The biggest manhunt in British history.

The Long Shadow

7.5 (79 votes)• 2023•Ended

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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.

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Languages: English, German

Starring Cast: Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby, Kris Hitchen

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Michael McElhatton

CC Ronald Gregory

Jack Deam

DI Les Hanley

Lee Ingleby

DCS Jim Hobson

Kris Hitchen

DC John Nunn

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