Meanwhile, churches and synagogues are being burnt and desecrated in Whitechapel and Reid suspects the same hand is behind the various attacks – someone who would exploit the fragile peace that exists between East London’s diverse communities and see the streets escalate into sectarian mayhem.

Series 2 Episode 6 airs at 9pm on Monday 2 December on BBC One. To whet your appetite, here are ten teasing lines of dialogue from the episode…

» “This place was torched with whale oil.”

» “Man has no more desire for truth than a dung beetle.”

» “This entire day can kiss my holiest of holies.”

» “The truth when at last we glimpse it can be so bright, it dazzles.”

» “You came up through the print works, did you not? An ink-streaked urchin, giddy with hot lead and hungry to one day rule the Fourth Estate. Truly, William Stead must quake in your rivalry.”

» “God’s a fairytale. This is news?”

» “To take this glittering cup is to split asunder the chains of this world.”

» “What place for me in a world without your love?”

» “A man without faith is a man without hope.”

» “I am made of naught but death.”

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