The gritty true crime drama is coming to ITV1 and ITVX later this month.

By Morgan Cormack

Published: Friday, 01 September 2023 at 12:07 PM


We finally have our first proper look at upcoming ITV true crime drama The Long Shadow, in a brand new trailer for the series.

The new drama, which is set to air this month, boasts a star-studded cast including Toby Jones (Detectorists), David Morrissey (Sherwood) and Daniel Mays (Line of Duty), among many others.

The series comes from Hijack and Lupin screenwriter George Kay and is directed by Lewis Arnold (Des, Sherwood), so you know it’s going to be an enthralling and gripping watch.

The Long Shadow will explore the desperate five-year hunt for serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, commonly referred to as The Yorkshire Ripper.

Toby Jones as DCS Dennis Hoban and Lee Ingleby as DCS Jim Hobson talking in a field in The Long Shadow.
Toby Jones as DCS Dennis Hoban and Lee Ingleby as DCS Jim Hobson in The Long Shadow.
ITV

In the new trailer for the series, we see detectives visit various crime scenes while also listening to women give their witness testimonies, referring to the suspect as having “dark coloured eyes”.

As the manhunt gets under way, another body of a 28-year-old woman is found in the Prince Philip Playing Fields and we soon see a crew of female police officers looking on at the crime scene.

Jill Halfpenny, who plays Doreen Hill in the series, is seen talking to press about needing to find the person who killed her daughter, while Jones’s DCS Dennis Hoban looks increasingly stressed as people’s lives continue to be impacted and the investigation continues.

Watch the trailer below.