Only a few years after the death of the so-called Yorkshire Ripper, the true-crime series The Long Shadow, premiering on Sundance Now and AMC+ on Thursday, March 21, presents the “definitive depiction of the desperate five-year hunt” for the serial killer as his killing spree continued. That investigation was also the subject of the recent Netflix docuseries The Ripper, but if you don’t know the story already — and you don’t mind spoilers for The Long Shadow’s cat-and-mouse manhunt — read on for the terrible backstory. The Yorkshire Ripper was the press’ appellation for Peter Sutcliffe, an English serial killer who died at age 74 in 2020. Per The Guardian, a spokesperson for Boris Johnson said that the United Kingdom’s then-prime minister’s thoughts were “with those who lost their lives, the survivors, and with the families and the friends of Sutcliffe’s victims.” Brian Booth, the chairman of the West Yorkshire Police Federation,...
- 3/20/2024
- TV Insider
True crime stories are always interesting to watch because they help us understand the mindset of a killer. There are plenty of reasons why a person becomes a serial killer, and true crime stories allow the viewers to understand the pattern, the Mo and the motive behind such acts. Most of the time, a killer will be a his or her who lived a normal life and became a figure of some standing in his or her locality. The Long Shadow is based on the five-year-long manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer who carried out multiple murders in the suburban UK. The investigation mentioned in the show takes the audience through the late 1970s in England and the kind of atmosphere people lived in.
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Who Was The First Victim?
The Long Shadow is set in the year 1975, when Wilma McCann’s dead body was found near...
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Who Was The First Victim?
The Long Shadow is set in the year 1975, when Wilma McCann’s dead body was found near...
- 10/8/2023
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Exclusive: Toby Jones is to play the solicitor who tried to save Ruth Ellis in ITV’s upcoming drama about the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
Vera producer Silverprint Pictures has rounded out cast on Ruth, with Laurie Davidson (Mary and George), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Joe Armstrong (Happy Valley), Arthur Darvill (Broadchurch), Juliet Stevenson and Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) also boarding.
Based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day For Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show sees Boynton star as Ellis, a nightclub hostess who was hanged at the age of 28 after fatally shooting her abusive lover, David Blakely. Famous hangman Albert Pierrepoint carried out the death sentence at Holloway Prison in 1955. Deadline revealed the project in June.
BAFTA-winner Jones, who is also starring as a detective in ITV’s George Kay-penned drama about the Yorkshire Ripper, will play Ellis’ solicitor John Bickford,...
Vera producer Silverprint Pictures has rounded out cast on Ruth, with Laurie Davidson (Mary and George), Mark Stanley (Happy Valley), Joe Armstrong (Happy Valley), Arthur Darvill (Broadchurch), Juliet Stevenson and Toby Stephens (Die Another Day) also boarding.
Based on Carol Ann Lee’s biography A Fine Day For Hanging: The Real Ruth Ellis Story, the show sees Boynton star as Ellis, a nightclub hostess who was hanged at the age of 28 after fatally shooting her abusive lover, David Blakely. Famous hangman Albert Pierrepoint carried out the death sentence at Holloway Prison in 1955. Deadline revealed the project in June.
BAFTA-winner Jones, who is also starring as a detective in ITV’s George Kay-penned drama about the Yorkshire Ripper, will play Ellis’ solicitor John Bickford,...
- 9/28/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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