The Long Shadow (2023)

09/25/2023 (GB)

Crime, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Michael McElhatton

CC Ronald Gregory

7 Episodes

Jack Deam

DI Les Hanley

7 Episodes

Lee Ingleby

DCS Jim Hobson

7 Episodes

Kris Hitchen

DC John Nunn

7 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

2023 | 7 Episodes

Season 1 of The Long Shadow premiered on September 25, 2023.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

prostitute

1970s

police

based on true story

murder

serial killer

man hunt

series of murders

true crime

murder investigation

english police

north of england

police procedural

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