Ripper Street

DH loves it. I do stick with it but tend to get a bit lost. Took me ages to realise the man at the prison was a doctor, have to ask DH to fill me in on bits. Hasn't policing changed though.

I agree PM. I loved the first series but this one I can't seem to get my head round!! I find that I keep dozing off though which doesn't help! The storylines seem so disjointed and the violence gratuitous. It's probably just me as DH still loves it!!!

Sorry, I was a great fan, but have found the recent series beyond me, so have given up on it. All a bit to dark and depressing, land all that blood, doesn't normally bother me, so it must just be me.

Whilst looking for an article I'd read about Ripper Street parlance [which I now can't find ] I found this. Not to be read by anyone with a delicate constitution; but then again such a person probably wouldn't watch said TV series...'So, to get you in the mood (and possibly upset your stomach) here’s a brief working definition of some actual Victorian vulgar street slang and swear words. The sort of thing you’d have probably heard on a real street, shortly before being relieved of your valuables at knifepoint. Enjoy!

Oh, and don’t look at the definition for rantallion if you want to keep your breakfast where it is.

• Windy-wallets – someone who talks far too much, in a boastful fashion. The idea being (presumably) that the hot air coming out of the face area is no better than the hot air coming out of the area close to where the wallet is kept. (Source)

• Betwattled – to be confused or confounded or temporarily rendered incapable of speech. (Source)

• Fustilugs – sometimes thought to be a name for a terminal grump, fustilugs was more commonly used as a term for a fat knacker, someone too overweight to get around easily. (Source)

• Zounderkite – the kind of bumbling idiot that will end up making a disastrous mistake of the sort that beggars belief. (Source)

• Lickfinger – a sycophant or toady. It’s a similar term to lickspittle, although lickfinger should be congratulated on being both less disgusting and more disgusting, depending on how hard you think about it. (Source)

• Bug hunting – to go out looking for drunks to attack and rob at night. (Source)

• Dirty puzzle — a pejorative term used to pass judgement on a woman for sexual immorality. Not quite the full dollymop (prostitute), but certainly someone with a bad reputation. (Source)

• Haymarket Hector – a pimp. A gapstopper. (Source)

• Bartholomew baby – someone parading the streets dressed in a eye-watering or tatty outfit, like the dolls sold at Bartholomew fair. (Source)

• Rantallion — how to put this… suppose there was a man whose reproductive organs were arranged so that his…ah… billiard sack hung lower than his…erm… cue. He might be called a rantallion. I have no idea under what circumstances this condition would be deemed important enough to give it a name, but it does have one. (Source)'

Love it, Doc is quite tasty

One of the rare programmes that both DH and I enjoy.

Yet another Ripper Street fan here. However, I'm with Wobblybits and hope someone on GN can answer the interesting question about the language usage

H is a big fan, I can't watch it. Too much gore for me.

Jackson is very watchable, isn't he, Tegan.

The BBC did indeed cancel it but it was picked up by Amazon, I think.

I have to use sub titles, I find the background music too loud and often miss criticla parts otherwise.

To be honest, I can never understand what's going on anyway; I just let it all wash over me!To think that the BBC wanted to scrap it as well . I find Jackson particulary watchable . What a wonderful mix of diverse personalities it is.

We're all Ripper Street fans here. I don't usually like crime type stuff but this series has a special something that hooked me in. I haven't seen this week's episode yet.

Another fan here. Gave up on the first series but, when watching series two on catchup realised how dark and gothic it was, so rewatched it all. I do watch with subtitles, though. The acting is superb, although I am missing the reporter character who died in the last series [he's been in The Last Kingdom and The Secret Agent recently].

Great programme love Mr Reed. Even my husband has started to enjoy it and he normally dislikes period drama

Another Ripper Street fan here wobbly.

Susan hasn't 'softened' since she escaped the noose has she.