish its time with us on a considerable high.
Read Becky's review of the series four finale, Edmund Reid Did This, here.
This review was originally posted in October 2016.
- 10/12/2016
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Sep 27, 2016
The fifth and final series of Ripper Street will arrive on Amazon Video in the UK on Wednesday the 12th of October...
All six episodes of series five in Richard Warlow's Victorian-set crime drama Ripper Street will arrive on Amazon Video in the UK on the 12th of October.
Series five, announced earlier this year as the show's final run, began filming in Dublin this March. The speedy turnaround means that fans watching via the streaming service will be treated to two series in a single year.
Amazon rescued the detective drama after its cancellation by the BBC in 2013, giving Warlow the chance to expand the story of Edmund Reid and co. with three further series.
According to the Amazon press bumf, the show's six final episodes "make up one single story. Our heroes become fugitives, forved to operate outside the law as they pursue the...
The fifth and final series of Ripper Street will arrive on Amazon Video in the UK on Wednesday the 12th of October...
All six episodes of series five in Richard Warlow's Victorian-set crime drama Ripper Street will arrive on Amazon Video in the UK on the 12th of October.
Series five, announced earlier this year as the show's final run, began filming in Dublin this March. The speedy turnaround means that fans watching via the streaming service will be treated to two series in a single year.
Amazon rescued the detective drama after its cancellation by the BBC in 2013, giving Warlow the chance to expand the story of Edmund Reid and co. with three further series.
According to the Amazon press bumf, the show's six final episodes "make up one single story. Our heroes become fugitives, forved to operate outside the law as they pursue the...
- 9/27/2016
- Den of Geek
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Amazon has announced that Ripper Street has begun filming on its "fifth and final series", with an old face returning...
When Amazon announced a simultaneous renewal for series four and five of the resurrected Ripper Street, there was a tacit understanding that those two runs would mark the end of the show.
That understanding has gone from unspoken to well... spoken, in the press release announcing the start of series five filming, which definitively calls it the "fifth and final season".
Ripper Street creator Richard Warlow previously announced his intention to take the show all the way to the end of the Victorian era, which, by our calculations, will require another short time jump to get from the 1897-set fourth series to the close of Victoria's reign in 1901.
Sad news as the end is for any series which has, like Ripper Street, gone from strength to strength,...
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Amazon has announced that Ripper Street has begun filming on its "fifth and final series", with an old face returning...
When Amazon announced a simultaneous renewal for series four and five of the resurrected Ripper Street, there was a tacit understanding that those two runs would mark the end of the show.
That understanding has gone from unspoken to well... spoken, in the press release announcing the start of series five filming, which definitively calls it the "fifth and final season".
Ripper Street creator Richard Warlow previously announced his intention to take the show all the way to the end of the Victorian era, which, by our calculations, will require another short time jump to get from the 1897-set fourth series to the close of Victoria's reign in 1901.
Sad news as the end is for any series which has, like Ripper Street, gone from strength to strength,...
- 3/7/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Oct 4, 2016
Jerome Flynn continues to shine as the star of Ripper Street's atmospheric, skillful fourth series...
This review contains spoilers.
4.6 Edmund Reid Did This
Drake realises that Reid intends to investigate Augustus Dove’s ties to the Whitechapel Golem regardless of his orders, but he reluctantly listens to the evidence presented to them by Miss Castello and sees his Superintendent’s involvement is clear. They begin to put the assorted pieces together, find that Susan is alive and that Jackson has been up to a whole lot of dirty work in an attempt to free her. Dove is up to his own machinations, anticipating Drake’s discoveries by forcing Rose to divulge the location of the body of Theodore Swift, Susan’s father, left to rot by her and messrs Reid, Drake and Jackson. When Dove makes his move and tries to have Reid and Drake arrested,...
Jerome Flynn continues to shine as the star of Ripper Street's atmospheric, skillful fourth series...
This review contains spoilers.
4.6 Edmund Reid Did This
Drake realises that Reid intends to investigate Augustus Dove’s ties to the Whitechapel Golem regardless of his orders, but he reluctantly listens to the evidence presented to them by Miss Castello and sees his Superintendent’s involvement is clear. They begin to put the assorted pieces together, find that Susan is alive and that Jackson has been up to a whole lot of dirty work in an attempt to free her. Dove is up to his own machinations, anticipating Drake’s discoveries by forcing Rose to divulge the location of the body of Theodore Swift, Susan’s father, left to rot by her and messrs Reid, Drake and Jackson. When Dove makes his move and tries to have Reid and Drake arrested,...
- 2/22/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
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Ripper Street takes a turn to the Gothic in the latest episode of series 4, which is going from strength to strength...
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4.3 A White World Made Red
When a man is found in an abattoir store hung upside down and drained of his blood and a woman is found nearby, also exsanguinated, Reid, Drake and Jackson investigate the double murder that seems to be resulting from scientific experimentation. Connecting back to Newgate, the killings threaten Jackson’s plans to keep Susan hidden and they’re both prepared to take whatever steps necessary to ensure she isn’t found. Elsewhere, Mathilda’s reading the latest bestselling novel and using it to make advances on the not-so-unsuspecting Sergeant Drummond.
Given its 1897 setting, it’s not surprising that Ripper Street decided to take a turn to the Gothic in its current run as Mathilda (a girl after...
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Ripper Street takes a turn to the Gothic in the latest episode of series 4, which is going from strength to strength...
This review contains spoilers.
4.3 A White World Made Red
When a man is found in an abattoir store hung upside down and drained of his blood and a woman is found nearby, also exsanguinated, Reid, Drake and Jackson investigate the double murder that seems to be resulting from scientific experimentation. Connecting back to Newgate, the killings threaten Jackson’s plans to keep Susan hidden and they’re both prepared to take whatever steps necessary to ensure she isn’t found. Elsewhere, Mathilda’s reading the latest bestselling novel and using it to make advances on the not-so-unsuspecting Sergeant Drummond.
Given its 1897 setting, it’s not surprising that Ripper Street decided to take a turn to the Gothic in its current run as Mathilda (a girl after...
- 2/1/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Aug 29, 2016
The newly bureaucratic policing system - and lots of deaths - are providing difficult challenges for Edmund in Ripper Street this week...
This review contains spoilers.
4.2 Some Conscience Lost
If Edmund Reid thought his transition back to his old life at Lehman Street was going to be an easy one, he was sadly mistaken, as he discovers in the opening to Some Conscience Lost. After a boy dies in his arms and a distraught woman tries to claim the boy as her son, Reid finds himself battling the newly bureaucratic policing system as well as his former sergeant, Drake, who wants him to investigate a spate of victims having their right hands chopped off in Whitechapel. Drake is too busy trying to track down the murderer of a Salvation Army captain to worry about either, whilst Jackson is maintaining his drunken pretence of grieving for the still-very-alive Susan,...
