The Long Shadow review: True-crime drama has a leering fixation with the gory details
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
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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 Ripper's victims and the families they left behind.