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Ripper Street

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Six months after the Ripper's reign, Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless.

The Whitechapel police fight to bring law to the lawless in the wake of Jack the Ripper's reign of terror.

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Ripper Street: Series 5

Joseph Mawle

Ian Pirie

Ellie Haddington

Kye Murphy

Kahl Murphy

Anna Burnett

Lydia Wilson

Jonas Armstrong

Benjamin O'Mahony

Matthew Lewis

Killian Scott

MyAnna Buring

Adam Rothenberg

Matthew Macfadyen

Richard Warlow

Daniel Nettheim

Ripper Street: Series 5: Episode 2: A Brittle Thread

A Brittle Thread

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Episode 2: A Brittle Thread

Series 5

BBC Two - Ripper Street, Series 5, A Brittle Thread

Long Susan enlists the help of trusted friends to help get her son back.

Thriller set during the Victorian era. Reid and Jackson plan to smoke serial killer Nathaniel Dove, brother of assistant commissioner Augustus Dove, out of hiding.

Reid and Jackson have a morbid plan to smoke serial killer Nathaniel Dove, brother of assistant commissioner Augustus Dove, out of hiding. But Shine is on their tail and will stop at nothing to track them down, including the brutal intimidation of whoever he thinks might be protecting them. 

Reid also has other problems, after the papers portray him as a murderous vigilante his daughter's opinion of him is shattered. 

Meanwhile, Long Susan enlists the help of trusted friends to help get her son back, but not without grave risk to their safety.

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