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The Long Shadow

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.

Created ByGeorge Kay
StatusEnded
Original NameThe Long Shadow
First Air DateSeptember 25, 2023
Last Air DateNovember 6, 2023
Seasons1
Episodes7
Episode Runtime 0min
LanguageGerman, English
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited Kingdom
Production CompaniesAll3Media InternationalNew Pictures
NetworksITV1
Episode 7
S01E07

Episode 7

After a chance arrest, the killer is finally caught and the failures of the investigation are laid bare in the wake of the trial.

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