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Reviews

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: “A perfect whodunit.”

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: “Jack the Ripper lashes the viewer with the insistent thrust of a Dickensian epic.”

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER: “This carefully wrought, brightly scripted movie manages the near impossible.”

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Glenn Erickson on DVD Savant… The story of Jack the Ripper continues to fascinate ( Read more... )

Jack the Ripper was a two-part TV dramatisation of the investigation of the infamous murders of London prostitutes. According to Television Heaven, the original transmission of the opening episode was among the top ten ratings for that week, being watched by 14.1 million viewers ( Read more... )

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This historical romance, based on Sir Walter Scott’s novel of the same name, was originally broadcast as a 3-part mini-series. It was filmed at Bamburgh Castle, Alnwick Castle, and Pinewood Studios, presumably during 1981.

Michael Gothard was, for the second time in his career, cast as a Saxon. This time it was as Athelstane, a Saxon noble.

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