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Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper

7,0 /10 (115 Votes)
1988 EN 1 Seasons

Overview

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.

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First air date

11/10/1988

Votes

115

Popularity

3.8

The hunt is on for the world's most infamous diabolical murderer.

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

Derek Marlowe, David Wickes

Networks

ITV1

Language

EN

Last air date

1988-10-18

Episodes

2

Miniseries

Miniseries

2 episodes • 1988 • ⭐ 4,7

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CinemaSerf

2025-11-05

⭐ 7

“This poor woman wasn’t murdered, she was plundered”. This two-part Euston Films drama sees Michael Caine pick up the role of Scotland Yard’s finest Insp. Abberline as he has to investigate the ritual slaughtering of some unfortunate women on the streets of Victorian East London. He’s a penchant for the bottle, has this policeman, but luckily he has stalwart Sgt. Godley (Lewis Collins) to help keep him on the straight and narrow as they have to juggle the internal politics from his superiors with the rumour-mongering press who are determined to stoke up resentment against not just the constabu…

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