“The biggest manhunt in British history.”
Dramatizing one of the most infamously notorious and shocking serial killer cases in the world, the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe, commonly dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, between October 1975 and January 1981, South Yorkshire police undertook the biggest manhunt in British criminal history. The search for Sutcliffe lasted five years, involved over a thousand officers and changed the way the British police worked forever.
Creator: George Kay
Network: ITV1
Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Status
Ended
Michael McElhatton
CC Ronald Gregory
Jack Deam
DI Les Hanley
Lee Ingleby
DCS Jim Hobson
Kris Hitchen
DC John Nunn
Chloe Harris
WPC Jenny Bush
David Morrissey
ACC George Oldfield
Steven Waddington
Dick Holland
John Henshaw
Mike Dugdale
2004