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The Long Shadow (TV Miniseries)

The Long Shadow

2023

Lewis Arnold

Toby Jones, David Morrissey, Daniel Mays, Katherine Kelly ...

6.9

521

TV Series. Thriller. Drama. Mystery 7 Episodes. The appearance of a prostitute's body in a park in the Leeds suburb of Chapelton puts the county police on alert, with Detective Sergeant Dennis Hoban (Toby Jones) in charge of the investigations along with his right-hand man, Sergeant Jim Hobson (Lee Ingleby). Gradually, the number of dead women rises to five in two years, and social alarms go off especially when the killer, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, no longer ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Anita Singh Telegraph	"A considered, unsensational handling of a story steeped in tabloid headlines (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Carol Midgley The Times	"A crime drama that honours the victims (...) Whether we needed a drama about it in 2023 is debatable, but those poor women are at least treated with respect. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Hamish Macbain London Evening Standard	"It’s very well directed and has the requisite eerie music (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		James Hibbs Radio Times	"The ITV series may not be particularly subtle, but it's a gripping drama with a respectful approach (...) . It definitively does not in any way glamorise Sutcliffe (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"A shattering serial killer drama that breaks all the rules (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Schager The Daily Beast	"'The Long Shadow' tells the true-life tale of a man who killed 13 women between 1975 and 1980—but the message of the series is a long-overdue change for the genre."

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