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ITV show seeks to shift the focus to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper, but it actually ends up glamourising of one of Britain’s worst ever serial killers

The first episode of ITV drama The Long Shadow will start on Monday, September 25, at 9pm.

Wilma McCann (above, portrayed by Gemma Laurie), 28, and Emily Jackson, 42 were the first two victims of Peter Sutcliffe, the monster who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper.

ITV drama The Long Shadow co-stars Katherine Kelly and Mark Stobbart have a surprising real life connection to each other thanks to BBC hit series Line Of Duty

The Long Shadow on ITV portrays the desperate manhunt for Peter Sutcliffe, focusing on the lives of The Yorkshire Rippers victims and the families they left behind.

Hotly-anticipated ITV drama The Long Shadow airs on September 25, with the show chronicling the five-year manhunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.

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The Long Shadow, which will air on ITV on September 25, will explore the five-year hunt for murderer Peter Sutcliffe

Richard McCann whose mother was murdered by Sutcliffe when he was just five, urged producers of the Long Shadow to omit the serial killers moniker, saying it traumatised the families of victims.

ITV has confirmed that new Yorkshire Ripper crime drama The Long Shadow will air on ITV1 at 9pm from Monday 25th September.