The eight-part series is set in and around Whitechapel in London’s East End in 1889, during the aftermath of the Jack The Ripper murders.

Episode 2 airs at 9pm on Sunday 6 January and sees Ernest Manby, a 60-year-old toy maker, beaten to death for a mysterious brass box and the coins in his pocket. Meanwhile, Jackson’s drinking and gambling have led to the loss of the pendant that ties him to his American past – a past that he and Long Susan fear will now be exposed.

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