Interview with Matthew Macfadyen
Date: 15.10.2013
Category: BBC One; Drama
Where do we pick up with Reid in season two?
When we pick up with Reid he’s no longer with his wife, who has left home, and the audience discovers why during the first episode. They had a very traumatic end to the first series and he’d given her false hope that he’d found their missing daughter. It turned out it wasn’t her and so that was pretty hard for them both and their marriage dissolved. Anyway, he’s on his own and his house is a mess. He sleeps at the office in Leman Street most nights and he’s in quite a lonely and dark place but as always he throws himself into his work and that’s his constant salvation.
What kind of show is Ripper Street?
It’s just wonderful. I think it works really well because it’s a procedural but the characters are so beautifully written that there’s an awful lot of interplay between us all. This is interesting and great to explore as actors and as an audience. So often you have a story of the week but there’s also a character arc which goes through the whole eight episodes.
