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Ripper Street S2E5 — Threads of Silk and Gold
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Ripper Street•Season 2•Episode 5

Threads of Silk and Gold

7.9/10 · 497 votesNov 25, 201352 min

Ranked #6 of 8 in Season 2•−0.2 vs season avg

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An investigation into the brutal murder of a Telegraph Boy reveal a vice racket being run from the offices of the GPO. A ledger leads Reid to the centre of the one of London’s most august financial institutions, Barings Bank.

Seasons5

Season 2 Episodes8

Cast6

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

David Wilmot

David Wilmot

Donald Artherton

Jerome Flynn

Jerome Flynn

Bennet Drake

Crew4

R

Richard Warlow

Writer

T

Thomas Martin

Writer

T

Toby Finlay

Writer

K

Kieron Hawkes

Director

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Episode Summary

"Threads of Silk and Gold" is episode 5 of Ripper Street season 2. It scored 7.9/10 from 497 votes, ranking #6 of 8 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Kieron Hawkes and written by Richard Warlow, Thomas Martin, Toby Finlay, it aired on November 25, 2013.