The newly bureaucratic policing system - and lots of deaths - are providing difficult challenges for Edmund in Ripper Street this week...
This review contains spoilers.
4.2 Some Conscience Lost
If Edmund Reid thought his transition back to his old life at Lehman Street was going to be an easy one, he was sadly mistaken, as he discovers in the opening to Some Conscience Lost. After a boy dies in his arms and a distraught woman tries to claim the boy as her son, Reid finds himself battling the newly bureaucratic policing system as well as his former sergeant, Drake, who wants him to investigate a spate of victims having their right hands chopped off in Whitechapel. Drake is too busy trying to track down the murderer of a Salvation Army captain to worry about either, whilst Jackson is maintaining his drunken pretence of grieving for the still-very-alive Susan,...
- 1/25/2016
- Den of Geek
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The newly bureaucratic policing system - and lots of deaths - are providing difficult challenges for Edmund in Ripper Street this week...
This review contains spoilers.
4.2 Some Conscience Lost
If Edmund Reid thought his transition back to his old life at Lehman Street was going to be an easy one, he was sadly mistaken, as he discovers in the opening to Some Conscience Lost. After a boy dies in his arms and a distraught woman tries to claim the boy as her son, Reid finds himself battling the newly bureaucratic policing system as well as his former sergeant, Drake, who wants him to investigate a spate of victims having their right hands chopped off in Whitechapel. Drake is too busy trying to track down the murderer of a Salvation Army captain to worry about either, whilst Jackson is maintaining his drunken pretence of grieving for the still-very-alive Susan,...
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The newly bureaucratic policing system - and lots of deaths - are providing difficult challenges for Edmund in Ripper Street this week...
This review contains spoilers.
4.2 Some Conscience Lost
If Edmund Reid thought his transition back to his old life at Lehman Street was going to be an easy one, he was sadly mistaken, as he discovers in the opening to Some Conscience Lost. After a boy dies in his arms and a distraught woman tries to claim the boy as her son, Reid finds himself battling the newly bureaucratic policing system as well as his former sergeant, Drake, who wants him to investigate a spate of victims having their right hands chopped off in Whitechapel. Drake is too busy trying to track down the murderer of a Salvation Army captain to worry about either, whilst Jackson is maintaining his drunken pretence of grieving for the still-very-alive Susan,...
- 1/25/2016
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
Becky Lea Aug 22, 2016
The Ripper Street series 4 opening two-parter is ambitious, confident, and very much back in business...
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 The Stranger's Home
In Ripper Street’s finale last series, we were left with our heroes scattered and in quite an array of situations. For Matthew Macfadyen’s Edmund Reid, it was something of a happy one, recovered from his near fatal gunshot wounds and reunited with his daughter to carve out a life together by the sea. Drake (Jerome Flynn) was left in charge of H Division with Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) still in his employ. Susan (MyAnna Buring) languished in Newgate Prison, awaiting her death sentence, due to be carried out after the birth and nursing of her son.
It’s now 1897, a big year for both the history of Great Britain and culturally speaking too. It’s the year of Dracula, Oscar Wilde’s release from prison and,...
The Ripper Street series 4 opening two-parter is ambitious, confident, and very much back in business...
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 The Stranger's Home
In Ripper Street’s finale last series, we were left with our heroes scattered and in quite an array of situations. For Matthew Macfadyen’s Edmund Reid, it was something of a happy one, recovered from his near fatal gunshot wounds and reunited with his daughter to carve out a life together by the sea. Drake (Jerome Flynn) was left in charge of H Division with Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) still in his employ. Susan (MyAnna Buring) languished in Newgate Prison, awaiting her death sentence, due to be carried out after the birth and nursing of her son.
It’s now 1897, a big year for both the history of Great Britain and culturally speaking too. It’s the year of Dracula, Oscar Wilde’s release from prison and,...
- 1/15/2016
- Den of Geek
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The Ripper Street series 4 opening two-parter is ambitious, confident, and very much back in business...
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4.1 The Stranger's Home
In Ripper Street’s finale last series, we were left with our heroes scattered and in quite an array of situations. For Matthew Macfadyen’s Edmund Reid, it was something of a happy one, recovered from his near fatal gunshot wounds and reunited with his daughter to carve out a life together by the sea. Drake (Jerome Flynn) was left in charge of H Division with Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) still in his employ. Susan (MyAnna Buring) languished in Newgate Prison, awaiting her death sentence, due to be carried out after the birth and nursing of her son.
It’s now 1897, a big year for both the history of Great Britain and culturally speaking too. It’s the year of Dracula, Oscar Wilde’s release from prison and,...
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The Ripper Street series 4 opening two-parter is ambitious, confident, and very much back in business...
This review contains spoilers.
4.1 The Stranger's Home
In Ripper Street’s finale last series, we were left with our heroes scattered and in quite an array of situations. For Matthew Macfadyen’s Edmund Reid, it was something of a happy one, recovered from his near fatal gunshot wounds and reunited with his daughter to carve out a life together by the sea. Drake (Jerome Flynn) was left in charge of H Division with Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) still in his employ. Susan (MyAnna Buring) languished in Newgate Prison, awaiting her death sentence, due to be carried out after the birth and nursing of her son.
It’s now 1897, a big year for both the history of Great Britain and culturally speaking too. It’s the year of Dracula, Oscar Wilde’s release from prison and,...
- 1/15/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
BBC One has confirmed that Ripper Street will return on the channel on July 31.
Reid, Drake and Jackson will continue to fight crime on Friday nights at 9pm, following its release on Amazon Prime Instant Video in November.
Ripper Street became the most-watched show on Amazon in the UK, following its untimely axe by BBC One.
Amazon has also confirmed that the drama will continue for a fourth and fifth series. It is unclear whether the forthcoming series will air on the BBC.
The third series sees Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn) returning to H Division as an Inspector, Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) focusing on his books and Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) returning to the force after four years away.
The show's creator and writer Richard Warlow said: "Series three pivots around the fall from grace of 'Long' Susan Hart, a woman whose new philanthropic ambition is matched only by her ruthless pursuit.
Reid, Drake and Jackson will continue to fight crime on Friday nights at 9pm, following its release on Amazon Prime Instant Video in November.
Ripper Street became the most-watched show on Amazon in the UK, following its untimely axe by BBC One.
Amazon has also confirmed that the drama will continue for a fourth and fifth series. It is unclear whether the forthcoming series will air on the BBC.
The third series sees Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn) returning to H Division as an Inspector, Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) focusing on his books and Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) returning to the force after four years away.
