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Ripper Street Season 1 Episode 1

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AIRED: 12/30/12

Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline is worried that 'Jack' has started a fresh killing spree when a young woman is found in the same state as the previous victims.

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Ripper Street Series Premiere Review: CSI: Dickens

Having forensically dissected the pilot episode (YES I tossed the viscera in a filthy wash bin), I prognose that Ripper Street's historical setting can only breathe so much new life into an achingly familiar formula.

By Ryan Sandoval, Jan 21, 2013

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Complex and Detailed Period Thriller

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By AudioFileZ, Mar 11, 2013

It would seem the BBC has given the green-light to a well-budgeted series revolving, somewhat, around Jack the Ripper. The Ripper murders, however, are only a jumping-off point for a series of underworld crimes centering around the burgeoning pornographic business and de-valuing of females as sex objects. The dirt swirls and to get to the bottom of it all our inspector must go to places not only in the underbelly of London. The attention to period detail, excusing the mix of scenes in spring time as well as winter, is admirable. There is much revealed, but less so in the overall scheme of how this series will progress. This isn't a kick against it so much as a open-end that there is so much more to slowly surface. Excellent in many ways both in cast and execution. A must watch as for future episodes.moreless
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Matthew MacFadyen	Detective Inspector Edmund Reid
Jerome Flynn	Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake
Adam Rothenberg	Captain Homer Jackson

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Clive Russell	Chief Inspector Fred Abberline	Guest Star
Steven Robertson	Christian Thwaites	Guest Star
Mark Dexter	Sir Arthur Donaldson	Guest Star
David Wilmot	Sgt. Donald Atherton	Recurring Role
Jonathan Barnwell	P.C. Dick Hobbs	Recurring Role
Myanna Buring	Long Susan	Recurring Role

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- Original International Air Dates:
  USA: January 19, 2013 on BBC America
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