Jack the Ripper

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

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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Status

Ended

Original Name

Jack the Ripper

First Air Date

October 11, 1988

Last Air Date

October 18, 1988

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Language

English

Production Companies

Thames TelevisionEuston Films

Networks

ITV1

Episode 2
S01E02

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.

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