SeriesPsychological Survival

The Long Shadow2023

Name: The Long Shadow
Genre: Psychological, Survival
Released: 2023-09-25
Rating: 7.6

“The biggest manhunt in British history.”

Created by George Kay

7.6

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 7.7TMDB 7.5

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Year

2023

Seasons

Network

ITV1

Status

Ended

Box Office

🏆 Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 6 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Based on one of the most chilling criminal cases in British history, The Long Shadow chronicles the years-long manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper across the bleak industrial north of England. The series follows the hundreds of officers consumed by a sprawling, exhausting investigation that tested the limits of law enforcement at every turn. As the body count grows, the drama lays bare the systemic failures and social attitudes that shaped — and hampered — the search for justice. It is a sober, unflinching portrait of a nation reckoning with its darkest corners.

Content: Depictions Of Violence Against Women, Mature Themes Around Sex Work, Disturbing Subject Matter Relating To Serial Murder

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E3 · Episode 3

8.2

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E3 · Episode 3

8.2

★ 8.0 avg· 5h 38m total· Sep 2023 → Nov 2023

S1.E1 · Episode 1Premiere
8.0
Sep 25, 2023 · 50 min · Dir: Lewis Arnold
The police struggle to catch the killer of a woman murdered in Leeds, and a desperate mother is forced to make a difficult decision.
S1.E2 · Episode 2
8.0
Oct 2, 2023 · 48 min · Dir: Lewis Arnold
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.
S1.E3 · Episode 3
8.2
Oct 9, 2023 · 48 min · Dir: Lewis Arnold
The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work.
S1.E4 · Episode 4
8.0
Oct 16, 2023 · 48 min · Dir: Lewis Arnold
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.
S1.E5 · Episode 5
8.0
Oct 23, 2023 · 48 min · Dir: Lewis Arnold
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.