Jack the Ripper

About Jack the Ripper

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.

Jack the Ripper is a crime and mystery series that ran on ITV1. It reached one season of 2 episodes from October 1988.

Its themes are killer, victorian england, psychopath, and victorian era. Michael Caine stars as Inspector Frederick Abberline, Jane Seymour as Emma, Lewis Collins as Sergeant George Godley, and Armand Assante as Richard Mansfield.

Mouse, Ripper Street, and Beyond Evil make useful companions to Jack the Ripper, all filed under detective and investigation. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 120 votes and it carries a NR rating.