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.
In a move that is sure to delight Ripper Street’s huge global fan base, Amazon will commission a third series of Ripper Street, with brand new episodes made available exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video members before screening on BBC1 a few months later.
Amazon Prime Instant Video will also be the only subscription service in the UK where members can view the first two seasons of the ground-breaking British drama, with all eight episodes of series one available to stream in full high definition from today, with the entirety of the second series to follow soon after.