The Ripper Once Upon a Time in Yorkshire (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, Crime

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The Ripper

Once Upon a Time in Yorkshire (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 51 min | Documentary, Crime

In the 1970s, the brutal murders of sex workers in economically depressed areas of Northern England spark little public interest - until a teen is also killed.

Director

Ellena Wood

Producers

Charlotte Rodrigues | Emily Thompson

Composer

Roger Goula

Cinematographers

Stefano Ferrari | Matthias Pilz

Editors

Joe Carey | Avdhesh Mohla | Napoleon Stratogiannakis

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 16, 2020

Release date

Dec 16, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Andrew Laptew Self - West Yorkshire Police (as Andy Laptew) Self - West Yorkshire Police (as Andy Laptew) See fewer	The Ripper (2020)
Wilma McCann Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Richard McCann Self - Wilma's Son Self - Wilma's Son See fewer	Just A boy
Mike Green Self - Forensic Pathologist Self - Forensic Pathologist See fewer	Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
Dennis Hoban Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Leeds (archive footage) Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Leeds (archive footage) See fewer
Tony Harney Self - Yorkshire Evening Post Self - Yorkshire Evening Post See fewer	The Ripper (2020)
Alan Whitehouse Self - Yorkshire Post Self - Yorkshire Post See fewer	The Ripper (2020)
Emily Jackson Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Neil Jackson Self - Emily's Son Self - Emily's Son See fewer	Born to Kill? (2005)
Irene Richardson Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Jim Hobson Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Leeds (archive footage) Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Leeds (archive footage) See fewer	World in Action (1963)
Keith Hellawell Self - Superintendent, Bradford Self - Superintendent, Bradford See fewer	The Ripper (2020)
John Domaille Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Bradford Self - Detective Chief Superintendent, Bradford See fewer	The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story (2019)
Patricia Atkinson Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Christa Ackroyd Self - Halifax Courier Self - Halifax Courier See fewer	Calendar Girls (2003)
Jayne MacDonald Self - Victim (archive footage) Self - Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Irene MacDonald Self - Jayne's Mother (archive footage) Self - Jayne's Mother (archive footage) See fewer
Wilf MacDonald Self - Jayne's Father (archive footage) Self - Jayne's Father (archive footage) See fewer
George Oldfield Self - Assistant Chief Constable (archive footage) Self - Assistant Chief Constable (archive footage) See fewer	The Ripper - Five Years of Terror (1981)
Maureen Long Self - Survivor (archive footage) Self - Survivor (archive footage) See fewer	Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper (1999)
Peter Sutcliffe Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century (1992)
James Callaghan Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Battle of the Bogside (2004)