The show's creator and writer Richard Warlow said: "Series three pivots around the fall from grace of 'Long' Susan Hart, a woman whose new philanthropic ambition is matched only by her ruthless pursuit.
- 7/15/2015
- Digital Spy
As fans are likely aware, Ripper Street was cancelled but was then revived for a third season thanks to a deal with Amazon. Do the ratings on BBC America really matter? Likely not as much as they used to but it's still fun to follow along and see how the show's doing.
This season of Ripper Street picks up four years after Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn), and Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) split and isolated themselves from one another. Others in the cast include MyAnna Buring, Charlene McKenna, Clive Russell, David Wilmot, and David Dawson.
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This season of Ripper Street picks up four years after Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn), and Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) split and isolated themselves from one another. Others in the cast include MyAnna Buring, Charlene McKenna, Clive Russell, David Wilmot, and David Dawson.
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- 6/19/2015
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ripper Street will return for a fourth and fifth series, after becoming the most-watched show on Amazon Prime Instant Video in the UK.
Amazon resurrected the period procedural after it was axed by BBC One, with the third series - released in November - proving a success for the online outlet.
Two further series have now been commissioned, with launch dates for both to be announced later this year.
Series three will have its first airing on BBC One this summer.
Ripper Street writer and creator Richard Warlow said: "It is a great privilege to be asked to continue this journey through Victorian Whitechapel.
"I had always hoped that Ripper Street would live to follow the world of 'H' Division right through to the end of the Victorian age itself; so with many great thanks to Amazon, and all those viewers who have taken Ripper Street to their hearts, it's...
Amazon resurrected the period procedural after it was axed by BBC One, with the third series - released in November - proving a success for the online outlet.
Two further series have now been commissioned, with launch dates for both to be announced later this year.
Series three will have its first airing on BBC One this summer.
Ripper Street writer and creator Richard Warlow said: "It is a great privilege to be asked to continue this journey through Victorian Whitechapel.
"I had always hoped that Ripper Street would live to follow the world of 'H' Division right through to the end of the Victorian age itself; so with many great thanks to Amazon, and all those viewers who have taken Ripper Street to their hearts, it's...
- 5/13/2015
- Digital Spy
Ripper Street series 4 and 5 are coming to Amazon Prime Instant Video, in a coup for fans of the period detective drama...
Yet more proof that TV is an entirely different game since the advent of streaming sites comes the announcement that Amazon has ordered not one, but two new series of Ripper Street.
If anyone requires a potted history: the BBC cancelled the period detective drama following its second series. Then, after much fan protest and some valiant rescue work by the behind-the-scenes team came the triumphant news that Ripper Street would live on thanks to Amazon Prime Instant Video. Series three streamed there late last year to much acclaim, and series four and five are now to follow in its wake.
Creator and lead writer Richard Warlow has plans to follow Whitechapel's H Division "right through to the end of the Victorian age itself", and now it looks as though he'll have the opportunity.
Yet more proof that TV is an entirely different game since the advent of streaming sites comes the announcement that Amazon has ordered not one, but two new series of Ripper Street.
If anyone requires a potted history: the BBC cancelled the period detective drama following its second series. Then, after much fan protest and some valiant rescue work by the behind-the-scenes team came the triumphant news that Ripper Street would live on thanks to Amazon Prime Instant Video. Series three streamed there late last year to much acclaim, and series four and five are now to follow in its wake.
Creator and lead writer Richard Warlow has plans to follow Whitechapel's H Division "right through to the end of the Victorian age itself", and now it looks as though he'll have the opportunity.
- 5/13/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Watch a clip from the next episode of Ripper Street exclusively on Digital Spy
'The Peace of Edmund Reid' - the eighth and final episode from the period thriller's third series - will be available exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers from this Friday (December 26).
In the series finale, an American journalist is killed in Whitechapel and his story threatens explosive consequences for a number of Whitechapel residents.
Long Susan (MyAnna Buring) has to deal with some shocking news and a face from her past while her business empire slips through her fingers.
Meanwhile, disturbing revelations are made as H Division gets closer to the train robbery truth.
'The Peace of Edmund Reid' - the eighth and final episode from the period thriller's third series - will be available exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers from this Friday (December 26).
In the series finale, an American journalist is killed in Whitechapel and his story threatens explosive consequences for a number of Whitechapel residents.
Long Susan (MyAnna Buring) has to deal with some shocking news and a face from her past while her business empire slips through her fingers.
Meanwhile, disturbing revelations are made as H Division gets closer to the train robbery truth.
- 12/23/2014
- Digital Spy
Ripper Street delivers a darkly atmospheric tale with a charismatic guest performance from Laura Haddock this week...
This review contains spoilers.
3.6 The Incontrovertible Truth
Ripper Street has been rattling along nicely now for a few episodes, weaving through the streets of Whitechapel as the Leman Street trio continue to deal with the fallout from the locomotive disaster that opened the series. The Incontrovertible Truth pulls all of that back for a murder mystery set entirely within the confines of the station as Reid returns to work. After a woman is murdered in a Whitechapel room, the Lady Vera Montecute, found covered in blood in the same bed, is brought in and arrested on suspicion of murder. Given her connections to the ruling classes, Reid surmises that they have until dawn to crack the case and provide incontrovertible proof that Lady Montecute was the one wielding the murder weapon.
The Incontrovertible...
This review contains spoilers.
3.6 The Incontrovertible Truth
Ripper Street has been rattling along nicely now for a few episodes, weaving through the streets of Whitechapel as the Leman Street trio continue to deal with the fallout from the locomotive disaster that opened the series. The Incontrovertible Truth pulls all of that back for a murder mystery set entirely within the confines of the station as Reid returns to work. After a woman is murdered in a Whitechapel room, the Lady Vera Montecute, found covered in blood in the same bed, is brought in and arrested on suspicion of murder. Given her connections to the ruling classes, Reid surmises that they have until dawn to crack the case and provide incontrovertible proof that Lady Montecute was the one wielding the murder weapon.
The Incontrovertible...
- 12/15/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
There's a body in a barrel in this week's lean, precise episode of Ripper Street. Here's Becky's review...
This review contains spoilers.
3.5 Heavy Boots
Reid lies on the brink in Susan’s home after the near-fatal shooting at the end of last week’s episode. Whitechapel reacts the only way it knows how; with violence and death, quickly spiraling out of control. In the care of Susan, Reid is shot through the abdomen and the head, which puts his recovery in the realms of a small miracle. In the cold light of day, Drake has been hiding away with Rose rather than facing the Whitechapel streets without his friend whilst Jackson naturally gets stinking drunk. However, it’s not long before a body in a barrel and a more bullish than usual Inspector Abberline gets them back on the case.
