- HD 1080
- Runtime: m.
- Status: Ended
- 2
- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Stars: Michael McElhatton, Jack Deam, Lee Ingleby, Kris Hitchen
- keywords: prostitute, 1970s, police, based on true story, murder, serial killer, man hunt, series of murders, true crime, murder investigation, english police, north of england, police procedural
- Production_studio: All3Media International, New Pictures
- Slogan: The biggest manhunt in British history.
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 7
- First air date: 2023-09-25
- Last air date: 2023-11-06
- providers: Acorn TV, AcornTV Amazon Channel, Spectrum On Demand, Acorn TV Apple TV
- The The Long Shadow is featured in the top rankings of 2023
- #62 in Top Crime Series of 2023
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.