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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Created By

David Wickes Derek Marlowe

Status

Ended

Original Name

Jack the Ripper

First Air Date

October 11, 1988

Last Air Date

October 18, 1988

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

Thames Television Euston Films

Networks

ITV1

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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