The first half of this series and the majority of...
This review contains spoilers.
3.5 Heavy Boots
Reid lies on the brink in Susan’s home after the near-fatal shooting at the end of last week’s episode. Whitechapel reacts the only way it knows how; with violence and death, quickly spiraling out of control. In the care of Susan, Reid is shot through the abdomen and the head, which puts his recovery in the realms of a small miracle. In the cold light of day, Drake has been hiding away with Rose rather than facing the Whitechapel streets without his friend whilst Jackson naturally gets stinking drunk. However, it’s not long before a body in a barrel and a more bullish than usual Inspector Abberline gets them back on the case.
The first half of this series and the majority of...
- 12/8/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The latest Ripper Street is a remarkable piece of drama with a heart-stopping climactic scene. Here's Becky's review...
This review contains spoilers.
3.4 Your Father. My Friend.
First of all, apologies for missing my review for last week’s episode, Ashes And Diamonds. Unfortunately, a combination of technical issues and personal circumstances meant that I couldn’t get my thoughts into writing. In brief, it was an episode in which the central mystery was weak, but the character work around it was strong, particularly that of Bennett Drake, stepping into the absence of Reid and doing so very well. It also shows that Jerome Flynn is more than capable of carrying the show.
The excellent character work from that episode carries over into Your Father, My Friend, as Rose’s sighting of Alice/Matilda running away from her captors prompts Drake to seek out his inspector and return him to Whitechapel.
This review contains spoilers.
3.4 Your Father. My Friend.
First of all, apologies for missing my review for last week’s episode, Ashes And Diamonds. Unfortunately, a combination of technical issues and personal circumstances meant that I couldn’t get my thoughts into writing. In brief, it was an episode in which the central mystery was weak, but the character work around it was strong, particularly that of Bennett Drake, stepping into the absence of Reid and doing so very well. It also shows that Jerome Flynn is more than capable of carrying the show.
The excellent character work from that episode carries over into Your Father, My Friend, as Rose’s sighting of Alice/Matilda running away from her captors prompts Drake to seek out his inspector and return him to Whitechapel.
- 11/29/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Of all the shows to save, Ripper Street was a curious pick from Amazon's streaming service, the not-so-catchily-titled Prime Instant Video.
The show's first series rated well on Sunday nights, but its blend of backstreet Victorian crime and bromantic adventure didn't cause much of a stir. After its second series got shunted in the schedules, viewers dropped and even fewer people seemed to be talking about the period drama.
When the BBC announced that it wouldn't be returning for a third run, the show still had enough loyal fans to orchestrate a well co-ordinated campaign to demand a comeback.
As a show it always felt solid rather than spectacular. Potentially great, but never quite consistently achieving it. However, while its axing was unfortunate, the timing of its demise turned out to be very handy.
Off the back of Netflix's huge success in original programming, Amazon Prime has struggled to compete...
The show's first series rated well on Sunday nights, but its blend of backstreet Victorian crime and bromantic adventure didn't cause much of a stir. After its second series got shunted in the schedules, viewers dropped and even fewer people seemed to be talking about the period drama.
When the BBC announced that it wouldn't be returning for a third run, the show still had enough loyal fans to orchestrate a well co-ordinated campaign to demand a comeback.
As a show it always felt solid rather than spectacular. Potentially great, but never quite consistently achieving it. However, while its axing was unfortunate, the timing of its demise turned out to be very handy.
Off the back of Netflix's huge success in original programming, Amazon Prime has struggled to compete...
- 11/14/2014
- Digital Spy
Ripper Street's series three opener seizes the show's second chance with both hands, and crackles with cast chemistry...
This review contains spoilers. 3.1 Whitechapel Terminus
Since its highly publicised cancellation and the subsequent deal to bring it back, Ripper Street has become a model for the power of a fan campaign when it comes to resurrecting cancelled shows. The second series may have been a little uneven, but it ended on an extremely strong note, putting characters first and producing a tense and dramatic finale. The second series closed with everyone very much at the end of their respective tethers; Reid had fallen far from the moralistic, upstanding inspector he had begun the series as, Drake is left broken with grief and Susan had finally broken free of Duggan and Jackson.
That final shot of Reid acknowledging just how much he had changed for the worse was a striking moment...
This review contains spoilers. 3.1 Whitechapel Terminus
Since its highly publicised cancellation and the subsequent deal to bring it back, Ripper Street has become a model for the power of a fan campaign when it comes to resurrecting cancelled shows. The second series may have been a little uneven, but it ended on an extremely strong note, putting characters first and producing a tense and dramatic finale. The second series closed with everyone very much at the end of their respective tethers; Reid had fallen far from the moralistic, upstanding inspector he had begun the series as, Drake is left broken with grief and Susan had finally broken free of Duggan and Jackson.
That final shot of Reid acknowledging just how much he had changed for the worse was a striking moment...
- 11/14/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
On Friday (November 14), Ripper Street will launch its third series on Amazon Prime Instant Video, after the streaming service partnered with the BBC and producers Tiger Aspect to resurrect the cancelled series.
The period thriller aired its first six episodes on BBC One in late 2012 / early 2013, attracting a peak audience of 7.9m, but a second series - shifted from Sundays to a Monday night slot and positioned opposite ITV's popular I'm a Celebrity - failed to replicate these numbers.
Nevertheless, when the BBC announced in December 2013 that a third run would not be going ahead, disappointed fans made their voices heard - via social media and via online appeals, with a leading petition attracting over 40,000 signatures.
Jerome Flynn, who plays troubled Bennet Drake, believes that what so inspired fans is "probably the same thing" that attracted him and his fellow cast-members to Ripper Street in the first place.
"It's emotive and dramatic,...
The period thriller aired its first six episodes on BBC One in late 2012 / early 2013, attracting a peak audience of 7.9m, but a second series - shifted from Sundays to a Monday night slot and positioned opposite ITV's popular I'm a Celebrity - failed to replicate these numbers.
Nevertheless, when the BBC announced in December 2013 that a third run would not be going ahead, disappointed fans made their voices heard - via social media and via online appeals, with a leading petition attracting over 40,000 signatures.
Jerome Flynn, who plays troubled Bennet Drake, believes that what so inspired fans is "probably the same thing" that attracted him and his fellow cast-members to Ripper Street in the first place.
"It's emotive and dramatic,...
- 11/12/2014
- Digital Spy
Louise Brealey has joined the cast of Ripper Street.
The actress - best known for playing Molly Hooper in Sherlock - will play a female physician in the Amazon Prime drama.
"I'm playing one of the first women doctors," the actress told Radio Times. "I'm really excited because I did history at university and I love a bit of research.
