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| Victorian detective drama Ripper Street, which was saved by Amazon Prime after being dropped by the BBC, is to come to an end after five series. | Victorian detective drama Ripper Street, which was saved by Amazon Prime after being dropped by the BBC, is to come to an end after five series. |
| Filming on the fifth series of the crime drama – which stars Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg – has begun in Dublin with an exclusive release on Amazon’s streaming service later this year. | |
| Ripper Street was dropped by the BBC in December 2013 after low viewing figures for its second series. Amazon stepped in a few months later and began streaming the third series last June; it also aired on BBC1 a month later. | Ripper Street was dropped by the BBC in December 2013 after low viewing figures for its second series. Amazon stepped in a few months later and began streaming the third series last June; it also aired on BBC1 a month later. |
| In May last year, Amazon commissioned a fourth and fifth series of Ripper Street; the former launched on Amazon UK on 15 January 2016. |