Jack the Ripper (1988 TV film)

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Jack the Ripper (1988 TV film) is a British crime drama miniseries that dramatizes the infamous 1888 Whitechapel murders and the mystery surrounding the unidentified serial killer.

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instanceOf British television miniseries
crime drama television series
mystery television series
basedOn Jack the Ripper
Whitechapel
surface form: Whitechapel murders
character Frederick Abberline
Jack the Ripper
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts 1888 Whitechapel murders
unidentified serial killer
director David Wickes
distributionFormat broadcast television
executiveProducer David Wickes
format miniseries
television film
genre crime drama
mystery
hasTheme historical crime
police investigation
serial murder mystery
hasType dramatization of real events
locationOfStory London, England
surface form: London

Whitechapel
medium television
numberOfEpisodes 2
originalChannel ITV
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Thames Television
portrays Frederick Abberline as lead investigator
producer David Wickes
productionCompany Thames Television
releaseYear 1988
runtimePerEpisode approximately 90 minutes
settingPeriod Victorian era
settingTime 1888
starring Armand Assante
Jane Seymour
Lewis Collins
Michael Caine
Ray McAnally
subject Jack the Ripper theories
London Metropolitan Police investigation
writer David Wickes

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