(1988) Jack the Ripper (Miniseries)

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 English television film drama about the notorious Jack the Ripper murder spree in Victorian London.

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 exact 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. The broadcasts were a cause celebre in English television production in the late 1980s, and gained high audience viewing figures, and were critically acclaimed.