The drama chronicling the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper contains Toby Jones, David Morrissey, Katherine Kelly and Daniel Mays.
ITV have introduced the solid for its upcoming drama concerning the five-year hunt for the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe.
The 7-part drama is described because the definitive depiction of the case, sensitively focussing on the lives of the victims who crossed his path and people of the officers on the coronary heart of the police investigation.
Meticulously researched, the collection attracts upon a whole bunch of case recordsdata, interview transcripts and police reviews. It’s additionally based mostly on Depraved Past Perception, Michael Bilton’s critically acclaimed account of the case. The author is George Kay (Hijack, Legal: UK) and the director is Lewis Arnold (Time, Des).
The synopsis for The Lengthy Shadow says:
One homicide has the ability to solid a protracted shadow and this case plunged a complete society into darkness. For each sufferer, there have been buddies and family members. For each police officer, there was the burden of failure – of close to misses and guilt – and the information that as they failed to seek out their man, extra girls continued to endure. The impression on the lives of those that reside on after the demise of their liked one stays to at the present time. Those that can not escape what occurred, who should sit with their incomprehensible trauma for many years after, enduring their very own life sentences.
With folks right now holding to account the institutional foundations that foster misogyny, racism, and violence towards girls, The Lengthy Shadow will communicate to the societal problems with the previous while highlighting alarming parallels between these horrible crimes and tragic occasions in our more moderen historical past.
The solid
Toby Jones performs DCS Dennis Hoban, who initially led the enquiry, with David Morrissey as DCS George Oldfield, who famously took on the investigation.

Lee Ingleby is DCS Jim Hobson, while Katherine Kelly performs Emily Jackson. Daniel Mays is her husband, Sydney Jackson and Shaun Thomas performs their son, Neil Jackson.

Jill Halfpenny performs Doreen Hill, with Daisy Waterstone as her daughter, Jacqueline Hill. Jasmine Lee-Jones performs Marcella Claxton, Molly Wright as Donna Deangelo, Liz White as PS Meg Winterburn and Shaun Dooley as DCS Chris Gregg.
The broader ensemble additionally contains Alexa Davies, Chloe Harris, Stephen Tompkinson, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton, Adam Lengthy, Ruth Madeley. Plus, Dorothy Atkinson, Rob James-Collier, Charley Webb, Steven Waddington and Kris Hitchen.
The Lengthy Shadow is govt produced by New Photos co-founder and Chief Govt Officer, Willow Grylls. The producer is Matt Sandford, collection producer is Sarah Lewis, and co-producer is Alison Matthews. George Kay, Lewis Arnold and Elaine Pyke additionally function govt producers.
The drama airs on ITV and ITVX in September 2023.