And if you’re mentioning documentaries where only a small portion are Ripper related - the 1965 film ‘Primitive London’ depicts the murder of “Martha Turner” by Jack the Ripper. The segment lasts about 3 minutes.
JM
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'Jack the Ripper: Revealed (The Truth at Last)' was the 2009 documentary promoting Andrew Cook's book. With Cook, SPE, Christopher Frayling and others.
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The Lechmere doc with Christer Holmgren was called 'The Missing Evidence'.
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I'll save Stephen Ryder a bandwidth heart attack by not quoting the post, but great work there CF, a comprehensive list. Some serious donkey work done there, so I don't have to. Good job chap.Leave a comment:
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Updated List of Documentaries
I've been trying to update the list of JtR documentaries, and it's been rather difficult. For some reason, posters refuse to give proper titles or dates.
This is what I have so far (with corrections of my previous posting):
1959-
- TV- Farson's Guide to the British (UK; H- Daniel Farson; 2, possibly 3, ep; BW) ??LOST (as of 2008 July)
-- 1) ?Nov 05- Wave of Terror
-- 2) ?Nov 12- The Curious Incident of the Grave
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[1967-
* - TV- The London Nobody Knows (UK; H- James Mason; 46 min) (segment at 29 Hanbury St)
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1973-
- TV- Barlow & Watt: Jack the Ripper (UK; 1973; 6 ep) (US version has added introductory scenes with Sebastian Cabot)
* -- 1) Jul 13- The First Two
* -- 2) Jul 20- Double Event
* -- 3) Jul 27- Butchery
* -- 4) Aug 03- Panic
* -- 5) Aug 10- Suspects
* -- 6) Aug 17- The Highest in the Land?
1978
* - TV- Oct 12 In Search Of... (S03E05) Jack the Ripper (US; H- Leonard Nimoy) [with Dr J M Cameron, Stephen Knight, Donald Rumbelow, Wendy Sturgis]
-- (repackaged sometime in the 1990s for A&E syndication; 23 min?) [end credits of version on YouTube seem to be from different episode]
1980-
* - TV- Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (UK; H- Ray McGregor; 41 min) (based on Stephen Knight's book) [only known film of Goulston St entranceway before demolishment] [version on YouTube has short text commentary at end about Lewis Carroll theory]
-- Video (1989- or 1988?) [Easter Egg on From Hell DVD]
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1987-
- TV- Biography: Jack the Ripper, Phantom of Death (US; H- Peter Graves) [may not have been subtitled 'PoD']
1988-
* - TV- The Secret Identity of Jack the Ripper (H- Peter Ustinov, with Paul Begg, Daniel Farson, Martin Fido, Melvin Harris, Donald Rumbelow; 80 min)
* - TV- Timewatch: Shadow of the Ripper (UK- BBC; H- Christopher Frayling, with Martin Fido; 50 min)
- TV- Secrets & Mysteries: Jack the Ripper (UK; H- Edward Mulhare, with Robert Bloch, Donald Rumbelow; 26 ep) [PH thinks it 15 min, may be misindentified]
* - Video (as Secrets of the Unknown: Jack the Ripper) (1989 (dated 1987); 28 min) [version on YouTube is abt 21 min]
- TV- Mysteries, Magic and Miracles (US; H- Patrick MacNee)
- (Sweden; never shown- about Liz Stride) (with Martin Fido)
1990
- TV- Crime Monthly: Who Was Jack the Ripper? (UK; H- Paul Ross, with Paul Begg)
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1993-
* - Video- The Diary of Jack the Ripper: Beyond Reasonable Doubt? (N- Tom Baker, H- Michael Winner, with Stewart Evans, Martin Fido, Shirley Harris, Keith Skinner; Donald Rumbelow; 79 min) [full version on YouTube has annoying web logo at beginning & end credits cut, abt 3 min short]
1996-
* - TV May 23- Biography: Jack the Ripper, Phantom of Death (US; N- Jack Perkins, with Stewart Evans, Martin Fido, Melvin Harris, Donald Rumbelow; 48 min)
* - TV July 25- Secret History: The Whitechapel Murders (S04E02) (UK- Channel 4; H- David Jessel, with Stewart Evans, Donald Rumbelow)
1998-
- TV- History's Mysteries: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper (S12E02, #112- series was originally named In Search of History) (US- A&E; H- Arthur Kent; 50 min) [YouTube version is HC repackage]
