Call it Law and Order: Special Victorian Unit. Six months after the last of five brutal murders attributed to Jack the Ripper, the mutilated body of another London prostitute is discovered. Has Jack returned, or is some other evil at work? Detective Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) suspects a copycat. Working with a brutish detective sergeant (Jerome Flynn) and an American forensics expert (Adam Rothenberg), Reid tracks the killer through the East End’s seedy streets in the premiere episode of this acclaimed import from the BBC. Saturday, Jan. 19, at 9 p.m., BBC America
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Does depopulation threaten humanity?Talking Points Falling birth rates could create a 'smaller, sadder, poorer future'
-
New White House guidance means federal employees could be hearing more religious talk at workThe Explainer Employees can now try to persuade co-workers of why their religion is 'correct'
-
Real-life couples creating real-deal sparks in the best movies to star IRL partnersThe Week Recommends The chemistry between off-screen items can work wonders
