Amazon Secures Exclusive Rights To Critically Acclaimed British Drama Ripper Street For Amazon Prime Instant Video - The UK's Largest Subscription Movie And TV Streaming Service Launching Today

Amazon Secures Exclusive Rights To Critically Acclaimed British Drama Ripper Street For Amazon Prime Instant Video - The UK's Largest Subscription Movie And TV Streaming Service Launching Today

LONDON, February 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --



Amazon continues to invest heavily in exclusive content for Prime customers
- Amazon Prime Instant Video will be the only subscription service in the UK where members


can view the first two seasons of the ground-breaking British dramaRipper Street



Millions ofRipper Streetfans set to be delighted as Amazon commissions a
third season of the critically-acclaimed period crime drama, exclusively available in the


UK on Amazon Prime Instant Video, followed by broadcast on the BBC



Amazon Prime Instant Video offers unlimited access to the UK's largest
subscription streaming library - featuring more than 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes


following the launch of the service today



Amazon has today launched its Prime Instant Video service, where Prime subscribers now
have access to the UK's largest unlimited subscription streaming service of more than
15,000 popular movies and TV episodes in addition to unlimited One-Day Delivery on over 7
million items and access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow for just GBP79 a year.



In addition to the hundreds of movies and TV shows available exclusively to Amazon
Prime members, such as The Hangover Part II, One Direction: This Is Us, and hit Amazon
Studios comedy series Alpha House starring John Goodman, Amazon has today announced
further investment into exclusive and original content in a landmark deal that sees the
company acquire UK subscription streaming rights to critically acclaimed BBC period crime
drama Ripper Street - voted the best show of 2013 by Radio Times readers.



Amazon will commission from the producers, Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point,
a third series of Ripper Street, with brand new episodes made available exclusively to
Amazon Prime Instant Video members. The series will continue to be co-produced in the US
by BBC America and will screen on BBC1 a few months after it is available on Amazon in the
UK. It will be distributed globally by BBC Worldwide. Filming will begin in May 2014,
signaling Amazon's commitment to the production of one of last year's most highly regarded
series, in a move that is sure to delight Ripper Street's huge global fan base.



Prime Instant Video will also be the only subscription service in the UK where TV fans
can watch the first two series of the critically acclaimed drama, viewed by millions on
BBC1. From today, followers of the award-winning and BAFTA nominated show will be able to
stream all eight episodes of series one in full high definition, with the entirety of the
second series to follow soon after - giving viewers the chance to fully immerse themselves
in this captivating crime drama inspired by life in London's Whitechapel in the late 19th
century.



"We're delighted to have secured not only the highly popular first two seasons of
Ripper Street for our Prime Instant Video customers, but we can also confirm today that we
will making season three, news that we know will delight the millions of fans of this
brilliant British drama," said Jason Ropell, Head of Amazon Instant Video International
Content Acquisition. "Prime Instant Video offers our customers the largest subscription
streaming service in the UK with over 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes, many of which
are exclusive to the service, and we're just getting started."



Ben Stephenson, the BBC's Controller of Drama Commissioning, says: "This is an
exceptional opportunity to bring back Ripper Street for a third series by working with the
right partners. This deal gives fans another series of the show they love at excellent
value to the licence fee payer, ensuring that the BBC can also commission an entirely new,
yet to be announced drama series."



Ripper Street follows the notorious H Division, the Police Precinct charged with
keeping order on the meanest streets imaginable: late Victorian Whitechapel. It is a
series of one-hour thrillers that transport audiences into the dark heart of London as it
stumbles toward the Twentieth Century.



Starring Matthew Macfadyen (Spooks, Robin Hood), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), Adam
Rothenberg (Alcatraz), MyAnna Buring (The Descent, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II)
and created by BAFTA nominated Richard Warlow, (Waking the Dead, Mistresses), it is a
vivid, sensual and violent drama that explores the lives of those who have seen the worst
of humankind, but who nonetheless struggle each day to bring law to the lawless.



Another generation of viewers will now be introduced to life on Ripper Street, and
both new and existing fans can enjoy series one and two on Amazon Prime Instant Video from
the beginning.



For more information about Prime Instant Video, visit
http://www.amazon.co.uk/primevideo.



-Notes to Editors-



About Prime Instant Video



Amazon has announced that it is combining two of the most popular subscription
services in the UK, Amazon Prime and LOVEFiLM Instant, to become Prime Instant Video from
today. Amazon Prime now offers members unlimited One-Day Delivery on over 7 million items,
access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow and unlimited streaming of more than 15,000
popular movies and TV episodes through Prime Instant Video. Prime is available at the low
price of GBP79 a year - a 35% savings for all the benefits of the two previously separate
services. Current Prime members can enjoy unlimited streaming at their current price until
their renewal date. Customers who are not already members can start a 30-day free trial of
Amazon Prime by visiting http://www.amazon.co.uk/prime.



For more information about Amazon Prime, visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/prime. For
more information about Prime Instant Video, visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/primevideo.



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