S01E01 I Need Light
When a woman is found murdered, Chief Inspector Abberline believes Jack the Ripper has returned.
Ripper Street
The law for the lawless.
S01E08: What Use Our Work?
Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. But Reid is gripped by a growing obsession that this leads back to the terrible secret from his own past.
Overview
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel. Ripper Street explores the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper's legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city. At the drama's heart our detectives try to bring a little light into the dark world they inhabit.
Episodes
S01E02 In My Protection
A toymaker is beaten to death, and a possible culprit refuses to deny the charge.
S01E03 The King Came Calling
Deliberate contamination is suspected in a sudden cholera outbreak . Emily's search for a charity patron proves difficult.
S01E04 The Good of This City
The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a Byzantine...
S01E05 The Weight of One Man's Heart
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies keeps Reid and his team busy and leads to a blast from the past for Drake when he is confronted by his former army colonel. As the net closes...
S01E06 Tournament of Shadows
As the dock strike of August '89 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the heartless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires...
S01E07 A Man of My Company
International haulage tycoon TP Swift arrives in town to acquire an ailing shipping line, accompanied by a team of private detectives, who proceed to cut a violent swathe through the borough on a mission of...
S01E08 What Use Our Work?
Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their...
Cast
Matthew Macfadyen
Edmund Reid
Adam Rothenberg
Homer Jackson
MyAnna Buring
Long Susan Hart
Charlene McKenna
Rose Erskine
Matthew Lewis
Samuel Drummond
