The Long Shadow 2023
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
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S1·E1 Episode 1The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision.
S1·E2 Episode 2The police face the prospect of a multiple murderer at large in the wake of more linked murders, but the testimony of a survivor could turn the tide.
S1·E3 Episode 3The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work.
S1·E4 Episode 4When another woman survives an attack, detectives hope that they are in with a chance of finding their man as a driver in Leeds emerges as prime suspect.
S1·E5 Episode 5The police revisit historic attacks in the hope of identifying further victims, and George Oldfield is fired up by the arrival of a letter from the killer.
S1·E6 Episode 6West Yorkshire Police launch a huge public appeal in the hope of rooting out the killer as some detectives begin to voice concerns about the investigation.
S1·E7 Episode 7After a chance arrest, the killer is finally caught and the failures of the investigation are laid bare in the wake of the trial.Cast
J
Jasmine Lee-Jones
Marcella Claxton
C
Charlotte Tyree
Caroline Armstrong
D
Daisy Plaxton
Elizabeth Jackson
M
Max Richardson
Graham Jackson
L
Leah Walker
Olivia Reivers
D
Dylan Hall
Richard McCann
P
Priscabakare
Maggie Shaw
D
Damien Matthews
Coroner James Coverdale
L
Liam Ainsworth
Clifford Williams
R
Rob Norbury
Mark Peterborough
H
Harry Egan
Eamon Lister
Y
Yasmin Taheri
Lizzie Deacon
Crew
- Creator
- George Kay
- Producers
- Matt Sandford, Sarah Lewis
- Executive Producers
- Elaine Pyke, George Kay, Willow Grylls, Lewis Arnold
- Composer
- Sarah Warne
- Production Design
- Anna Higginson
- Costume Design
- Orla Smyth-Mill
Details
- First air date
- Sep 25, 2023
- Last air date
- Nov 6, 2023
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Network
- ITV1
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- All3Media International, New Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, German
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