In the 1860s, an Irish-American Civil War veteran joins the New York City police force.

copper

2012-2013

Irish-American detective Kevin Corcoran, a former boxer, returns from the Civil War and finds that his wife is missing and his daughter, dead.

Working the notorious Five Points Neighborhood in New York, he tries to learn what happened to his family. Two wartime friends—a wealthy industrialist's wayward son and a talented black doctor who share a secret with him—assist in his search for the truth.

The friends take Corcoran to the contrasting worlds of elegant Fifth Avenue and an emerging black community in rural northern Manhattan, as they help the detective in his struggle to maintain his moral compass in a turbulent world.

BBC AMERICA・2012・DRAMA・TELEVISION・CRIME

  • Tom Fontana

    Will Rokos

  • Larysa Kondracki — 7 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Ken Girotti — 4 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Jeff Woolnough — 4 Episodes (2012)

    Clark Johnson — 3 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Deborah Chow — 1 Episodes (2013)

    Nathan Morlando — 1 Episode (2013)

    T.J. Scott — 1 Episode (2013)

    Kari Skogland — 1 Episode (2013)

    Clement Virgo — 1 Episode (2013)

  • Kevin Deiboldt — 23 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Tom Fontana — 23 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Will Rokos — 23 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Kyle Bradstreet — 15 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Kate Erickson — 13 Episodes (2013)

    Thomas Kelly — 4 Episodes (2013)

    Frank Pugliese — 3 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Sara B. Cooper — 2 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Brant Englestein — 1 Episode (2012)

    Andrea Ciannavei — 1 Episode (2013)

    T Cooper — 1 Episode (2013)

    Allison Glock-Cooper — 1 Episode (2013)

    Theresa Rebeck — 1 Episode (2013)

  • Sherri Rufh — Executive Producer: 21 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Kyle Bradstreet — Supervising Producer: 13 Episodes (2013)

    Michael Frislev — Producer: 13 Episodes (2013)

    Thomas Kelly — Executive Producer: 13 Episodes (2013)

    Larysa Kondracki — Co-Executive Producer: 13 Episodes (2013)

    Chad Oakes — Producer: 13 Episodes (2013)

    Tom Fontana — Executive Producer: 12 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Barry Levinson — Executive Producer: 12 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Christina Wayne — Executive Producer: 12 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Sam Berliner — Executive Producer: 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Katherine Buck — Executive Producer: 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Jim Finnerty — Executive Producer: 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Will Rokos — Executive Producer: 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Aaron Seliquini — Associate Producer: 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Glen Salzman — Executive Producer: 11 Episodes (2012)

    Sally Catto — Executive Producer: 10 Episodes (2012)

    Brad Van Arragon — Producer: 10 Episodes (2012)

    Mary Petryshyn — Line Producer: 1 Episode (2012)

    Erin Faith Young — Series Producer: 1 Episode (2012)

  • Detective Kevin Corcoran: Tom Weston-Jones

    Robert Morehouse: Kyle Schmid

    Elizabeth Haverford / Elizabeth Morehouse: Anastasia Griffith

    Doctor Matthew Freeman: Ato Essandoh

    Detective Francis Maguire / Francis Maguire: Kevin Ryan

    Andrew O'Brien / Detective Andrew O'Brien: Dylan Taylor

    Sara Freeman: Tessa Thompson

  • Brian Keane

  • Pierre Gill — 12 Episodes (2013)

    Paul Sarossy — 10 Episodes (2012)

  • Mike Lee — 11 Episodes (2012–2013)

    David B. Thompson — 7 Episodes (2012)

    Jim Munro — 2 Episodes (2012)

  • Alexa L. Fogel — 10 Episodes (2012)

    Stephanie Gorin — 10 Episodes (2012)

    Christine Kromer — 1 Episode (2012)

  • John Blackie — 24 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Anthony A. Ianni — 3 Episodes (2012–2013)

  • Anthony A. Ianni — 9 Episodes (2012–2013)

    Kimberley Zaharko — 8 Episodes (2012–2013)

  • Gordon Sim — 10 Episodes (2012)

    Patricia Cuccia — 1 Episode (2013)

  • Delphine White

  • Cineflix Studios

    BBC America

    Shaw Media

    TVA

    Film Production Partner

  • BBC America

EPISODES

Featured
1. Surviving Death
1. Surviving Death

New York City is still recovering from the Draft Riots of 1863. In Five Points, the worst slum in the country, Detective Kevin Corcoran of the New York City Metropolitan Police Department's Sixth Precinct finds himself investigating the murder of a young girl that hits uncomfortably close to home.

