Watch the First Trailer for Masterpiece Period Thriller 'Ridley Road'

Masterpiece has given us our first look at the upcoming period thriller Ridley Road, a drama that promises to be one of the highlights of the Spring programming slate.

An adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Jo Bloom, the series is set against the backdrop of the swinging sixties in London, in an East End where fascism is on the rise. It follows the story of Vivian Epstein, the sheltered daughter of a Manchester Jewish family, who rebels against her arranged marriage by running away and joining the '62 Group---a coalition of Jewish men who stood up against rising neo-Nazism in post-war Britain. As an undercover operative sent to infiltrate the increasingly prominent neo-Nazi group the NSM, she'll risk everything for her beliefs, and for the man she loves.

Newcomer Agnes O'Casey, who was discovered for this role, will make her debut as Vivian. She's surrounded by a cast of familiar British faces, including Tom Varey (Game of Thrones) as her secret boyfriend Jack, alongside Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan), Will Keen (His Dark Materials), Samantha Spiro (Game of Thrones), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Grantchester), Julia Krynke (DCI Banks), Rita Tushingham (The Pale Horse), and Allan Corduner (The Collection).

Watch the first teaser trailer for yourselves below.