The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow

The biggest manhunt in British history.

Limited Series 2023 · 7 eps · ★ 7.5 · Crime, Drama

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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.

Created by George Kay

Network: ITV1

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Michael McElhatton CC Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam DI Les Hanley
Lee Ingleby DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen DC John Nunn
Chloe Harris WPC Jenny Bush
David Morrissey DCS George Oldfield
Steven Waddington Dick Holland
John Henshaw Mike Dugdale
Toby Jones DCS Dennis Hoban
Stephen Tompkinson David Gee
Jasmine Lee-Jones Marcella Claxton
Christopher Hatherall DCS John Domaille

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