1 Season
7 Episode
The Long Shadow
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.
- Year: 2023
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Studio: ITV1
- Keyword: 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
- Director: George Kay
- Cast: Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby, Kris Hitchen