The Long Shadow77%
TV
2023-09-25
Crime
Drama
Ratings
Combined
77.2
%
8 sources
IMDb
7.7
/10
11,301 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87
%
15 votes
Metacritic
76
%
8 votes
Letterboxd
3.8
/5
1,261 votes
Trakt
72
%
511 votes
TMDB
75
%
80 votes
Metacritic Users
7.0
/10
22 votes
RT Audience
88
%
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.
View watch stats for The Long Shadow →Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Studios
Network
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English, German
Created by
Cast
Michael McElhatton
CC Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam
DI Les Hanley
Lee Ingleby
DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen
DC John Nunn
Chloe Harris
WPC Jenny Bush
David Morrissey
DCS George Oldfield
Steven Waddington
Dick Holland
John Henshaw
Mike Dugdale
Toby Jones
DCS Dennis Hoban
Stephen Tompkinson
David Gee
Jasmine Lee-Jones
Marcella Claxton
Christopher Hatherall
DCS John Domaille
Miniseries
- 1 Episode 1 The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision.
- 2 Episode 2 The police face the prospect of a multiple murderer at large in the wake of more linked murders, but the testimony of a survivor could turn the tide.
- 3 Episode 3 The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work.
- 4 Episode 4 When another woman survives an attack, detectives hope that they are in with a chance of finding their man as a driver in Leeds emerges as prime suspect.
- 5 Episode 5 The police revisit historic attacks in the hope of identifying further victims, and George Oldfield is fired up by the arrival of a letter from the killer.
- 6 Episode 6 West Yorkshire Police launch a huge public appeal in the hope of rooting out the killer as some detectives begin to voice concerns about the investigation.
- 7 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.
Track this on DuckTrack
Sign in to add The Long Shadow to your list, mark episodes as you watch them, and keep your history in one place.
Metadata from the source database.
Comments
0 commentsNo comments yet. Sign in to be the first.