BBC's Ripper street

[The Wiser Hatter]

My same reaction had to go and get them. Hope to watch one at lunch to catch up.

 

[Blackthorn]

Didn't know there was a second season coming. So cool!

 

[Edward]

I'm enjoying it enough that I'll buy it on disc eventually. Entirely missed Peaky - by the time I looked for it, it had gone from the iPlayer (I rarely watch anything I'm particularly keen to see on linear broadcast any more). I must look for a DVD on that one. I've only seen a couple of episodes of Boardwalk - I must buy it on BD. Sadly, I think that still involves giving money to Rupert Murdoch, but at least it's less than paying for suvscriptions channels (as with Game of Thrones, one series on BD is equivalent to the cost of a single month's subscription fee to the necessary package to see those shows).

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Peaky Blinders is already out on DVD. Amazing how quick they turn those out these days.

The first couple episodes of Ripper Street season 2 have been pretty good. I do like how they play fast and loose with history. I also like the anachronistic dialogue from some of the characters. It reflects how certain characters were presented in period literature - it was anachronistic then (Joseph Merrick: "Detective Reid; I would talk with you." Nobody talked like that, even then … not even rich folks!) and it's anachronistic now. Fun for the film folks to play with. Using such dialogue goes along with the truly wild, very wrong, wardrobe dept.

 

[ButteMT61]

OK, no spoilers chaps lol

 

[Edward]

Peaky Blinders is already out on DVD. Amazing how quick they turn those out these days.

That would epxlain why it's disappeared so quickly from the iPlayer!

The first couple episodes of Ripper Street season 2 have been pretty good. I do like how they play fast and loose with history. I also like the anachronistic dialogue from some of the characters. It reflects how certain characters were presented in period literature - it was anachronistic then (Joseph Merrick: "Detective Reid; I would talk with you." Nobody talked like that, even then … not even rich folks!) and it's anachronistic now. Fun for the film folks to play with. Using such dialogue goes along with the truly wild, very wrong, wardrobe dept.

Yes, it all rather has the feel of a 50s-made Victorian period piece, except with improved effects et cetera. I'm enjoying Merrick's appearances; a fascinating character. I've wondered whether bringing him in here is a From Hell nod - didn't he have a cameo in the novel? Must look it out again... The whole thing has a definite steampunk feel to it, to my mind.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Just finished watching the first episode. It was real good. Very enjoyable show.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, it all rather has the feel of a 50s-made Victorian period piece, except with improved effects et cetera.

I agree. Have you seen the 50s Sherlock Holmes series? Ripper Street reminds me a lot of that … but in colour … and without Leslie Howard. It has truly one of the very best portrayals of Watson in any film or TV presentation - a very large step away from the offensive buffoonery of Nigel Bruce in the Rathbone films - but the wardrobe, and the stories, are largely absurd when they step away from the canon (a Wild West troupe??). I can lend you the DVDs if interested; a couple episodes are worth a watch.

 

[Blackthorn]

I don't see any listings for Ripper Street on BBC.

 

[Blackthorn]

Just finished watching the first episode. It was real good. Very enjoyable show.

Being the internet klutz that I am...where did you find those episodes? I'd like to catch up, too.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

It's on the iPlayer, but you probably can't get access from outside the UK. i think it plays on Monday evenings.

I'm sure Ed will turn you on to a source, though!

 

[Blackthorn]

Thanks!

 

[Edward]

IPlayer is limited to the UK, for copyright reasons. The first series is, I believe, out on dvd so you should be able to find that fairly cheaply on Amazon (careful with the regions if you don't have a multiregion player, obviously).

 

[Edward]

IPlayer is limited to the UK, for copyright reasons. The first series is, I believe, out on dvd so you should be able to find that fairly cheaply on Amazon (careful with the regions if you don't have a multiregion player, obviously).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s?k=ripper+street+dvd

There we go... first out, second available for preorder.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I meant Ed Wiser, who manages to access these things online somehow.

 

[Edward]

Oh, I know that, but I'm home, unwell, and lying on the sofa with nothing else to do!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Edward, you are not fevered are you. Might need to send you a bottle from Dr. Jack Daniels. To make you feel better.

 

[Blackthorn]

Does anyone have word on when this series will air again in the US?

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Does anyone have word on when this series will air again in the US?

Looks like their now saying 2014.
bbc america ripper-street about-the-show

 

[Blackthorn]

Thanks Ed.