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'We remember Jack the Ripper - the top-hatted, knife-wielding psychopath - but what has our fascination with the man made us forget about the time in which he plied his diabolical craft? We forget ...Bloody Sunday in November 1887, we forget the riots, the moral panic and the talk of revolution from the East End that accompanied the stories of the Ripper murders. The real fear in London in the later years of the 1880s wasn't a man with a knife, it was a socialist revolution and a moral contagion that threatened the Empire - and in the Queen's Jubilee season too! But slum clearance, popular journalism and a brigade of the Grenadier Guards succeeded in removing one fear, whilst popular prurience ensured immortality for another.'
'We remember Jack the Ripper - the top-hatted, knife-wielding psychopath - but what has our fascination with the man made us forget about the time in which he plied his diabolical craft? We forget ...Bloody Sunday in November 1887, we forget the riots, the moral panic and the talk of revolution from the East End that accompanied the stories of the Ripper murders. The real fear in London in the later years of the 1880s wasn't a man with a knife, it was a socialist revolution and a moral contagion that threatened the Empire - and in the Queen's Jubilee season too! But slum clearance, popular journalism and a brigade of the Grenadier Guards succeeded in removing one fear, whilst popular prurience ensured immortality for another.'
| Series: | Things we forgot to remember |
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| First transmission date: | 2006-11-27 |
| Published: | 2006 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:27:28 |
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| Producer: | Philip Sellars |
| Contributors: | Paul Begg; Maggie Bird; Peter Claus; Clive Emsley; Barry Godfrey; Michael Portillo; Don Rumbelow; Gareth Stedman-Jones |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Serial murderers--England--London--History--19th century; Serial murders--England--London--History--19th century; Jack,--the Ripper; London--History--19th century |
| Production number: | AUDA985A |
| Available to public: | no |
