Scripted series · BBC One
Ripper Street
The law for the lawless.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Matthew Macfadyen
Edmund Reid
36 eps
Adam Rothenberg
Homer Jackson
36 eps
MyAnna Buring
Long Susan Hart
36 eps
Charlene McKenna
Rose Erskine
36 eps
Amanda Hale
Emily Reid
8 eps
Jonathan Barnwell
Dick Hobbs
8 eps
Leanne Best
Jane Cobden
9 eps
David Wilmot
Donald Artherton
25 eps
Jerome Flynn
Bennet Drake
31 eps
David Dawson
Fred Best
18 eps
Matthew Lewis
Samuel Drummond
12 eps
Damien Molony
Albert Flight
7 eps
Edoardo Ballerini
Frank Goodnight
2 eps
Rebecca Grimes
Streetwalker
2 eps
Anton Lesser
Dr. Karl Crabbe
2 eps
Joseph Drake
Joseph Merrick
2 eps
Gillian Saker
Bella Drake
6 eps
Kirsty Oswald
Maggie
2 eps
Frank Melia
Priest
2 eps
Frank Harper
Silas Duggan
6 eps
Michael Sheehan
Wainwright
2 eps
Michael Grennell
Blewett
3 eps
David Costabile
Daniel Judge
2 eps
Justin Salinger
Nathaniel Hinchcliffe
2 eps
Robert Goodman
Werner
2 eps
Joel Gillman
Finkel
2 eps
Craige Els
Botha Brother
2 eps
Joe Macaulay
Botha Brother
2 eps
Gary Egan
Barton
4 eps
Cathal Pendred
Duggan's Henchman
2 eps
Paul Ready
Frederick Treves
3 eps
Alicia Gerrard
Charity
8 eps
John Heffernan
Ronald Capshaw
4 eps
Richard Goulding
Edgar Morton
4 eps
Ian McElhinney
Theodore Swift
3 eps
Josh O'Connor
P.C. Bobby Grace
8 eps
Louise Brealey
Dr. Amelia Frayn
7 eps
Anton Giltrap
Arthur
3 eps
Justin Avoth
Isaac Bloom
3 eps
Derek Riddell
Constantine
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Ripper Street actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Ripper Street reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
5 seasons · 36 episodes.
Season 0 · Unannounced
Specials
3 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20128 episodes
6.8IMDbHaunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now heads up the notorious H Division - the toughest police district in the East End.
Best episode · S01E02 In My Protection
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20138 episodes
7.2IMDbThe memory of Jack the Ripper may have faded but the Whitechapel streets he walked are more dangerous than ever.
Best episode · S02E07 Our Betrayal (1)
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20148 episodes
7.7IMDbAfter a locomotive disaster, Reid's iron grip on 'H' Division begins to unravel.
Best episode · S03E08 The Peace of Edmund Reid
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
20166 episodes
7.9IMDbIn 1897, Reid has given up his detective work and lives in Hampton-on-Sea with Matilda. When his old friend Isaac is accused of murder, he is drawn back to Whitechapel to investigate. Meanwhile Drake is now head inspector of Whitechapel and still employs Jackson who has given up his drinking and gambling in order to save money to free Susan from prison.
Best episode · S04E06 Edmund Reid Did This
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
20166 episodes
7.2IMDbReturning to a dark secret they all share and to a Whitechapel terrorised by an all too familiar horror, Series Five sees the show’s heroes take on a serial killer with subhuman desires, but a superhuman ability to avoid being apprehended.
Best episode · S05E04 The Dreaming Dead
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E06
Edmund Reid Did This
The walls close in on Reid as a secret from his past threatens to destroy his future in Whitechapel.
- Directed by Anthony Byrne
- Written by Richard Warlow
S03E08
The Peace of Edmund Reid
When an American journalist is killed in Whitechapel, his story threatens the peace.
- Directed by Saul Metzstein
- Written by Richard Warlow
S04E05
No Wolves in Whitechapel
Drake's life unravels as he questions whether he sent an innocent man to the gallows.
- Directed by Anthony Byrne
- Written by Richard Warlow
S03E04
Your Father, My Friend
Ghosts of Whitechapel's past come alive, setting our heroes on a path of destruction.
- Directed by Andy Wilson
- Written by Richard Warlow
S02E07
Our Betrayal (1)
A valuable symbol of the British Empire’s wealth shows up in the form of an uncut diamond. It is a jewel ‘freed’ from the diamond monopoly of De Graal by one Daniel Judge, Captain Jackson’s untrustworthy older brother. Reid and Flight find themselves being drawn to the plight of a local craftsman defrauded of his work and income by a scam that is set to return H Division to the malign influence of Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine.
- Directed by Andy Wilson
- Written by Richard Warlow
S04E01
The Strangers' Home
Reid must return to Whitechapel to covertly re-investigate a case made by Drake and Jackson.
- Directed by Kieron Hawkes
- Written by Richard Warlow
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S05E04
The Dreaming Dead
- Directed by Nick Rowland
- Written by Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
S05E02
A Brittle Thread
- Directed by Daniel Nettheim
- Written by Richard Warlow
S05E01
Closed Casket
- Directed by Daniel Nettheim
- Written by Richard Warlow
S05E03
All The Glittering Blades
- Directed by Nick Rowland
- Written by Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
S05E06
Occurrence Reports
- Directed by Ashley Way
- Written by Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Richard Warlow
Showrunner
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Will Gould
Executive producer
Ed Guiney
Executive producer
Andrew Lowe
Executive producer
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Justin Young
Writer
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Thomas Martin
Writer
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Julie Rutterford
Writer
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Matt Delargy
Writer
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Declan Croghan
Writer
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Rob Green
Writer
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Marnie Dickens
Writer
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Jamie Crichton
Writer
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Toby Finlay
Writer
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Rachel Bennette
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Will GouldExecutive Producer
- Stephen SmallwoodProducer
- Ed GuineyExecutive Producer
- Andrew LoweExecutive Producer
Writing
- Justin YoungWriter
- Richard WarlowWriter
- Thomas MartinWriter
- Julie RutterfordWriter
- Matt DelargyWriter
- Declan CroghanWriter
Direction
- Nick RowlandDirector
- Ashley WayDirector
- Christopher MenaulDirector
- Tom ShanklandDirector
- Colm McCarthyDirector
- Daniel NettheimDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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