Watch: A 'Ripper Street' Sneak Peek Exclusive - New Series premieres Jan 19 on BBC America!

BBC America's upcoming 8-part crime mini-series Ripper Street starring Matthew Macfadyen (as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid) will be premiering this Saturday, January 19th at 9 PM ET/8 PM CT!

BBC America has just released an exclusive first 3 minutes opening scene sneak peek for your viewing pleasure to get you ready before its Saturday night premiere!

Ripper Street

It's East London, 1889 and you're invited on a tour of the haunts of Jack the Ripper, the most notorious serial killer in history... Welcome to RIPPER STREET, where Jack's crimes will not be forgotten.

In the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders, can anyone keep order in the blood-stained London Streets?

Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (MATTHEW MACFADYEN, Anna Karenina, MI-5, Pride and Prejudice) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest district in London's East End. Charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel, Inspector Reid is soon drawn deep into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London -- where fear always lurks that each new murder could mark the return of The Ripper.

Jerome Flynn, and Adam Rothenberg also star.

Watch the first 3 minutes sneak peek of Ripper Street (video and header banner courtesy of BBC America - Thanks!) below...


(source: BBCAmericaTV)  

NOTE: If you're on twitter, I'll be live-tweeting Saturday night when the premiere episode airs at 9 PM ET...so feel free to join me: @pandp2005 and be sure to use the official hashtag (#RipperStreet) and tweet @BBCAMERICA, so that they can follow & RT!