The Long Shadow (2023–2023)
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The Long Shadow depicts one of the most notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper. Between October 1975 and January 1981, 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.The Long Shadow will follow the desperate, cat and mouse hunt for Sutcliffe focusing upon the police investigation and the lives of the victims who fatally crossed his path.
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Episode 3The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work. - 02
Episode 1The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision. - 03
Episode 2The 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.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Episode 1September 25, 2023The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision.
- S01E02Episode 2October 2, 2023The 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
- S01E03Season's bestEpisode 3October 9, 2023The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercove
- S01E04
Episode 4October 16, 2023When 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 p - S01E05
Episode 5October 23, 2023The police revisit historic attacks in the hope of identifying further victims, and George Oldfield is fired up by the arrival of a letter f - S01E06
Episode 6October 30, 2023West Yorkshire Police launch a huge public appeal in the hope of rooting out the killer as some detectives begin to voice concerns about the - S01E07
Episode 7November 6, 2023After 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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