Ripper Street starts tonight (30th Dec) on UK TV (BBC1)

[Ausgirl]

I'm a huge Ripper Street fan. Can't wait for the new season! One of the things I initially liked best about it was that it was set in the immediate aftermath of the Ripper, which makes Abberline's character very interesting.

Reid, Drake and Jackson are all brilliant characters, gotta love the 'American Doctor' in the mix, but while I adore them all I think Drake's my favourite. I'm fond of Jerome Flynn's expressive eyes, wonky nose and fight scenes, but it's the character's depth I'm enjoying a great deal. Kudos to the casting agent.

I got a bit annoyed with the whole Mathilda storyline in the last season, to be honest, I thought it was pushing the bounds of credibility somewhat. The train wreck was spectacular and awful, and I liked how Long Susan's character is revealed in depth, but the Mathilda thing just got up my nose.

[Pcdunn]

Hi again Lynn,
Out of curiosity, have you read the graphic novel " from hell " on which the film was loosely based on...would you agree that was a superb piece of work ?

Regards

Hello, Spyglass-- I loved the graphic novel "From Hell: being a melodrama in sixteen parts" which I read recently. It got me interested again in the cases, and now I understand what other people have said against the Depp "From Hell" movie.

[Pcdunn]

Excellent news for "Ripper Street" fans!
We are watching the "Doctor Who Christmas Special" on BBC America, and just saw that a new season of "Ripper Street" is coming to BBCA in 2015!

This is great! I liked that show very much, far better than "Copper", in fact, and am so excited to hear it is returning!

[Robert]

Why does it have to be Ripper Street? Why can't it be Ripper Avenue? Ripper Approach? Ripper Gardens?

[Vincenzo]

I watched season one and enjoyed it. I haven't yet been able to see season two.

I heard that it was cancelled, though, but then Amazon came in and saved the day. So it looks like there will be a third season.

[Zena]

Ripper Street is now on Netflix.

[Esther Wilson]

I agree, Drake for sure.

[Bridewell]

For the last 8 weeks, Ripper Street has been a very enjoyable weekly ritual for me and my dad.

So which Sergeant would win in a fight, Bennett Drake or Ray Carling?

Drake - no contest!

[RivkahChaya]

I managed to watch almost the whole of last week's episode (24 Feb) and must admit to wishing with all my might that the little girl would turn out to be Reid's daughter, even though I knew she probably wouldn't.

However, did I really hear a reference to 'teenagers' ?? I am almost sure this term was not coined until the mid 1950s?

"Teenage" as an adjective to describe clothing and activities was around in the 1920s, but I couldn't tell you whether "teenager" came before or after the adjective. I'm going to guess that the adjective might go a little further back than its first written use, because words typically do, but since assembly-line clothes production made age-specific fashion a 20th century phenomenon (yes, I realize young women and old women have always dressed differently, but it was for reasons, such as older women still wearing clothes they'd had for a long time, as opposed to reasons purely of fashion), and made cheap clothes available, that people were willing to by and wear out, and replace with new very soon, instead of wanting clothes to last, because a lot of labor went into making them.

Also, the leisure time that labor-saving (ie, electric) devices gave people the time to plan for, and want in the first place, age-segregated activities.

But since the numbers are called thirteen, fourteen, etc., it doesn't mean someone wouldn't spontaneously come up with the word "teenager," but have it not catch on, because a word to describe people in that age range as a special class wasn't necessary.

I'm not watching the show. I watched a couple of episodes, but I didn't find it all that appealing. I have only so much TV time right now, and already two shows on my list that aren't appropriate for my son.

[fodsaks]

For the last 8 weeks, Ripper Street has been a very enjoyable weekly ritual for me and my dad.

So which Sergeant would win in a fight, Bennett Drake or Ray Carling?

[Bridewell]

However, did I really hear a reference to 'teenagers' ?? I am almost sure this term was not coined until the mid 1950s?

That's my understanding too.

[Limehouse]

I managed to watch almost the whole of last week's episode (24 Feb) and must admit to wishing with all my might that the little girl would turn out to be Reid's daughter, even though I knew she probably wouldn't.

However, did I really hear a reference to 'teenagers' ?? I am almost sure this term was not coined until the mid 1950s?

[Steadmund Brand]

Very good news indeed.. I was a bit worried about the series before it started but I have to admit I love it... I look foward to every new episode and will be buying the DVD's once they are released (which will be after the final episode airs on BBC America).

Steadmund Brand

[richardh]

Yes, that's good news. I really enjoy the series. Usually when i find something I like on TV they cancel it pretty sharpish!

Saw this info on Wikipedia and thought I'd pass it along. I'm very excited to hear that there will be another season of this show.

Series 2 (2014)

It was confirmed by BBC commisoner Ben Stephenson, on 29 January 2013, that Ripper Street will return for a second 8-part series.[2]

Speaking about the show's renewal, creator and writer Richard Warlow told the BBC: "I am enormously grateful to have been given the opportunity to return to 'H' Division once more and will be working tirelessly to ensure that those who have joined us each week will find ever more compelling crime-fighting thrills down on Ripper Street the second time around. The series will move forward into the 1890s: the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labour pains of a modern world on the rise. It is this sense of climax and calamity that, week by week, our heroes will confront with conviction and heroism."[13]

Series two of Ripper Street is planned to start shooting spring 2013 (potentially once again in Dublin[14]), for its broadcast in early 2014.

[Esther Wilson]

Saw this info on Wikipedia and thought I'd pass it along. I'm very excited to hear that there will be another season of this show.

Series 2 (2014)

It was confirmed by BBC commisoner Ben Stephenson, on 29 January 2013, that Ripper Street will return for a second 8-part series.[2]

Speaking about the show's renewal, creator and writer Richard Warlow told the BBC: "I am enormously grateful to have been given the opportunity to return to 'H' Division once more and will be working tirelessly to ensure that those who have joined us each week will find ever more compelling crime-fighting thrills down on Ripper Street the second time around. The series will move forward into the 1890s: the death rattle of a century coming to a close, the labour pains of a modern world on the rise. It is this sense of climax and calamity that, week by week, our heroes will confront with conviction and heroism."[13]

Series two of Ripper Street is planned to start shooting spring 2013 (potentially once again in Dublin[14]), for its broadcast in early 2014.