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.
Cast
Matthew Macfadyen
Edmund Reid
Adam Rothenberg
Homer Jackson
MyAnna Buring
Long Susan Hart
Charlene McKenna
Rose Erskine
Amanda Hale
Emily Reid
Jonathan Barnwell
Dick Hobbs
David Wilmot
Donald Artherton
Jerome Flynn
Bennet Drake
David Dawson
Fred Best
Luke Allen-Gale
Ezekiel Bruton
Hugh O'Conor
Mr. Eagles
Norma Sheahan
Distressed Woman
Steven Robertson
Christian Thwaites
Mark Dexter
Sir Arthur Donaldson
Geoff Bell
Joseph Smeaton
Julian Bleach
Cecil Creighton
Morgan Jones
Pornographer
Garry Mountaine
Tour Guide
Sarah Gallagher
Maude Thwaites
Bush Moukarzel
Copper
Sean Duggan
Fight Umpire
Joseph Gilgun
Carmichael
Michael Smiley
George Lusk
Beverley Klein
Mrs. Manby
David Coon
Ernest Manby
Pat Laffan
Judge
Andy Kellegher
Prison Guard
Simon Coury
Prison Chaplain
David Cummins
Gang Child
Alvaro Lucchesi
Victualler
Patrick Baladi
Sidney Ressler
Penny Downie
Flora Gable
Simon Gregor
Claxton
Stuart Bunce
Preacher
Oddie Braddell
Boater
Jennifer Laverty
Kathleen
Dave Legeno
George
Emma Griffiths Malin
Harlot
Jonathan White
Madam
Malcolm Adams
Porter
Paul McGann
Stanley Bone
Emma Catherine Rigby
Lucy Eames
Jack Walsh
Denton
Iain Glen
Madoc Faulkner
Sam Hazeldine
George Doggett
Julian Firth
Mr. Wheen
Lalor Roddy
Birdseller
Liam Carney
Lynch
Michael James Ford
Range Master
Derek Reid
Chatwood
Gus McDonagh
Guard
Peter Ferdinando
Peter Morris (Zotkin)
Ferdinand Kingsley
Joshua Bloom
David Verrey
Volsky
Ignacy Rybarczyk
Daniel
Edward Peel
Norwood
Damien Devaney
Docker
Tommy O'Neill
Heavy
Oliver Cotton
Daniel Goldman
Shauna Macdonald
Martha Fanthorpe
Rod Hallett
Joshua Fields
Eamon Rohan
Chief Stockholder
Ciaran O'Grady
Charlie Pinkerton
David Oakes
Victor Silver
Ruta Gedmintas
Clara Silver
Linal Haft
Joseph Lavender
Gillian Saker
Bella
Kristian Nairn
Barnaby Silver
Edoardo Ballerini
Frank Goodnight
Rebecca Grimes
Streetwalker
Anabel Sweeney
Mary
Anton Lesser
Dr. Karl Crabbe
Ian McElhinney
Theodore Swift
Justin Avoth
Isaac Bloom
Derek Riddell
Constantine
Lucy Cohu
Deborah Goren
Clive Russell
Fred Abberline
Episodes
I Need Light
A young woman is discovered brutally murdered in the fashion of Jack the Ripper. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes The Ripper has returned, but Reid, the new head of the precinct, believes a different kind of evil may be at work.
In My Protection
When a toy-maker is murdered, a 14-year-old boy is the suspect but Reid digs deeper and discovers a vicious child gang and its brutal master. Jackson's gambling may expose his American past.
The King Came Calling
Deliberate contamination is suspected in a sudden cholera outbreak . Emily's search for a charity patron proves difficult.
The Good of This City
The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a Byzantine web of conspiracy.
The Weight of One Man's Heart
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies keeps Reid and his team busy and leads to a blast from the past for Drake when he is confronted by his former army colonel. As the net closes in on the robbers, the sergeant finds his loyalties put to the test.
Tournament of Shadows
As the dock strike of August '89 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the heartless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.
A Man of My Company
International haulage tycoon TP Swift arrives in town to acquire an ailing shipping line, accompanied by a team of private detectives, who proceed to cut a violent swathe through the borough on a mission of vengeance. As Reid focuses on the murder of an engine inventor, Jackson and Susan's past comes back to haunt them, bringing their future in Whitechapel - and their very lives - into question.
What Use Our Work?
Reid is adrift, his team in pieces and Leman Street shaken to its foundations following recent events. A kidnapping offers him cause to assemble his men and tackle the white slavery ring operating in their midst. But Reid is gripped by a growing obsession that this leads back to the terrible secret from his own past.
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