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Ripper Street is a British mystery drama television series set in Whitechapel in the East End of London starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg, and MyAnna Buring. It begins in 1889, six months after the infamous Jack the Ripper murders.
- The Real Reid of Ripper Street. Edmund Reid (MacFadyen) was a real detective at the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. A keen hot air balloonist and a talented actor and singer, he was described by Weekly Despatch as 'one of the most remarkable men of the century'.
- Victorian newspapers. The show’s creator Richard Warlow is always on the hunt for 19th century newspapers and magazines, from which he draws the inspiration for the language he uses in his scripts.
- Pricey pub. The Leman Street police station and The Brown Bear pub, which Inspector Reid, Sergeant Drake and Captain Jackson have all frequented in their darker moments, still exist today.
- Inspector Drake on X Factor? Simon Cowell asked Jerome Flynn, who plays Sergeant Jackson, to be a judge on X Factor when the reality show first started, but Jerome turned him down.
Aug 22, 2016 · Victorian crime thriller Ripper Street has returned to BBC Two for an explosive fourth series. We spoke to the show’s writer and creator Richard Warlow about the challenges of recreating London’s 19th-century slums and why he doesn’t like the term “period drama”…
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Oct 8, 2019 · Ripper Street's season 5 finale may have been a melancholy ending, but it was the perfect way to round out the story. Jack the Ripper is a real-life, still unidentified serial killer from 19th century London who has long fascinated filmmakers.
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Nov 28, 2012 · Ripper Street is a fictionalised trek into the heart of a London borough living in the blood soaked aftermath of that forever anonymous killer.
Jan 4, 2013 · It was the real life police station from which the hunt for the killer was coordinated, but it was also the headquarters for policemen who had to control the meanest streets imaginable ...
The series loosely intertwines history with fiction, as there actually was an Inspector Edmund Reid who policed the streets of Whitechapel at the time, and even Joseph Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) features in a couple of episodes.
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