Ripper Street

The Canadian Space Channel will begin airing Ripper Street on January 19th at 9:00 pm. Space made the announcement today.

To sum up when Ripper Street will begin airing in various countries:

• BBC One in the UK begins airing on 30 December at 9pm
• BBC American in the US begins airing on January 19th at 9pm EST
• Space in Canada begins airing on January 19th at 9pm
• Network TEN in Australia begins airing on January 19th at 8:30 pm

As we approach December 30th and the airing of the first episode of Ripper Street, here are a few comments from various magazines & newspapers:

What's On TV: 

"Ripper Street is a superbly dark new eight-part crime drama. "  "Terrific stuff"

TotalTVGuide: 

Matthew Macfadyen talking about the real Victorian DI Edmund Reid: "Reid hunted the Ripper with Fred Abberline [played by Clive Russell], but he was a druid and a balloonisst. I think he was the first man to jump out of a balloon with a parachute.  Yeah, he threw himself out of a balloon at Crystal Palace. But I have to stress that I'm not doing that."

Later episodes tackle child gangs, bare-knuckle boxing, a cholera outbreak, slum clearances and even terrorism. But the heart of the gritty drama is the relationship between its three world-weary protagonists.

A huge thank you to Jane for sharing!

Episode 2 information has now been released.  Note that BBC is reporting that it will be shown on BBC Two.  I'm not sure if this is an error, or if there is a change in channels.  

The BBC have corrected their original posting to reflect Episode 2 will air on BBC One now.

(Beware of spoilers!)

Sunday 6 January

BBC One

Ripper Street

Ernest Manby, a 60-year-old toy maker, is beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket.

The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee presents a culprit in the form of 14-year-old Thomas Gower, who refuses to deny the charge. Reid – his conscience challenged by a radical lawyer called Eagles and orphanage Governess Deborah Goren – tests the security of the case.

Meanwhile, Jackson’s drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past – a past that he and Long Susan fear will now be exposed. Reid and Drake find themselves besieged at Miss Goren’s orphanage by the rest of Gower’s vicious child gang and their brutal master, Carmichael.

Starring Matthew Macfadyen as Det. Insp. Edmund Reid, Jerome Flynn as Det. Sgt Bennet Drake, Adam Rothenberg as Cpt. Homer Jackson, MyAnna Buring as Long Susan, David Wilmot as Sgt Donald Artherton, Jonathan Barnwell as PC Dick Hobbs, David Dawson as Fred Best, Charlene McKenna as Rose Erskine, Amanda Hale as Emily Reid, Lucy Cohu as Deborah Goren, Joseph Gilgun as Carmichael, Hugh O'Conor as Mr Eagles, Michael Smiley as George Lusk, Giacomo Mancini as Thomas Gower, Beverley Klein as Mrs Manby, and David Coon as Ernest Manby.