"Elizabeth Garrett Anderson blazed the trail in the 1870s and in the intervening decade or so a few extremely intrepid and unusual women started learning to be doctors themselves."
Brealey's character Dr Amelia Frayn will run the Obsidian Clinic in Whitechapel.
She revealed: "I'm dressed very soberly and the other girls are all so ravishing. I'm like a little Jenny Wren. Literally, where are my pretty feathers?!"
The Victorian detective drama was axed by the BBC after two series, but was picked up by on-demand service Amazon Prime Instant Video.
The actress - best known for playing Molly Hooper in Sherlock - will play a female physician in the Amazon Prime drama.
"I'm playing one of the first women doctors," the actress told Radio Times. "I'm really excited because I did history at university and I love a bit of research.
"Elizabeth Garrett Anderson blazed the trail in the 1870s and in the intervening decade or so a few extremely intrepid and unusual women started learning to be doctors themselves."
Brealey's character Dr Amelia Frayn will run the Obsidian Clinic in Whitechapel.
She revealed: "I'm dressed very soberly and the other girls are all so ravishing. I'm like a little Jenny Wren. Literally, where are my pretty feathers?!"
The Victorian detective drama was axed by the BBC after two series, but was picked up by on-demand service Amazon Prime Instant Video.
- 6/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Ripper Street has begun filming its third series.
Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg will all reprise their roles as Victorian crime-fighters Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake and Captain Homer Jackson for the Manchester shoot, the show's first in the UK.
Also returning is MyAnna Buring as Long Susan, alongside a raft of new characters.
Ripper Street was axed by the BBC last year, but a fan protest led to the show being picked up by Amazon Prime Instant Video.
"I'm delighted and excited to be back for a third series of Ripper," said MacFadyen.
"Thank you to Amazon, thank you to our fans who wanted more, and thank you to our wonderful writers and producers for giving us the most thoroughly brilliant, gripping and heart-rending episodes."
"We are committed to providing our customers with best-in-class film and TV, and with critically acclaimed acting and gripping storylines,...
Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg will all reprise their roles as Victorian crime-fighters Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake and Captain Homer Jackson for the Manchester shoot, the show's first in the UK.
Also returning is MyAnna Buring as Long Susan, alongside a raft of new characters.
Ripper Street was axed by the BBC last year, but a fan protest led to the show being picked up by Amazon Prime Instant Video.
"I'm delighted and excited to be back for a third series of Ripper," said MacFadyen.
"Thank you to Amazon, thank you to our fans who wanted more, and thank you to our wonderful writers and producers for giving us the most thoroughly brilliant, gripping and heart-rending episodes."
"We are committed to providing our customers with best-in-class film and TV, and with critically acclaimed acting and gripping storylines,...
- 5/22/2014
- Digital Spy
Feature Louisa Mellor 28 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Cancelled drama Ripper Street is coming back, but what part did the fan campaign truly play in its return?
“None of this would have been possible without the fans” is a phrase we’re used to hearing at this time of year, usually from actors in sparkly outfits on posh stages accepting this that or another award. Is it, though, ever more than a platitude?
When it was announced in late 2013 that BBC One’s Ripper Street had been cancelled due to lower-than-expected ratings, the fan response was immediate. #SaveRipperStreet sped around Twitter, Facebook pages sprang up, and so did a Change.org petition attracting over 10,000 signatures in its first week (and topped out at over 40,000).
This week, news arrived that Ripper Street had beaten the cancellation and was to return for a third series. A deal had been struck between the programme’s makers,...
Cancelled drama Ripper Street is coming back, but what part did the fan campaign truly play in its return?
“None of this would have been possible without the fans” is a phrase we’re used to hearing at this time of year, usually from actors in sparkly outfits on posh stages accepting this that or another award. Is it, though, ever more than a platitude?
When it was announced in late 2013 that BBC One’s Ripper Street had been cancelled due to lower-than-expected ratings, the fan response was immediate. #SaveRipperStreet sped around Twitter, Facebook pages sprang up, and so did a Change.org petition attracting over 10,000 signatures in its first week (and topped out at over 40,000).
This week, news arrived that Ripper Street had beaten the cancellation and was to return for a third series. A deal had been struck between the programme’s makers,...
- 2/27/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Prepare to return to Ripper Street. The gothic period thriller was axed by the BBC late last year, prompting an outcry from fans, but will return for an eight-episode third series thanks to a new co-production deal with Amazon Prime Instant Video - formerly LoveFilm.
Series three will debut online and air sometime later on BBC One, though Amazon is yet to decide if it will release the entire series in one batch or in instalments.
The platform may be different, but otherwise it's business as usual for Ripper Street. For starters, all of the main cast will be back, with MyAnna Buring, who plays Long Susan, expressing her delight at "spearheading something new" for UK television.
"This is a first for a British television show," the actress said at a press conference announcing the show's revival. "That's incredibly exciting to be a part of."
The BBC cited declining viewership...
Series three will debut online and air sometime later on BBC One, though Amazon is yet to decide if it will release the entire series in one batch or in instalments.
The platform may be different, but otherwise it's business as usual for Ripper Street. For starters, all of the main cast will be back, with MyAnna Buring, who plays Long Susan, expressing her delight at "spearheading something new" for UK television.
"This is a first for a British television show," the actress said at a press conference announcing the show's revival. "That's incredibly exciting to be a part of."
The BBC cited declining viewership...
- 2/26/2014
- Digital Spy
The second (and possibly final) season of "Ripper Street" came to life Saturday (Feb. 22) on BBC America. While the show has already aired overseas on the BBC, this is the first change U.S. viewers have had to see it.
The Season 2 premiere beings when a sergeant from a neighboring district is hurled out the window of a boarding house, landing viciously on a fence post. Upon inspecting the apartment he was tossed from, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) finds morphine and a connection to Chinatown. The injured sergeant's life is saved, and he begins recuperation in the hospital.
While investigating it's discovered that legalized opium is being made into heroin, powering the drug trade in Chinatown. That's where Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine (Joseph Mawle) comes in. as he works with the injured sergeant. It's eventually revealed that he's connected to the drug trade as well, through a Chinese...
The Season 2 premiere beings when a sergeant from a neighboring district is hurled out the window of a boarding house, landing viciously on a fence post. Upon inspecting the apartment he was tossed from, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) finds morphine and a connection to Chinatown. The injured sergeant's life is saved, and he begins recuperation in the hospital.
While investigating it's discovered that legalized opium is being made into heroin, powering the drug trade in Chinatown. That's where Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine (Joseph Mawle) comes in. as he works with the injured sergeant. It's eventually revealed that he's connected to the drug trade as well, through a Chinese...
