channel five documentry!

[Sarah]

Is this documentary online somewhere? I did watch it but would like to see it again. Thanks

[Lord Lucan]

Hi,
Quite simply the best documentary to date.
Regards Richard.

I'll second that. Watched it 2 weeks ago on the History Channel (Australia). The cgi just blew me away! It's was the next best thing to really being there!
Well done to all involved.

[richardnunweek]

Hi,
Quite simply the best documentary to date.
Regards Richard.

[belinda]

It was on History last month and repeated again last week. Very good reconstructions. It really gives you a sense of how dark those streets were and how easy it would have been to get away.

One thing though. One person talking about Mary Jane Kelly insisted her eyes had been mutilated too but actually they and her eyelids were the only part left intact

[Abby Normal]

This is still in discussion. However it should be broadcast on History in Australia.

The DVD will hopefully arrive this summer.

Pirate

Thanks-I will be all over it!

[JtRMordke]

Hello, and thank you for the comment about my posts on the Kozminski thread Pirate. I was debating over joining for a while but finally brought myself to do it - of that I have no regrets!

Do you know how long it will be before they give an official release date? I am also wondering if it will be out before the summer or October as this makes for a great present request. People always have trouble finding gifts for me because of the nature of my interests.

[Jeff Leahy]

Hi JtrMordke

I've been following your Kosminski posts with interest.

There are clips on utube but not the whole program...they seem to have been taken from the crime Investigation network version.

The DVD is still under construction. Changes still being considered.

Hopefully more at this years conference in London.

Yours Pirate

[JtRMordke]

The documentary has become available on YouTube, but only for British residents sadly by Demand 5. If you would like the link, I can give it to you, although most of you are probably aware of this. I personally would like the DVD for the extras as well, and I must say it was a mighty good Ripper documentary!

[Jeff Leahy]

Does anyone know when and what channel this will be on in the US? I really want to see this!

This is still in discussion. However it should be broadcast on History in Australia.

The DVD will hopefully arrive this summer.

Pirate

[belinda]

I've just seen it I hope it will be out on DVD here

[Abby Normal]

Does anyone know when and what channel this will be on in the US? I really want to see this!

[The Grave Maurice]

I've finally seen the second half of the documentary and I thought it was brilliant. I especially liked the re-creation of Mitre Square.

I hope that a DVD or Blu-ray will be available soon, and that it will play in North America and have lots of extras. (I'd like to buy a bunch as presents for my friends and relatives who know little about JtR: it would be the best possible introduction for them.)

I don't think we have sufficiently acknowledged the exceptional writing by John Bennett and Paul Begg. And I thought Begg's voice-over work was perfect. It set exactly the right tone.

[Chris]

However, I do feel it was a mistake to portray Schwartz explicitly as Anderson's witness, which is obviously a contentious point. (The eagle-eyed will also have noticed that it was Harry Cox who watched Aaron Kozminski at his brother's house in Whitechapel after his return from the Seaside Home!)

Just to correct the point about the witness - it's been pointed out on jtrforums.com that as well as Schwartz, Lawende also appeared in the reconstruction accompanying the extract from Anderson's book.

[mariab]

besides, it's much quieter here.

He he, most definitely.
(Still, I wish to significantly reduce my contribution to highjacking threads. As my sole New Year's resolution. ;-))

[The Grave Maurice]

The discussion is ongoing in the There's something wrong with the Swanson marginalia thread....

Thanks, Maria, we know that; but the discussion started on this thread and, besides, it's much quieter here.