After 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already interviewed The Ripper and let him back into the world to continue his reign of terror upon the citizens of Yorkshire. Assistant Chief Constable of the Manchester Police, Peter Hunter, is called in to oversee the West Yorkshire Police's Ripper investigation and see what they could have missed.
Paddy Considine
as Peter Hunter
Warren Clarke
as Bill Molloy
Maxine Peake
as Helen Marshall
James Fox
as Philip Evans
David Calder
as Sir John Marsden
Nicholas Woodeson
as Michael Warren
Tony Pitts
as John Nolan
Jim Carter
as Harold Angus
David Morrissey
as Maurice Jobson
Eddie Marsan
as Jack Whitehead
Sean Harris
as Bob Craven
Tony Mooney
as Tommy Douglas