- 2/23/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Late last year, it was announced that Ripper Street had been cancelled by the BBC after two seaosns. It was later reported that Amazon was possibly interested in producing a third season.
There's been no additional news since then but Us viewers still have season two ahead of them. The eight episodes will start airing on BBC America on Saturday, February 22nd.
Here's the press release:
H Division Battles For The Streets Of Whitechapel When Ripper Street Returns Saturday, February 22, 9 Pm Et/Pt
New York – January 21, 2014 – East London. 1890. The long shadow of Jack the Ripper may be gone, but The Job of protecting London’s Whitechapel district has never been harder for Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew MacFayden, Anna Karenina) and his loyal deputies Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn, Game of Thrones)...
There's been no additional news since then but Us viewers still have season two ahead of them. The eight episodes will start airing on BBC America on Saturday, February 22nd.
Here's the press release:
H Division Battles For The Streets Of Whitechapel When Ripper Street Returns Saturday, February 22, 9 Pm Et/Pt
New York – January 21, 2014 – East London. 1890. The long shadow of Jack the Ripper may be gone, but The Job of protecting London’s Whitechapel district has never been harder for Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew MacFayden, Anna Karenina) and his loyal deputies Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn, Game of Thrones)...
- 1/21/2014
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
What a busy twelve months it’s been for costume design. Really though, this art, or craft, or business (Deborah Nadoolman Landis insists it is definitely a business) gets more talked about each year. 2013 was especially exciting however as it seemed every month something even more thrilling arrived to fawn over. In the last few weeks alone we have had The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Sleepy Hollow, and now American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street on the horizon. Dipping back further, it was Stoker that got us excited about subtext, The Great Gatsby that slammed the lid on that twenties revival once and for all, and Behind the Candelabra that put Michael Douglas in a 16ft fox fur cape and white brocade jumpsuit.
With just so many memorable movies and TV shows to cover, Clothes on Film asked some respected contributors to the site for their opinions on the best,...
With just so many memorable movies and TV shows to cover, Clothes on Film asked some respected contributors to the site for their opinions on the best,...
- 12/28/2013
- by Lord Christopher Laverty
- Clothes on Film
When Ripper Street first aired in December last year it was like nothing else on television. A Victorian police procedural set in a Whitechapel reeling following the Jack the Ripper murders, where the culprit went unpunished. Using the aftermath of the Ripper murders was the show’s masterstroke – so many films, dramas and books both fiction and non-fiction focused on the race to find Britain’s best-known (and yet unknown) serial killer. No one, to my knowledge, has thought to explore the social unrest he would leave behind.
Its tone was also a rare synthesis of period costume drama and crime thriller. Instead of romanticising the past it looked forward to the future, introducing modern technologies by presenting them as new and exciting. It was also socially progressive in some areas – particularly in the sympathetic portrayal of nineteenth century gay culture and the plight of Russian Jewish refugees – but has...
Its tone was also a rare synthesis of period costume drama and crime thriller. Instead of romanticising the past it looked forward to the future, introducing modern technologies by presenting them as new and exciting. It was also socially progressive in some areas – particularly in the sympathetic portrayal of nineteenth century gay culture and the plight of Russian Jewish refugees – but has...
- 11/20/2013
- by Kate Taylor
- Obsessed with Film
“These streets…The suffering felt here, is nothing to what comes. It will fall like the red sea…”
Spoilers will feature throughout this review…
Finally, the second series of the Victorian delight which is Ripper Street has arrived. Matthew Macfadyen returns as Di Edmund Reid, paired with his stalwart DS Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and the talented coroner Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) are our heroes in the crime-ridden district of Whitechapel.
With the first series boasting story lines surrounding pornographic snuff films, child assassins, poisoned water supplies, psychiatric conspiracies, Veteran thieves, international terrorism, secret identities and a slavery ring, I was highly anticipating what the show had to throw at us this series. With the mysteries of who the protagonists truly are being revealed in the previous series, some still lay unsolved, In my review of last series’ finale I left readers with a few; “Will Reid find his daughter?...
Spoilers will feature throughout this review…
Finally, the second series of the Victorian delight which is Ripper Street has arrived. Matthew Macfadyen returns as Di Edmund Reid, paired with his stalwart DS Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and the talented coroner Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) are our heroes in the crime-ridden district of Whitechapel.
With the first series boasting story lines surrounding pornographic snuff films, child assassins, poisoned water supplies, psychiatric conspiracies, Veteran thieves, international terrorism, secret identities and a slavery ring, I was highly anticipating what the show had to throw at us this series. With the mysteries of who the protagonists truly are being revealed in the previous series, some still lay unsolved, In my review of last series’ finale I left readers with a few; “Will Reid find his daughter?...
- 10/29/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
Whitechapel is stirring.
As you may know, the second series of Ripper Street is just around the corner. Matthew Macfadyen returns as Di Edmund Reid, paired with his stalwart DS Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and the mysterious and talented coroner Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), who has finally hidden his sordid past as Matthew Judge…or so it seems.
The BBC Autumn Original Drama trailer gives little away but as we know, with a new series comes a myriad of new actors (encompassing both genders). David Costabile, Gale from Breaking Bad and Thomas Klebanow on The Wire, has been cast as the second Judge brother, obviously there to cause concern for Captain Jackson. Being Human’s Damien Molony enters as a new DC for H Division whilst Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones) will play a rival to Reid and co. as K Division’s Inspector Jedidiah Shine. Others gracing the...
As you may know, the second series of Ripper Street is just around the corner. Matthew Macfadyen returns as Di Edmund Reid, paired with his stalwart DS Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and the mysterious and talented coroner Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), who has finally hidden his sordid past as Matthew Judge…or so it seems.
The BBC Autumn Original Drama trailer gives little away but as we know, with a new series comes a myriad of new actors (encompassing both genders). David Costabile, Gale from Breaking Bad and Thomas Klebanow on The Wire, has been cast as the second Judge brother, obviously there to cause concern for Captain Jackson. Being Human’s Damien Molony enters as a new DC for H Division whilst Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones) will play a rival to Reid and co. as K Division’s Inspector Jedidiah Shine. Others gracing the...
- 9/3/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
The final episode of Ripper Street’s first series seemed like it would be a tense mismatch of Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) seeking his freedom, following being set up by his former arch-nemesis Frank Goodnight (Edoardo Ballerini) to make it seem that Jackson was Jack the Ripper all along, and Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) finally having an episode focused upon the loss of his daughter, possibly even reaching a conclusion over her disappearance.
