Loss of €3.4m for firm set up to produce ‘Ripper Street’

The Dublin-based firm established to produce the €20 million Ripper Street television drama recorded a pre-tax loss of €3.4m last year.

The series, which stars Matthew McFadyen and Raw’s Charlene McKenna, has been recommissioned for a third series and filming began in May at Clancy barracks in Dublin. The first two series were shot in Dublin and employed a 5,000 Irish cast, extras and crew providing 170,000 Irish work hours per series.

The series has been a major international hit — it has recorded highs of eight million viewers in Britain where it has been broadcast on BBC, while it has been sold to over 150 countries and BAFTA-nominated.