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The Long Shadow (2023)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Michael McElhatton
    CC Ronald Gregory Michael McElhatton
  • Profile picture of Jack Deam
    DI Les Hanley Jack Deam
  • Profile picture of Lee Ingleby
    DCS Jim Hobson Lee Ingleby
  • Profile picture of Kris Hitchen
    DC John Nunn Kris Hitchen

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Season 1

2023

7 episodes

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

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