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