Jack the Ripper

1988 - 1988

Episode 1

11th October 1988

Episode 1

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

18th October 1988

Episode 2

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.

Top Cast

Michael Caine•Jane Seymour•Lewis Collins

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.

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Michael Caine Image

Michael Caine

Inspector Frederick Abberline

Jane Seymour Image

Jane Seymour

Emma

Lewis Collins Image

Lewis Collins

Sergeant George Godley

Armand Assante Image

Armand Assante

Richard Mansfield

Lysette Anthony Image

Lysette Anthony

Mary Jane Kelly

Michael Gothard Image

Michael Gothard

George Lusk

T. P. McKenna Image

T. P. McKenna

O'Connor

Richard Morant Image

Richard Morant

Dr. Acland

Christopher Fulford Image

Christopher Fulford

Beggar

Harry Andrews Image

Harry Andrews

Coroner Wynne Baxter

Peter Armitage Image

Peter Armitage

Sergeant Kerby

Hugh Fraser Image

Hugh Fraser

Sir Charles Warren

Roger Ashton-Griffiths Image

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Rodman

Desmond Askew Image

Desmond Askew

CopyBoy

Ray McAnally Image

Ray McAnally

Sir William Gull

Susan George Image

Susan George

Catherine Eddowes

Ken Bones Image

Ken Bones

Robert James Lees

David Ryall Image

David Ryall

Bowyer

John Dair

Isenschmid

John Fletcher

P.C. Watkins

Denys Hawthorne Image

Denys Hawthorne

Assistant Commissioner

Jon Laurimore

Inspector Spratling

Trevor Baxter Image

Trevor Baxter

Lanyon

Gerald Sim Image

Gerald Sim

Dr Bagster Phillips

Angela Crow

Liz Stride

Ricci Harnett Image

Ricci Harnett

Pickpocket

Sheridan Forbes

Millie

Jon Croft

Mt. Thackery

Ronald Hines Image

Ronald Hines

Henry Matthews

Edward Judd Image

Edward Judd

DCS Arnold

Ann Castle

Lady Gull

Deirdre Costello

Annie Chapman

Martin Friend

Newsvendor

Gertan Klauber

Diemschutz