The makers of Ripper Street have released the first photo of the cast on the set of the Victorian crime drama’s third series.

Series 3 began filming in Manchester yesterday.

Regular cast members Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn and Adam Rothenberg are all returning to their roles as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid, Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake and Captain Homer Jackson. MyAnna Buring (Downton Abbey) is also back as Long Susan.

The show was axed by BBC One after two series last December, but brand new episodes will now debut on Amazon Prime Instant Video before airing on BBC One a few months later.

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