7.4/10336 votesLoading...#1 - Occurrence Reports
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2016
Reid must finally bring Augustus Dove to justice, but also find his peace in Whitechapel.
Director: Ashley Way
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
7.7/10925 votesLoading...#2 - I Need Light
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2012
A young woman is discovered brutally murdered in the fashion of Jack the Ripper. Chief Inspector Frederick Abberline believes The Ripper has returned, but Reid, the new head of the precinct, believes a different kind of evil may be at work.
Director: Tom Shankland
Writer: Richard Warlow
7.7/10751 votesLoading...#3 - In My Protection
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2013
When a toy-maker is murdered, a 14-year-old boy is the suspect but Reid digs deeper and discovers a vicious child gang and its brutal master. Jackson's gambling may expose his American past.
Director: Tom Shankland
Writer: Richard Warlow
7.8/10677 votesLoading...#4 - The King Came Calling
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/13/2013
Deliberate contamination is suspected in a sudden cholera outbreak . Emily's search for a charity patron proves difficult.
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Richard Warlow, Declan Croghan
7.8/10487 votesLoading...#5 - Pure as the Driven
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/2013
Jack the Ripper may be fading into memory, but east London has found no peace. An investigation into the assault of a policeman leads DI Reid and the men of H-Division to the newly-emergent Chinatown, where Jackson discovers evidence of a new and devastatingly powerful opiate. Reid fears a new kind of hell is to be released onto his streets.
Director: Tom Shankland
Writer: Richard Warlow
7.8/10414 votesLoading...#6 - Dynamite and a Woman
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/2013
An Irish bomber is sprung from prison and barely a day later a prominent opponent of the Home Rule movement is murdered. Chief Inspector Abberline is convinced that the Irish Republican Brotherhood is active once more and orders Reid to send the Irish DC Flight undercover into Whitechapel's Irish community.
Director: Christopher Menaul
Writer: Richard Warlow, Jamie Crichton
7.9/10662 votesLoading...#7 - The Good of This City
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/20/2013
The brutal clearing of a local slum for the underground railway reveals an almost indecipherable murder scene and an unreliable slum girl witness. Lucy Eames, beautiful and disturbed, is the unlikely key to a Byzantine web of conspiracy.
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Richard Warlow, Julie Rutterford
7.9/10576 votesLoading...#8 - Tournament of Shadows
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/3/2013
As the dock strike of August '89 takes hold of the city, the killing of a Jewish anarchist leads Reid and the team into the heartless chicanery of the British government's fight against distant empires and global terrorism.
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
7.9/10440 votesLoading...#9 - Threads of Silk and Gold
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/2013
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.
Director: Kieron Hawkes
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay, Thomas Martin
7.9/10374 votesLoading...#10 - Ashes and Diamonds
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/2014
Alex le Shayne, a mysterious clairvoyant is found dead at the local performance place. Jackson presumes poison has a part to play. As Reid is missing Drake steps in to investigate. Elsewhere Susan continues to care for Mathilda and plans to send her to Switzerland.
Director: Anthony Byrne
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
8.0/10449 votesLoading...#11 - Become Man
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2013
The abduction of a prominent member of the London County Council introduces Reid to Councilor Jane Cobden, the first woman appointed to the LCC - because it appears the kidnappers are radical supporters of Cobden's aims. Long Susan is taken by force to the gang's hideout, and she soon finds herself growing sympathetic to her captors' lives and aims.
Director: Christopher Menaul
Writer: Richard Warlow, Marnie Dickens
8.0/10439 votesLoading...#12 - A Stronger Loving World
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/2013
Churches and synagogues are being burnt and desecrated in Whitechapel and Reid suspects the same hand behind the various attacks. Meanwhile, the all-too-brief domestic happiness that Sergeant Drake has enjoyed is disrupted by the arrival of a friend from his wife Bella's past, the mysterious and charismatic scholar, Gabriel Cain.
Director: Kieron Hawkes
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
8.0/10343 votesLoading...#13 - Heavy Boots
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 12/5/2014
A destructive gang of youths unleash hell upon the streets, but it's not until daylight breaks that the true horror of their brutal work is revealed. The trail leads the team of H Division into the heartland of one of the city's oldest trades - the London Breweries - where conflicted loyalties reign, and grief and anger create a potent concoction.
Director: Anthony Byrne
Writer: Richard Warlow, Rob Green
8.0/10376 votesLoading...#14 - The Incontrovertible Truth
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 12/12/2014
The recovering Reid finds the unconscious Lady Vera Montacute in Whitechapel next to the corpse of a flower seller.
Director: Anthony Byrne
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.0/10281 votesLoading...#15 - A White World Made Red
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2016
Jackson feels the heat when a double murder throws light upon his recent illicit activities.
Director: Luke Watson
Writer: Richard Warlow, Justin Young
8.0/10266 votesLoading...#16 - Closed Casket
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/12/2016
Reid - on the run from the police - must find a way to bring down Assistant Commissioner Augustus Dove.
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.0/10239 votesLoading...#17 - A Brittle Thread
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2016
Reid and Dove engage the press in their battle for the hearts and minds of the people of Whitechapel.
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.1/10660 votesLoading...#18 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/27/2013
A string of brilliantly masterminded robberies keeps Reid and his team busy and leads to a blast from the past for Drake when he is confronted by his former army colonel. As the net closes in on the robbers, the sergeant finds his loyalties put to the test.
Director: Colm McCarthy
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
8.1/10358 votesLoading...#19 - Live Free, Live True
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/19/2014
The murder of a chemist lifts the lid on a backstreet abortion racket.
Director: Saul Metzstein
Writer: Richard Warlow, Rachel Bennette
8.1/10284 votesLoading...#20 - Men of Iron, Men of Smoke
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2016
When a footballer is brutally murdered, a key suspect is a man close to Drake's heart.
Director: Luke Watson
Writer: Richard Warlow, Matt Delargy
8.2/10406 votesLoading...#21 - Our Betrayal (1)
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/2013
A valuable symbol of the British Empire’s wealth shows up in the form of an uncut diamond. It is a jewel ‘freed’ from the diamond monopoly of De Graal by one Daniel Judge, Captain Jackson’s untrustworthy older brother. Reid and Flight find themselves being drawn to the plight of a local craftsman defrauded of his work and income by a scam that is set to return H Division to the malign influence of Detective Inspector Jedediah Shine.
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.2/10452 votesLoading...#22 - Whitechapel Terminus
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/2014
Reid and Long Susan are set on a collision course after a locomotive disaster.
Director: Andy Wilson
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.2/10347 votesLoading...#23 - The Strangers' Home
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2016
Reid must return to Whitechapel to covertly re-investigate a case made by Drake and Jackson.
Director: Kieron Hawkes
Writer: Richard Warlow
8.2/10303 votesLoading...#24 - Some Conscience Lost
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2016
Reid struggles to adapt on his first day back at H Division under Drake’s command.
Director: Luke Watson
Writer: Richard Warlow, Rachel Bennette
8.2/10273 votesLoading...#25 - All The Glittering Blades
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2016
The serial killer - Nathaniel Dove - is hid in the Hackney Marshes, but how long can he stay out of trouble?
Director: Nick Rowland
Writer: Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay
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A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H...
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"Occurrence Reports" is the worst rated episode of "Ripper Street". It scored 7.4/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Ashley Way and written by Richard Warlow, Toby Finlay, it aired on 10/12/2016. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "I Need Light".