The Long Shadow (2023)
The biggest manhunt in British history.
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.
The Long Shadow: Season 1 - 7 Episode s
1x1 - Episode 1
September 25, 2023
The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision.
1x2 - Episode 2
October 2, 2023
The 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.
1x3 - Episode 3
October 9, 2023
The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work.
1x4 - Episode 4
October 16, 2023
When 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.
1x5 - Episode 5
October 23, 2023
The 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.
1x6 - Episode 6
October 30, 2023
West 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.
1x7 - Episode 7
November 6, 2023
After a chance arrest, the killer is finally caught and the failures of the investigation are laid bare in the wake of the trial.
The Long Shadow: 1 Season
Actors in The Long Shadow
Michael McElhatton
CC Ronald Gregory, Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam
DI Les Hanley, Les Hanley
Chloe Harris
WPC Jenny Bush
Lee Ingleby
DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen
DC John Nunn
Steven Waddington
Dick Holland
Toby Jones
DCS Dennis Hoban
David Morrissey
DCS George Oldfield
Katherine Kelly
Emily Jackson
Daniel Mays
Sydney Jackson
Shaun Thomas
Neil Jackson
Jill Halfpenny
Doreen Hill
Daisy Waterstone
Jacqueline Hill
Jasmine Lee-Jones
Marcella Claxton
Molly Wright
Donna Deangelo
Liz White
PS Meg Winterburn
Shaun Dooley
DCS Chris Gregg
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