‘RIPPER STREET,’ STARRING MATTHEW MACFADYEN, SET FOR DRAMAVILLE PREMIERE THIS FALL (BBC AMERICA)

By Kevin Wicks |
Posted on Monday, March 19th, 2012

A modern-day Jack the Ripper copycat killer was the focus of BBC America’s successful crime series Whitechapel, but now the network is co-producing a period police drama that will transport us to the actual 1889 setting of the East End murders.

Ripper Street, an eight-part series created by Mistresses writer Richard Warlow, will star Matthew Macfadyen (yes, those sleepy baby blues will return to our screens, MI-5 fans), Game of Thrones‘ Jerome Flynn, Alcatraz‘s Adam Rothenberg, Twilight‘s Myanna Buring, and Luther‘s David Dawson.

BBC America is co-producing alongside Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point. Filming began in Dublin last week, with an eye toward fall for a premiere in BBC America’s Dramaville block.


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