* -- (repackaged in 2005? for History Channel syndication, cut to 41 min)
- TV- (Routes series) JtR (US- Discovery Home & Leisure; c 30 min)
1999-
* - TV- Scotland Yard's Greatest Investigations (US- History Channel; with John Ross, Martin Fido, Jim Nicholson, Harry Clement; 13 min segment)
2000
# (6 segments)- TV- Jack the Ripper: An On-Going Mystery (N- Robert Lindsay, with Paul Begg, Stewart Evans, Donald Rumbelow)
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2001
- TV- To Kill and Kill Again (UK- Channel 4)
- (2003? or 2005?) Places of Mystery: Jack the Ripper's London (Travel Channel) [date confusion may be due to Liam Dale having one by same title]
2002
* - TV- Omnibus: Tracking the Killer (UK; 1 hr?) [with Patricia Cornwell] [version on YouTube (as JtR Case Closed) is 58 min & cuts opening & end credits]
2003
- Video- Jack the Ripper: Conspiracies (Liam Dale; 90 min)
- Video- Jack the Ripper Revealed: Truth at Last? (c 90 min)
2004
?? - Bloody Britain (H- Rory McGrath) 02 Jack the Ripper
- Unsolved History: Jack the Ripper
2005
* - Video- Unmasking Jack the Ripper (Electric Theatre Prod; H- Richard Jones, with Paul Begg, Lindsay Siviter, Zena Shine) (?c 6 min) 1:14 min
2006
- TV (3 ep, c 1 hr each) - Freemasonry Secrets Revealed (Canada/US- Discovery Channel; with Phil Hutchinson) [Ripper segment is about 4 min long]
* -- (90 min version)
# (4 parts) - TV- Is It Real: Jack the Ripper (US- National Geographic; with Patricia Cornwell, Stephen Ryder, Ivor Edwards)
# (5 parts) - TV- Revealed: Jack the Ripper: First Serial Killer Revealed (UK- Atlantic Productions- with Laura Richards (sp?), Neil Sheldon)
* - TV- Update: Jack the Ripper (US- A&E; N- Timothy Watson, with Paul Begg, Stewart P. Evans, Martin Fido, Richard Jones, Robin Odell, Louis Schlesinger) [no title card]
- (made in 2006 Dec) Swedish show with PH & Glen Anderson (c 15 min)
2007
- TV March 20- Jack the Ripper: Case Unsolved (US- Discovery Times/UK- Atlantic Prod; D- Dan Oliver; with Laura Richards; 50 min)
- ?? TV Summer (July?)- JtR show with PH Freemasonry footage (UK- satellite station; c 1 hour)
- TV- Babylone (French; with Phil Hutchinson; c 1 hr)
2008
? (3 parts) - TV- Being Jack the Ripper (US- History Channel/UK- Atlantic Prod; with Phil Hutchinson) [CGI reconstruction?] [may have been re-titled In the World of JtR]
(- TV- Secrets of the Crime Museum (UK- History Channel UK; H- Nick Ross) Don Rumbelow
2009
# (5 parts) - TV- Jack the Ripper in America (UK; N- Terry MacDonald) [focuses on 1891 Carrie Brown case]
(- TV Nov 11- MysteryQuest (S01E08- Jack the Ripper) (US- History Channel) (Brent Turvey)
2010-
(- TV- Mystery Files (National Geographic; N- Struan Rodger)- S1 E02 Jack the Ripper (?Pat Brown)
* - TV- The Real Jack the Ripper (Canada; N- Robert Latimer Cornell; 45 min)
[* - TV- Finding Jack the Ripper (US- National Geographic; with Trevor Marriott; 45 min)- rerun in 2015 under a different title)
2011
* - Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Story [YouTube dates cut-app originally from 2011]
-- American rerun changed narrators, added some more CGI (Aaron Kosminski)
- National Treasures (BBC; Trevor Marriott)- on Carl Feigenbaum, it's only about 5-6 minutes long.
2013
- TV Nov 24 (Mei Trow; R- Discovery) rerun
2014
- TV Nov 17 (Blink Films; "Ed's pro-Lechmere doc, starring Christer 'Fisherman' Holmgren")- did not air in US (?later on Smithsonian Channel) [99 pages in the thread and the TITLE is NEVER given!!!]
2016
- TV Jul 20 Forbidden History [JtR mentioned in passing]
2018
- Jack the Ripper (BBC 1; Emilia Fox)
- TV Aug 18 Murder Made Me Famous S5E01 Jack the Ripper: What Happened? (US- Reelz) (Tom Westcott)
- Legend Hunter (The Travel Channel) S01E02 Jack the Ripper Revealed (Pat Spain) with Stewart Evens, Mike Hawley, Whitechapel Society
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* indicates material that I could actually download and therefore confirm.
Part 2 with undated material will be posted separately.
(Any additions or corrections are greatly appreciated!)Last edited by C. F. Leon; 03-15-2021, 08:45 PM.
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