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Ripper Street S1E8 — What Use Our Work?

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Ripper Street•Season 1•Episode 8

What Use Our Work?

8.6/10 · 644 votesFeb 24, 201352 min

Ranked #1 of 8 in Season 1•+0.6 vs season avg

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

Directed byAndy Wilson

Written byRichard Warlow

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What Use Our Work?

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Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Edmund Reid

Adam Rothenberg

Adam Rothenberg

Homer Jackson

MyAnna Buring

MyAnna Buring

Long Susan Hart

Charlene McKenna

Charlene McKenna

Rose Erskine

Amanda Hale

Amanda Hale

Emily Reid

Jonathan Barnwell

Jonathan Barnwell

Dick Hobbs

David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Donald Artherton

Jerome Flynn

Jerome Flynn

Bennet Drake

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Richard Warlow

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Andy Wilson

Director

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Episode Summary

"What Use Our Work?" is episode 8 of Ripper Street season 1. It scored 8.6/10 from 644 votes, ranking #1 of 8 episodes this season (season average 8.0). Directed by Andy Wilson and written by Richard Warlow, it aired on February 24, 2013.

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