The Long Shadow
2023 · Miniseries · ★ 7.5 · 82% critics
This 2023 miniseries dramatizes the long, high-stakes hunt for a notorious serial killer, tracking how a major police investigation unfolded between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. Spanning years, it shows the scale of the manhunt and the lasting changes it sparked in how policing is done.
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Streaming on AMC+.
6 hours to watch · 7 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-09-25
- Network
- ITV1
- Language
- English
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (73 votes)
About
If you like true-crime dramas that focus on the victims’ lives and the investigation’s failures, The Long Shadow may hit home; Not for you if you want a faster, more sensational “cat-and-mouse” thriller like Manhunt or Des.
Pros: victim-focused storytelling; 70s atmosphere; realistic investigation flaws | Cons: slow pacing at times; limited tension; some characters felt flat
Themes
- prostitute
- 1970s
- police
- based on true story
- murder
- serial killer
- man hunt
- series of murders
- true crime
- murder investigation
- english police
- north of england
- +1 more
Cast & crew
Michael McElhatton
as CC Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam
as DI Les Hanley
Lee Ingleby
as DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen
as DC John Nunn
Ben Cartwright
as Michael Baxter
Alexa Goodall
as Sonia McCann
Sorcha Groundsell
as Nicola Briggs
- DH
Dylan Hall
as Richard McCann
Rebecca Hanssen
as Pat Jackson
Chloe Harris
as WPC Jenny Bush
Directed by Lewis Arnold
Episodes1 season · 7 episodes
Season 17 episodes
- S1E1Episode 150mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E2Episode 248mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E3Episode 348mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E4Episode 448mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E5Episode 548mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E6Episode 648mAmazon Prime VideoApple TV+
- S1E7Episode 748mAmazon Prime Video