Thursday, August 9, 2012

Matthew Macfadyen: BBC1 drama is a Ripper-ing yarn (SUN)



THIS is the first look at new drama Ripper Street – about the London police’s struggle to bring order to their beat after the 19th-Century serial killer’s reign of terror.

Spooks star Matthew Macfadyen stars alongside Jerome Flynn from Game Of Thrones and US actor Adam Rothenberg.

A trailer of the BBC1 period drama airs tonight and the eight-parter will screen in the autumn.

Creator Simon Vaughn said: “The Ripper hunt was the first global media manhunt. It still stirs a macabre fascination with the public.”


Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/4480249/BBC1-drama-is-a-Ripper-ing-yarn.html

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