The Long Shadow: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Long Shadow (2023): Drama, Crime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
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.
Series details
- Title: The Long Shadow
- Format: Scripted
- Language: English
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Premiere date: 2023-09-25
- Final broadcast date listed: 2023-10-02
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Web channel listed by TVmaze: ITVX
- Network country: United Kingdom
- Typical episode runtime: 48 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7.1/10
- TVMaze ID: 70212
- IMDb ID: tt13323596
- TVDB ID: 438101
Cast and credited roles
- Lee Ingleby — DCS Jim Hobson
- David Morrissey — DCS George Oldfield
- Toby Jones — DCS Dennis Hoban
- Jasmine Lee-Jones — Marcella Claxton
- Liz White — PS Meg Winterburn
- Jill Halfpenny — Doreen Hill
- Daniel Mays — Sydney Jackson
- Katherine Kelly — Emily Jackson
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2023-09-25; final listed air date 2023-10-02; episode order: 7.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Long Shadow on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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