Ripper Street

Ripper Street: All Set for a Ripping Yarn

Ripper Street: All set for a ripping yarn

In the year 1889, on the mean streets of London's Whitechapel district, about 70,000 people are crammed into little more than a square mile under the watchful eye of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, played by Matthew Macfadyen.

This is Jack the Ripper territory, but Jack himself - the notorious serial killer who haunted the East End of London and became famous for a series of fiendish murders - has faded into memory. In his wake sits a bustling culture of decadence and extravagance.

Jack's spectre, nonetheless, looms large over the district, and the television series Ripper Street. ''They never found him, so it became a story that could go on forever,'' Macfadyen says. ''Was he a doctor? An aristocrat? We may never know.

''And they were revolting crimes. The east end was a rough and scary place at the time, and the story was whipped up by the tabloids; it captured people's imaginations at the time.''

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Ripper Street: "Rothenberg is full of praise for Macfadyen"

In an interview, Adam Rothenberg (who plays Captain Jackson in Ripper Street) had this to say about Matthew Macfadyen:

"He's one of the warmest, kindest, talented guys I've ever worked with. I learned a lot about acting from him. I think he's an absolute genius," he said.

 

"When I just have scenes with him it's always a good day. His vibe on set is perfect."

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Ripper Street: Coming to the Netherlands

Season 1 of Ripper Street will soon be coming to Fox in the Netherlands.  Season 1 will be shown every Wednesday at 20:30 beginning August 21.

Catch it!

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Ripper Street: Cast Additions for the second season

The cast of Ripper Street expands when Matthew MacFadyen (Inspector Edmund Reid), Jerome Flynn (Sergeant Bennett Drake) and Adam Rothenberg (Captain Homer Jackson) are joined by new faces in the eagerly anticipated second season, currently filming in Dublin.  David Costabile (Breaking Bad, The Wire), Damien Molony (Being Human), Joseph Mawle (Game of Thrones, Birdsong) and Leanne Best enter London’s East End in the year 1890.

Matthew MacFadyen has recently said: “It’s fantastic to be reunited with much of the wonderful cast and crew from last year. Also to be reunited with my bowler hat – I missed it. The show’s creator Richard Warlow has given us wonderful, strange and unsettling episodes, teeming with the fierce and fragile life of Victorian Whitechapel.”

As the century enters its final decade, the streets teeter on the brink of moral collapse, and nowhere is the declining British Empire’s problems felt more keenly than in its dark heart: the East End of London.  As Jackson attempts to move forward with his life, his brother, Daniel Judge (David Costabile), enters the picture.  Joining Reid and Drake in H Division is new Detective Constable Albert Flight (Damien Molony). While over in K Division, corrupt rival, Inspector Jedidiah Shine (Joseph Mawle) presents numerous obstacles.  Viewers will also meet, Jane Cobden (Leanne Best) – the first woman elected to the London County Council.

Also reprising their roles in season two are Myanna Buring and Charlene McKenna as Long Susan and Rose – bringing feminine fight and glamour to the corrupt and crime ridden streets of Victorian London.

Guest characters this season also include Paul Kaye (2,000 Acres of Sky, Game of Thrones), Neve McIntosh (Doctor Who), Gina Bellman (Coupling) and James Wilby (Maurice, Clapham Junction).

Ripper Street is produced for the BBC by Tiger Aspect Productions, Lookout Point and BBC AMERICA.

BBC AMERICA’s Ripper Street will premiere December 1 10:00PM ET/PT

(source: BBC America press release)

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Ripper Street: Critic's Choice by Sydney Morning Herald

Ripper Street will begin airing on Network 10 in Australia tomorrow and it is a critic's choice by the Sydney Morning Herald. Here's what was said about Matthew and the show

 Matthew Macfadyen, both likeable and believable, is terrific in the lead role. And while this is not a comedy - or even a dramedy - it's certainly fun to see crime-solving methods and contemporary crime itself pictured in their infancy. The result? Everything you want in a contemporary cop show, but with just a bit more imagination, and some real surprises.

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