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The series, which details the police investigation into the 13 murders carried out by Peter Sutcliffe in his campaign of terror between 1975 and 1980, focuses on the victims of his heinous crimes.
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.
Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who admitted to killing 13 women and attempting to murder seven in the seventies, claimed he was driven to kill by 'the voice'
The tragic final days of Wilma, 28, and Sutcliffe's second victim Emily Jackson, 42, will be re-told tonight in The Long Shadow which is airing across seven episodes, starting this evening.
As a new television series revisits Peter Sutcliffe’s heinous crimes, we remember his victims and the impact he had on the nation