Ripper Street is coming back with the help of Amazon Prime (lovefilm)!

Axed BBC1 drama Ripper Street to be revived by Amazon for a third series | The Radio Times

Ripper Street to return: Axed drama will get third series | Digital Spy

More on series 3 from Richard Warlow, via The Radio Times:

There's no release date yet, but you dedicated fans probably won't have to wait long. In terms of writing the third series, "everything went on ice in mid-November and was taken off ice about a month ago." "We now have nine weeks left to make the show," Warlow told us, adding that filming for the series will "wrap in August."

- You can say goodbye to the 1880s – the third series of Ripper Street is jumping forwards into a new decade. "We are moving forwards four years to 1894," revealed Warlow. In case you're interested, that was the year Blackpool tower was opened, King Edward VIII was born and Coca Cola was first sold in bottles...

- Unsurprisingly, these events won't feature heavily in Ripper Street's third series. Instead we will be dealing with the aftermath of the dramatic series two finale. "We are going to see the way the lives of our central characters have been univocally changed by the events of the end of the second series," Warlow told RadioTimes.com.

- Talking of those central characters, Long Susan is going to have more of a starring role in series three. "From the very beginning I’ve wanted to take [MyAnna Buring's character] on a very long journey," Warlow told us. "She’s going to come right to the forefront of things this time round... We had this thought at the beginning of the development process. We talked about [Long Susan] and how she should be like the unofficial major of Ripper Street... We wanted to evolve and that’s now what we get to do, so that’s terrific."

- There will be new challenges facing the Ripper Street gang, too. "We are going to get involved with the railways this time around," said Warlow. And Jack is back as the show returns to the its original mystery: "In a non-kind of procedural way we are going to delve into the further, latter years of the Ripper myth."

- One storyline will revolve around the Macnaghten Memorandum, a document written by Chief Constable Melville Macnaghten in February 1984 which outlined the theory that Jack the Ripper only had five victims and also named three possible suspects. "Macnaghten put together an internal memo on who he felt the prime suspects were," said Warlow. "It’s very interesting to me that floating around our coppers was this serious projection of the various different suspects – I’m interested to see what kind of affect that will have on them."

- The move to Amazon Prime Instant Video might just see the show trying out new things. "There will be opportunities for us to do things that perhaps we might have shied away from, if it were just for a BBC 9 o’clock audience," Warlow told us.

- But fans needn't worry that the show they know and love will change beyond recognition. "Ripper Street has a very particular style and we won’t be making any compromises as far as that’s concerned going forwards," assured Warlow.

- While series three might be at the forefront of everyone's minds at the moment, that might not be all we can look forward to when it comes to Ripper Street. "We’d love to make a fourth series," Warlow told us. "Obviously there’s no commitment but [Amazon] are very enthusiastic about the future life of the show. They wouldn’t be going to all this trouble just for one series..."

- You can say goodbye to the 1880s – the third series of Ripper Street is jumping forwards into a new decade. "We are moving forwards four years to 1894,"

If they are going to jump forward in time there might be no Albert Flight  

However, I enjoyed Ripper Street, the first season was great and of course when Damien popped in the picture it was awesome (more than awesome, it was more interesting and exiting). But anyway, great show, gonna watch it anyway and I'm glad it's coming back. Still big shame if Albert Flight won't be in it

What if they could keep him in the jail for 4 years and then free him and give him his old job back? He kind of confessed lots of stuff in the end. But it shouldn't be his end cause he is good guy!  There were so many possibilities for that character!

Let's hope there will be more info soon about Damien.

MSN video on the Ripper Street news with a clip of Matthew Macfadyen, MyAnna Buring and Jeromd Flynn from (presumably) todays press conference

VIDEO: STARS HAIL REVIVAL OF RIPPER STREET | MSN

Well I'm glad it is getting another chance but I'm saddened by the fact that it looks like there will be no Albert Flight.  

It just seems odd that there has been no mention of him and who knows what they'll do if they're jumping ahead.  I hope he is in it of course.  

Either way, I'm glad the show is getting another chance.  

I find Amazon Prime to be worth the $75.00/year I pay for it, Pearl (I don't know how much it is in the UK).  I order a lot from Amazon.  Free next day shipping is fantastic (it's really two-day shipping but more often than not I get my delivery the next day) and you get discounts on things and a good deal of free streaming.  We have Netflix too.  If you don't order much from Amazon though I guess it wouldn't be worth it. 

When s2 finished it seemed to me that there was absolutely a place for Flight in s3.  Considering how s2 ended I can't see Shine not coming back, but the four year gap makes me perplexed!  It does seem an odd choice of clip to show at the press conference.......no Jackson?!

Unfortunately - if last year is anything to go by - it could be a very long time before we find out!