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The Long Shadow

Name: The Long Shadow
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2023-09-25
Rating: 7.53

★ 7,5 /10 (82 Votes)

2023 EN 1 Seasons

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.

Stream

First air date

25/09/2023

Votes

Popularity

7.2

The biggest manhunt in British history.

Genres

Crime Drama

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

George Kay

Networks

ITV1

Language

Last air date

2023-11-06

Episodes

Website

www.itv.com

Michael McElhatton

CC Ronald Gregory

Jack Deam

DI Les Hanley

Lee Ingleby

DCS Jim Hobson

Kris Hitchen

DC John Nunn

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Based on the real life police search for the serial killer, 'The Yorkshire Ripper'. Set in the seventies, it shows us the inequalities and dated attitudes of the time, which often hamper the Police search. The tempo, acting and sets just add to an engaging script. Thoroughly recommended viewing.

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We in Britain pretty much have the crime procedural down to a T. While on the one hand it can make many feel the same (see Manhunt, Code of a killer, for example), on the other it keeps them feeling realistic without much fake tension. The Long Shadow did just that, it was nothing new but still remains an enjoyable must watch for anyone interested in true crime Dramas.

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