Jack the Ripper (1988–1988)

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1. 01Episode 2S01E02 · 5.7In 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.
2. 02Episode 1S01E01 · 5.0In the early hours of Friday morning, August 31st 1888 a penniless prostitute was slaughtered on a London Street. Her name was Mary Ann Nichols. With the death of this one woman began a reign of terror so horrifying that the world remembers it still.

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Michael CaineInspector Frederick AbberlineJane SeymourEmmaLewis CollinsSergeant George GodleyArmand AssanteRichard MansfieldLysette AnthonyMary Jane KellyMichael GothardGeorge LuskT. P. McKennaO'ConnorRichard MorantDr. Acland

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