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The Ripper

Once upon a time in Yorkshire...

2020 1 Season 6.5Series

DocumentaryCrime

For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.

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Ellena Wood

Creator, Director

Jesse Vile

Creator

Jesse Vile

Director

Top Cast

Alan Whitehouse

Alan Whitehouse

Self - Yorkshire Post · 4 eps

Keith Hellawell

Keith Hellawell

Self - Superintendent, Bradford · 4 eps

Bruce Jones

Bruce Jones

Self · 4 eps

Jeremy Thompson

Jeremy Thompson

Self · 4 eps

Christa Ackroyd

Christa Ackroyd

Self - Halifax Courier · 4 eps

George Oldfield

Self - Chief Detective (Archive Footage) · 3 eps

Mike Green

Self - Forensic Pathologist · 2 eps

Joan Smith

Self - Journalist, Sunday Times · 2 eps