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.

Drama Mystery Crime

Michael Caine

(Inspector Frederick Abberline)

Jane Seymour

Lewis Collins

(Sergeant George Godley)

Armand Assante

(Richard Mansfield)

Lysette Anthony

(Mary Jane Kelly)

Michael Gothard

T. P. McKenna

Richard Morant

Christopher Fulford

Harry Andrews

(Coroner Wynne Baxter)

Peter Armitage

(Sergeant Kerby)

Hugh Fraser

(Sir Charles Warren)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Desmond Askew

Ray McAnally

(Sir William Gull)

Susan George

(Catherine Eddowes)

Ken Bones

(Robert James Lees)

David Ryall

John Dair

John Fletcher

Denys Hawthorne

(Assistant Commissioner)

Jon Laurimore

(Inspector Spratling)

Trevor Baxter

Gerald Sim

(Dr Bagster Phillips)

Angela Crow

Ricci Harnett

Sheridan Forbes

Jon Croft

Ronald Hines

(Henry Matthews)

Edward Judd

Ann Castle

Deirdre Costello

(Annie Chapman)

Martin Friend

Gertan Klauber