BBC One's period-drama-with-bite is back - Ripper Street returns tonight with a series premiere that features addictive opiates, the Elephant Man, dastardly villains, eye-watering gruesomeness and ...

‘The idea of the Elephant Man appearing in Ripper Street intrigued me at first,’ says Matthew. ‘But it works well because when Merrick went on excursions, the men from H Division would be ...

This week, our Leman Street trio find themselves dealing with ... shows and another encounter with Joseph Merrick aka the Elephant Man (Joseph Drake) whilst Jedediah Shine continues his ...

Ripper Street (2012–2016), the critically acclaimed ... and even Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man. As the show progresses, the characters also navigate problems in their personal lives and ...

aka The Elephant Man. Merrick certainly has insight to offer but his growing trust and faith in Reid leads him to reveal even more devastating information – information that leads Reid back into ...

It's testament to the richness of Ripper Street's police-procedural ... in and out of opium dens and even past the window of Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick, all on the trail of an exotic ...

Studious viewers will recall that Shine, the godfather of all bent coppers, was not only the murderer of the Elephant Man but also the arch enemy of ... The plot sounds daft when you write it down, ...

An author in the U.K. has located the unmarked grave of Joseph Merrick, who is known as the "Elephant Man," more than a century ... fourth victims of Jack the Ripper, are also buried in the ...