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What does The Long Shadow mean?
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ITV renames Peter Sutcliffe drama to ‘The Long Shadow’ for sensitivity

The Yorkshire Ripper was a working title

By Helen Fear
25 Sep 2023, 16:25
Tags: ITV, Peter Sutcliffe, The Long Shadow
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ITV’s powerful new drama about serial killer Peter Sutcliffe was originally called The Yorkshire Ripper, but the name was soon changed to The Long Shadow – so what does it mean?

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Katherine Kelly stars as Emily Jackson in The Long Shadow on ITV1
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Mark Stobbart plays Peter Sutcliffe in The Long Shadow

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ALEXA GODDALL as Sonic MCCann and DYLAN HALL as Richard MCCann, the children of Peter Sutcliffe's first victim
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