Jack the Ripper

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

NR1988•7.0/10

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7.0/10(116)

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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Production

Thames Television, Euston Films

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 11, 1988

Last Aired

October 18, 1988

Networks

ITV1

Created By

Derek Marlowe, David Wickes

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Episode 1

Air date: 1988-10-11

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

Air date: 1988-10-18

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.