Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Caine

   Inspector Frederick Abberline

2. 

   Jane Seymour

   Emma

3. 

   Lewis Collins

   Sergeant George Godley

4. 

   Armand Assante

   Richard Mansfield

5. 

   Lysette Anthony

   Mary Jane Kelly

6. 

   Michael Gothard

   George Lusk

7. 

   T. P. McKenna

   O'Connor

8. 

   Richard Morant

   Dr. Acland

9. 

   Christopher Fulford

   Beggar

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Current Season

Season 1

1988 | 2 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-11-05

“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 th...read the rest

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3. The Alienist75%
4. HIS & HERS72%
5. Dalgliesh67%
6. Missing You61%
7. Ragdoll60%
8. Defending Jacob82%
9. The Outsider73%
10. Luther78%
11. Dexter82%
12. Inspector Morse78%
13. Grantchester72%
14. Waking the Dead72%
15. Fool Me Once71%
16. Whitechapel72%
17. Death and Other Details65%
18. Crime63%
19. 56 Days73%
20. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder74%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Jack the Ripper

Keywords

• detective
• scotland yard
• newspaper
• jack the ripper
• investigation
• police
• psychopath
• victorian england
• serial killer
• miniseries
• period drama
• killer
• victorian era
• unsolved murders
• 1880s