'Ripper Street' Trailer: First Look At The BBC Drama Starring Matthew Macfadyen And Jerome Flynn

FIRST LOOK: The Dark 'Ripper Street' Trailer

"As the sun sets on the Olympics, darkness rises," warns the trailer to BBC1's new period drama, Ripper Street.

However, it should be taken less as a warning and more as something to look forward to once all the brilliant sporting activity is packed away again for four years.

The show – about the London police’s struggle to bring order to their beat after 19th century serial killer Jack the Ripper's reign of terror - stars Spooks actor Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn from Game Of Thrones and US actor Adam Rothenberg.

The cast of Ripper Street

The eight-parter, which will air in the autumn, follows H Division, the police precinct charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel.

Jerome Flynn (left) as Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake and Adam Rothenberg as Captain Homer Jackson

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