The episode opens with H Division divided. Many mourning the death of young Hobbs (Jonathan Barnwell), Jackson imprisoned, the usually symbiotic duo of Reid and Drake (Jerome Flynn) broken. Reid seeks solace in the bed of Miss Goren (Lucy Cohu) whilst his righthand-man Drake seeks solace in the bottom of many pints and Jackson is left in his cell alone apart from his thoughts and occasional visits from Reid. Everything is in tatters, for the stability...
The episode opens with H Division divided. Many mourning the death of young Hobbs (Jonathan Barnwell), Jackson imprisoned, the usually symbiotic duo of Reid and Drake (Jerome Flynn) broken. Reid seeks solace in the bed of Miss Goren (Lucy Cohu) whilst his righthand-man Drake seeks solace in the bottom of many pints and Jackson is left in his cell alone apart from his thoughts and occasional visits from Reid. Everything is in tatters, for the stability...
- 2/25/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
Jerome Flynn is currently spending his Saturday nights on BBC America, playing second in command to Matthew Macfayden's Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in "Ripper Street," but next month, he'll be back at the side of Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister in "Game of Thrones."
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- 2/21/2013
- by nobody@accesshollywood.com (AccessHollywood.com Editorial Staff)
- Access Hollywood
Last night we saw the penultimate episode of Ripper Street unfold, and what a tragic day it was for Whitechapel’s H Division. An ominous episode, was A Man Of My Company, that was littered with twists and secrecy focused around the mysterious past of Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) and his companion and love, Long Susan (MyAnna Buring).
The sixth episode, Tournament Of Shadows, questioned the identity of Homer Jackson, as Constantine claimed he was not who he says and that he was not a Pinkerton. Also the ring, inscribed with the name of Matthew Judge, that appeared in the second episode (In My Protection) pointed to Jackson being this man Judge, the man whom the Pinkerton’s have been searching for. The situation is exacerbated at the opening of ‘A Man of My Company’ when an American businessman Theodore P. Swift (Ian McElhinney, another actor pulled out of...
The sixth episode, Tournament Of Shadows, questioned the identity of Homer Jackson, as Constantine claimed he was not who he says and that he was not a Pinkerton. Also the ring, inscribed with the name of Matthew Judge, that appeared in the second episode (In My Protection) pointed to Jackson being this man Judge, the man whom the Pinkerton’s have been searching for. The situation is exacerbated at the opening of ‘A Man of My Company’ when an American businessman Theodore P. Swift (Ian McElhinney, another actor pulled out of...
- 2/18/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
After last weeks enticing episode, ‘The Weight of One Man’s Heart’, Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) had his story told. Revealing his past indiscretions during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 let us understand Drake’s character leaving just Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) and Detective Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) to have their pasts revealed. This week offered varying parts to add to the ever growing picture of both of the characters jigsaw puzzle past but didn’t allow us what we grasp for, that will be left to the final two episodes. ‘Tournament of Shadows’ offer something different to what you might expect from Ripper Street, stepping from the toll of murder as the greed and despicable desire of a man controlled by lust, money and revenge, Ripper Street went political with the depiction of anarchists, unionists, spies and double agents; all surrounding the London Dock Strike of 1889. The...
- 2/5/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
Review Jamie-Lee Nardone Feb 3, 2013
This week's Ripper Street finally reveals a few of Detective Reid's secrets. Here's Jamie-Lee's review...
This review contains spoilers
1.6 Tournament of Shadows
Now three-quarters of the way through this beautifully bloody journey through the streets of Whitechapel in the months after the serials killings of Jack the Ripper, we are finally offered a brief insight into the background and inner workings of Ripper Street's lead character. Master of the bowler hat and sardonic quip, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid is played by Matthew Macfadyen of Spooks, Mr Darcy and husband of voice of Lara Croft fame. He even does those Marks and Spencers adverts, which is why you may find yourself wanting hot chocolate pudding oozing with cream and lashings of, ohhh, anyway... He has used his brooding skills demonstrably when hiding his feelings of pain about his daughter and somewhat awkward marriage in this gritty...
This week's Ripper Street finally reveals a few of Detective Reid's secrets. Here's Jamie-Lee's review...
This review contains spoilers
1.6 Tournament of Shadows
Now three-quarters of the way through this beautifully bloody journey through the streets of Whitechapel in the months after the serials killings of Jack the Ripper, we are finally offered a brief insight into the background and inner workings of Ripper Street's lead character. Master of the bowler hat and sardonic quip, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid is played by Matthew Macfadyen of Spooks, Mr Darcy and husband of voice of Lara Croft fame. He even does those Marks and Spencers adverts, which is why you may find yourself wanting hot chocolate pudding oozing with cream and lashings of, ohhh, anyway... He has used his brooding skills demonstrably when hiding his feelings of pain about his daughter and somewhat awkward marriage in this gritty...
- 2/3/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
While not really a horror series, "Ripper Street" still has a lot to offer genre fans, so while we've cut back on our coverage of the show following its premiere on BBC America, some good news has come in that we just have to share!
Per Deadline, BBC One‘s Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson have confirmed a second season order of "Ripper Street," just as the first season heads into the home stretch in the UK. The BBC America co-production will start shooting eight new episodes this spring for a 2014 air date. "Ripper Street" debuted on BBC America on January 19th, three weeks after its UK bow on BBC One.
Richard Warlow created and exec produces the series. Warlow said that the second season will “move forward into the 1890s: the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labor pains of a modern world on the rise.
Per Deadline, BBC One‘s Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson have confirmed a second season order of "Ripper Street," just as the first season heads into the home stretch in the UK. The BBC America co-production will start shooting eight new episodes this spring for a 2014 air date. "Ripper Street" debuted on BBC America on January 19th, three weeks after its UK bow on BBC One.
Richard Warlow created and exec produces the series. Warlow said that the second season will “move forward into the 1890s: the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labor pains of a modern world on the rise.
- 1/29/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
"Ripper Street," the British police procedural set during the reign of Jack the Ripper, will be back for a second season on BBC America. A co-production between the U.S. network and BBC One, "Ripper Street" is currently in the midst of its first season on BBC America, airing on Saturday nights. The second season will, like the first, consist of eight episodes, and is set to premiere in 2014. The show, which was created by Richard Warlow, stars Matthew Macfadyen as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, who runs a Victorian-era police department in East London. Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, McAnna Buring, Charlene McKenna, David Dawson and Amanda Hale make up the rest of the cast. Read More: Jerome Flynn Talks 'Ripper Street,' How 'Game of Thrones' Changed His Life and His Era as an Accidental Pop Star In a statement, Warlow said, "I am enormously grateful to...
- 1/29/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Finally, Ripper Street had an episode entirely dedicated to my favourite character, Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn). Drake usually takes his place as Di Edmund Reid’s (Matthew Macfadyen) right hand man, the muscle to Reid’s intellect, but this week he was liberated from his position behind Reid, he was at the forefront of the episode. It revolves around Drake’s secret pasts, hinted in the second episode (In My Protection) as being rooted in Egypt, and a traumatising event that took place whilst he was there.
