Jack the Ripper

1h 34min

Drama

Mystery

Crime

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

Production Companies

Thames Television

Euston Films

Episodes

Cast

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

1h 36min

11th Oct 1988

In the early hours of Friday morning, August 31st 1888 a penniless prostitute was slaughtered on a London Street. Her name was Mary Ann Nichols. With the death of this one woman began a reign of terror so horrifying that the world remembers it still.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

1h 34min

18th Oct 1988

In the autumn of 1888 London's huge metropolis was gripped by fear. On the teeming streets of Whitechapel women were being torn to pieces by a killer who vanished in the shadows time after time. So terrible was the savagery, that the world remembers it still.

First air date

11th Oct 1988

Last air date

18th Oct 1988

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks