Get Ready To Watch Copper This Sunday On BBC America

By Sponsor in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 17, 2012 5:00PM

This Sunday, Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana's intriguing and eagerly anticipated new cop drama, COPPER, premieres on BBC America at 10/9c. The 1860s New York-set series follows Detective Kevin Corcoran trying to bring justice in the lawless outpost of Five Points. And, to help you with your immersion in old New York, here's a handy guide below:

Molly Stuart (Tanya Fischer) in COPPER (BBC America)

• Check out the "Slangs Of New York": 19th Century Vocab Worth Bringing Back.
• Revisit five shocking crimes from 19th century New York that will surprise you today.
• Remember the deadliest riot in NYC history—the 1863 Draft Riots.
• Go on a walking tour of the old Five Points, once a beautiful pond that was transformed into a ghetto, with Tom Fontana.
• See how New Yorkers lived 150 years ago, trying to master their 70-pound bikes and finding the first hipster bar.
• Feast your eyes on the sumptuous fashions of the time—and see how Mick Jagger plays into all of this.
• Marvel at these photos of how much Chicago has changed—or not—since the mid-19th century!
• And try your hand at solving a real 1864 murder—and enter for a chance to win a new iPad!

COPPER premieres Sunday, August 19th at 10/9c only on BBC America—watch a trailer below.