Ripper Street. Season 1, Disc 1

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Title from disc surface.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program on the BBC America network in 2012-2013.
Bonus features: Jack the Ripper: prime suspect (50 min.); London calling: Whitechapel (5 min.); three inside looks from the cast and production team; three character profiles.
Disc one. I need light (62 min.) / written and created by Richard Warlow ; directed by Tom Shankland -- In my protection (62 min.) / written and created by Richard Warlow ; directed by Tom Shankland -- The king came calling (62 min.) / written by Declan Crochan, Richard Warlow ; directed by Andy Wilson.
Disc two. The good of this city (61 min.) / written by Julie Rutterford, Richard Warlow ; directed by Andy Wilson -- The weight of one man's heart (62 min.) / written by Toby Finlay ; directed by Colm McCarthy -- Tournament of shadows (62 min.) / written by Toby Finlay ; directed by Colm McCarthy.
Disc three. A man of my company (62 min.) / written and created by Richard Warlow ; directed by Andy Wilson -- What use our work? (62 min.) / written and created by Richard Warlow ; directed by Andy Wilson.
Matthew MacFadyen, Adam Rothenberg, Jerome Flynn.
Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest police district in the East End. Reid and his men find themselves fighting to uphold justice and the rule of law, always fearing the Ripper is coming back for another reign of terror.
DVD, widescreen, NTSC, Region 1; Dolby Digital surround sound.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Victorian Police Force submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on June 19, 2014, 9:14pm Set in late 19th century London, not long after Jack the Ripper has stopped his murder spree--although, of course, no one at the time knew whether the blood bath had truly ended--"Ripper Street" focuses on Detective Reid as he investigates murders in Whitechapel, now infamous because of the serial killer.

Our protagonist brings on staff at the police station a drunken American doctor to work as the medical examiner and together the pair solve crimes.

The show has interesting male main characters, but only shallow female main characters. In fairness, it at least has some female characters, unlike some police shows. There are several anachronisms, such as vocabulary and technology.

This show is violent, crude and so very inappropriate for children.

Why bother? submitted by GJBarnett2 on June 22, 2014, 9:56am A time-waster. Really nothing of interest except to expatriate Brits longing for a taste of home. Don't let your attention wander because the accents and period dialogue make it hard to follow.