NEW YORK, 1864. THE ONLY LAWS TO FOLLOW ARE YOUR OWN.
Copper is a gripping crime series set in 1860s New York City, and centers on Kevin Corcoran, an intense, rugged Irish – immigrant cop working the city’s notorious Five Points neighborhood. Corcoran is struggling to maintain his moral compass in a turbulent world, while on an emotional and relentless quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter. His friendship with two Civil War compatriots – the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and an African-American physician who secretly assists Corcoran with his work – takes him to the contrasting worlds of elegant Fifth Avenue and an emerging African-American community in rural northern Manhattan. The three men share a secret from their experience on the battlefield that inextricably links their lives forever.
Copper premieres in the summer of 2012 on BBC America, and is the network's first-ever scripted original drama. The series is created by Tom Fontana (OZ, Homicide: Life on the Street, St. Elsewhere) and Will Rokos (Monster’s Ball, Southland), and among the co-executive producers on the series are Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson (Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man, You Don't Know Jack) and Christina Wayne (Broken Trail and executive in charge of Mad Men at AMC). Copper is a production from Cineflix Studios, a global producer and distributor of high-quality scripted originals. The series airs in Canada on Shaw Media's Showcase, premiering fall of 2012.
A Cineflix (Copper) Inc. production in association with BBC AMERICA, Shaw Media and Beta Film GmbH
Copper Sales Contact: Nick Witkowski at nwitkowski@cineflix.com or +44 (0)20 3179 5050