Overview
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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Cast
Michael Caine
Inspector Frederick Abberline
Jane Seymour
Emma
Lewis Collins
Sergeant George Godley
Armand Assante
Richard Mansfield
Lysette Anthony
Mary Jane Kelly
Michael Gothard
George Lusk
T. P. McKenna
O'Connor
Richard Morant
Dr. Acland
Christopher Fulford
Beggar
Harry Andrews
Coroner Wynne Baxter
Peter Armitage
Sergeant Kerby
Hugh Fraser
Sir Charles Warren
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Rodman
Desmond Askew
CopyBoy
Ray McAnally
Sir William Gull
Susan George
Catherine Eddowes
Ken Bones
Robert James Lees
David Ryall
Bowyer
John Dair
Isenschmid
John Fletcher
P.C. Watkins
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Keywords
detectivescotland yardnewspaperjack the ripperinvestigationpolicepsychopathvictorian englandserial killerminiseriesperiod dramakillervictorian eraunsolved murders1880s
Seasons
Miniseries2 episodes1988
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/2/2026