Jack the Ripper (miniseries)
| Jack the Ripper | |
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Cover art for the 2002 DVD release | |
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| Directed by | David Wickes |
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| Music by | John Cameron |
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| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer | David Wickes |
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| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Editor | Keith Palmer |
| Running time | 93–96 minutes |
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| Release | 11 October – 18 October 1988 |
Jack the Ripper is a drama television miniseries produced for Thames Television and CBS based on the notorious Jack the Ripper murder spree in Victorian London. It was first broadcast on ITV.
The film was produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Whitechapel murders, and was originally screened on British television in two 90-minute episodes, broadcast on consecutive evenings, in October 1988, to coincide with the dates of some of the original events, advertising itself in advance as a solution to the century-old mystery of the murderer's identity using newly discovered original evidence.