The Long Shadow
“The biggest manhunt in British history.”
2023•16•1 Seasons•7 Episodes•7.5•Ended
CrimeDrama
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.
Creator
George Kay
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
Cast
Michael McElhatton
CC Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam
DI Les Hanley
Lee Ingleby
DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen
DC John Nunn
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