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Jack the Ripper (1973)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 13 - 17 July 1973
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 6
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: BBC
Producers: Paul Banner, Paul Bonner, Leonard Lewis

SCRIPT
Script: Elwyn Jones, John Lloyd

DIRECTION
Directors: Gilchrist Calder, Leonard Lewis, David Wickes

CAST
Sebastian Cabot (host)
Stratford Johns (Detective Chief Superintendent Charlie Barlow)
Gabor Vernon (Louis Diemschütz)
Frank Windsor (Detective Chief Superintendent John Watt)

SUMMARY

Fictional cops Barlow and Watt re-open the Jack the Ripper case and examine all the available evidence in search of clues as to his identity.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: BBC

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
A&E Biography: Jack the Ripper - Phantom of Death (1995)

KEYWORDS

docu-drama, jack the ripper, police

 


Last Updated: 15 October, 2008

 


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