Copper Producers Discuss Making the BBC America Crime Drama

Executive producers Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana talk about the making of the new BBC America original series Copper in a new video uploaded by the network (and embedded below). The historical crime drama is set in 1860s Manhattan.

"I think the idea of doing a period piece is really exciting because you're now looking at New York City 140 some-odd years ago," says Levinson. "It was a messy, confusing time."

Tom Weston-Jones stars as 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 post-Civil War world while on an emotional and relentless quest to learn the truth about the disappearance of his wife and the death of his daughter.

Copper premieres on BBC America on August 19th, 2012.