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The Long Shadow(2023)

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The biggest manhunt in British history.

Overview

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.

George Kay

Creator

Series Cast

Michael McElhatton photo

Michael McElhatton

CC Ronald Gregory

Jack Deam photo

Jack Deam

DI Les Hanley

Lee Ingleby photo

Lee Ingleby

DCS Jim Hobson

Kris Hitchen photo

Kris Hitchen

DC John Nunn

Show Stats

StatusEnded

NetworkITV1

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish

Media

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