Name: The Long Shadow
Released: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Lee Ingleby, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton

TV Show · Crime · Drama

When mother of four Wilma McCann is found murdered near her home in October 1975, DCS Dennis Hoban leads the investigation but is frustrated in his efforts to find her killer. Alongside this we follow another mother, Emily Jackson, as she apprehensively turns to sex work to rescue her family from financial hardship.

2023 · 50m

Starring Lee Ingleby, Jack Deam, Michael McElhatton

Director Lewis Arnold

EPISODE 1

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When a woman is murdered in Leeds, the police struggle to catch her killer; a desperate mother facing financial hardship makes a difficult decision to keep her family afloat.

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EPISODE 2

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The police question Emily's husband after her murder; a woman who survives an attack describes the perpetrator, but her testimony is given little weight.

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EPISODE 3

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The investigation spreads to Bradford with the murder of another young woman, and a female police officer is tasked with dangerous undercover work whose risk is ever present for the real sex workers.

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EPISODE 4

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When another woman survives an attack, detectives hope they are in with a chance of finding their man, and later, a driver in Leeds emerges as a prime suspect.

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EPISODE 5

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The police review previous attacks in an effort to find more victims as the murder rate rises; the delivery of a letter from the murderer enrages George Oldfield.

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EPISODE 6

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As several detectives start to express reservations about the course of the investigation and the reliability of their evidence, West Yorkshire Police issue a large public appeal in the hopes of apprehending the murderer.

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