2. Husbands and Fathers
2. Husbands and Fathers

Corcoran receives a lead on a figure from his past who may have information about the loss of his family. What he learns does little to ease his mind and only raises more questions.

3. In the Hands of an Angry God
3. In the Hands of an Angry God

Racial tensions in Five Points come to a head as the body of an Irishman is discovered lynched and hanged.

4. The Empty Locket
4. The Empty Locket

Corcoran uncovers a new piece of evidence that provide clues about his daughter's mysterious death and the disappearance of his wife.

5. La Tempête
5. La Tempête

Detectives Maguire and O'Brien uncover a gang's scheme to rob some of the wealthiest families in New York City.

6. Arsenic and Old Cake
6. Arsenic and Old Cake

As the detectives weigh the evidence and interview witnesses, it becomes apparent that affairs and deception come together in a surprising case of revenge gone wrong.

7. The Hudson River School
7. The Hudson River School

Corcoran once again finds himself re-evaluating the decisions he's made about Annie.

8. Better Times Are Coming
8. Better Times Are Coming

On Election Day in New York City another murder hits close to home for the detectives of the Sixth Precinct.

9. A Day to Give Thanks
9. A Day to Give Thanks

It's Thanksgiving Day but Corcoran finds himself in an ungracious state. The fallout of recent murders and a shocking discovery leaves the detective shaken to the core.

10. A Vast and Fiendish Plot
10. A Vast and Fiendish Plot

Corcoran is racing the clock to keep his life and New York City intact.

Featured
1. Home, Sweet Home
1. Home, Sweet Home

Five points remains a bedlam. Young men are dying and disappearing at an alarming rate.

2. Aileen Aroon
2. Aileen Aroon

As more corpses of young men are found - while other teens continue to disappear - Detective Kevin Corcoran leaves no stone unturned in his search for answers.

3. The Children of the Battlefield
3. The Children of the Battlefield

Detective Kevin Corcoran closes in on the parties responsible for the kidnapping and murder of young Five Points men.

4. I Defy Thee to Forget
4. I Defy Thee to Forget

The Sixth Precinct's search for the murderer of a fellow officer is derailed as Annie Reilly creates a fissure in the Corcoran home.

5. A Morning Song
5. A Morning Song

Five Points falls into a state of panic as a community safe haven is seized by one of the deadliest men in New York City.

6. To One Shortly to Die
6. To One Shortly to Die

A murder demands Detective Kevin Corcoran work closely with Brendan Donovan, who is eager to close the case cleanly.

7. The Hope Too Bright to Last
7. The Hope Too Bright to Last

In his investigation, Detective Kevin Corcoran finds himself at an unusual dead end.

8. Ashes Denote That Fire Was
8. Ashes Denote That Fire Was

The greater Copper family - uptown and Five Points alike - gather around Detective Kevin Corcoran, who is reeling from a shocking loss.

9. Think Gently of the Erring
9. Think Gently of the Erring

Returning to the Precinct, Detective Kevin Corcoran is staggered when he discovers a new investigation has one close to him in chains.

10. The Fine Ould Irish Gintleman
10. The Fine Ould Irish Gintleman

Detective Kevin Corcoran begins to question General Brendan Donovan's stronghold in the Five Points community, and solicits coppers of the Sixth Precinct to suss out the truth.

11. Good Heart and Willing Hand
11. Good Heart and Willing Hand

Looming devastation to Five Points forces Detective Kevin Corcoran to take drastic action against Tammany Hall.

12. Beautiful Dreamer
12. Beautiful Dreamer

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln shatters any hope of a smooth post-war recovery for the people of New York City and the United States at large.

WHERE TO WATCH

AWARDS

  • Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN TV SERIES

    Pierre Gill

    2014

  • Directors Guild of Canada Award

    PRODUCTION DESIGN - TELEVISION SERIES

    John Blackie

    2014

  • Tom Weston-Jones as Kevin “Corky” Corcoran in the BBC America series Copper, Executive Produced by Barry Levinson.
  • Anastasia Griffith in the BBC America series Copper, Executive Produced by Barry Levinson.
  • Tom Weston-Jones in the BBC America series Copper, Executive Produced by Barry Levinson.