The episode opened with the intercut shots of Drake shaving and applying aftershave, ready to go on a date with the prostitute Rose (Charlene McKenna), and the scene of a man preparing his rifle in a military grade routine of precision and efficiency. At the end of the sequence the gunman takes aim at his target – the horse pulling a carriage.
The episode opened with the intercut shots of Drake shaving and applying aftershave, ready to go on a date with the prostitute Rose (Charlene McKenna), and the scene of a man preparing his rifle in a military grade routine of precision and efficiency. At the end of the sequence the gunman takes aim at his target – the horse pulling a carriage.
- 1/29/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
How do you fight crime when the greatest criminal of them all, Jack the Ripper, walks free?
That's the central question asked in "Ripper Street," a new crime drama airing on BBC America. And the answer creates a new kind of TV show -- a British period drama, a character study, a mystery and a graphically sexual and violent setting all come into play.
The result is as excellent as it is dark.
"Ripper Street" is, in its essence, a police procedural. The show follows the murder investigations of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen, "Mi-5"), former Us Army surgeon Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) and Detective Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn, "Game of Thrones"). These three men -- alternately aided and hindered by a collection of policemen, informants and prostitutes -- are brilliant but flawed crime-solvers.
It's almost as if someone took Sherlock Holmes and split him into three parts.
That's the central question asked in "Ripper Street," a new crime drama airing on BBC America. And the answer creates a new kind of TV show -- a British period drama, a character study, a mystery and a graphically sexual and violent setting all come into play.
The result is as excellent as it is dark.
"Ripper Street" is, in its essence, a police procedural. The show follows the murder investigations of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen, "Mi-5"), former Us Army surgeon Captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) and Detective Sergeant Bennett Drake (Jerome Flynn, "Game of Thrones"). These three men -- alternately aided and hindered by a collection of policemen, informants and prostitutes -- are brilliant but flawed crime-solvers.
It's almost as if someone took Sherlock Holmes and split him into three parts.
- 1/20/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In BBC America's Ripper Street, it's 19th century London, six months after the last Jack the Ripper killing in the East End's Whitechapel. Inspector Edmund Reid, head of H Division, is tasked with unenviable job of investigating murders and crimes in a post-Ripper world. Ripper Street snuck up on Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice, Mi-5, Anna Karenina), who takes the lead in the mystery drama as Reid, a detective he describes as "very free-thinking and forward-thinking," "very muscular" in the way he speaks. "He was a very moral man. At the time, it was a
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- 1/19/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Whitechapel, London, 1889. The time and the place are synonymous with the most infamous unsolved murder cases in history, and they’re the setting for this new series coming to BBC America’s Dramaville beginning January 19. Matthew Macfadyen stars as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, investigator of the Ripper murders and other crimes. Alongside him is Capt. Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg), the forensic investigator whose way with an autopsy renders him invaluable to Reid’s mission as the body count on the street starts to mount. It’s a fairly remarkable series, to start, but we have to admit that we’re glad that we [...]...
- 1/19/2013
- by Channel Guide Contributor
- ChannelGuideMag
Like many a British thespian, Matthew Macfadyen has reliably bounced back and forth between the big screen and television, whether wooing Elizabeth Bennett in "Pride & Prejudice" or battling international intrigue in "Mi-5." Fresh off a well-received supporting turn as Oblonsky in Joe Wright's "Anna Karenina" this winter, Macfadyen is back on TV on Saturday (January 19) night fighting crime in Victorian England in BBC America's "Ripper Street." During the Television Critics Association press tour this month, I sat down with MacFadyen to talk about his role as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid on "Ripper Street," which was created by...
- 1/19/2013
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Jerome Flynn makes a dramatic entrance in "Ripper Street," BBC America's new Victorian cop drama -- barechested and bloody and in the middle of an underground boxing match, from which he takes a brief pause to remove a tooth that has gotten lodged in his knuckles following a punch. This trend toward playing a go-to ruffian is a new one for Flynn, who's been acting in the U.K. for years, but who's best known to U.S. audiences for his role as the sardonic sellsword Bronn in HBO's "Game of Thrones," a character almost as popular as the fan favorite for whom he works, Peter Dinklage's Tyrion Lannister. Created by Richard Warlow ("Waking the Dead") "Ripper Street," which premieres tomorrow, January 19 at 9pm, is a period procedural that has Flynn playing Sergeant Bennet Drake, right-hand man to more refined Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen), as the two...
- 1/18/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
This week Ripper Street’s H Division contended with a Victorian plague of poisoning believed to be the return of “King Cholera”, possibly inspired by the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak after a public well had been contaminated by a leak from an old cesspit that was only three feet from the well. The episode opens with a man dying, vomiting and convulsing in a fit of hysteria. It is pronounced to be cholera by the preacher who had been describing the water from the well as a “signifier of unity” of different people from different backgrounds and class; in this instance you begin to believe it is indeed, a union through death. Indeed, with the squalor conditions of Ripper Street’s Victorian London you would attribute cholera to the deaths and making the usual bustling streets become vacant. Having fought off a sexually depraved killer (I Need Light) and the...
- 1/18/2013
- by Stu Whittaker
- Obsessed with Film
We're just a few days away from the premiere of "Ripper Street," and BBC America has released a look inside H Division's new "Dead Room." In the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders, will this 19th Century forensics studio help our heroes keep order in the blood-stained London Streets?
"Ripper Street" stars Matthew MacFadyen (Anna Karenina, Mi-5, Pride and Prejudice), Jerome Flynn ("Game of Thrones"), Adam Rothenberg ("Alcatraz"), Myanna Buring (The Twilight Saga, White Heat), and David Dawson ("Luther," "Secret Diary of a Call Girl").
Synopsis:
History's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, tore through London. Now, the detectives who were on the case have to pick up the pieces. In the aftermath of the murders, can anyone keep order in the blood-stained London Streets?
Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (Macfadyen) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest district in London's East End.
"Ripper Street" stars Matthew MacFadyen (Anna Karenina, Mi-5, Pride and Prejudice), Jerome Flynn ("Game of Thrones"), Adam Rothenberg ("Alcatraz"), Myanna Buring (The Twilight Saga, White Heat), and David Dawson ("Luther," "Secret Diary of a Call Girl").
Synopsis:
History's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper, tore through London. Now, the detectives who were on the case have to pick up the pieces. In the aftermath of the murders, can anyone keep order in the blood-stained London Streets?
Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (Macfadyen) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest district in London's East End.
- 1/17/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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