Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
Finished watching ‘The Long Shadow’ last night. The Yorkshire Ripper case but as well as highlighting the police’s stubbornness and ineptitude, it told the story from the victim’s side. Sutcliffe didn't figure until quite late in the series. Peggy Lee’s version of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ played over the events concerning his last victim, a young student, was particularly moving.
I binged it the last few days on this thread’s recommendation.

It’s very bleak and very riveting.

I remember this time as a child and being scared stiff of my Mam and Nanna being dropped off up the Ringland Club in Newport.
I think that they did a good job in recreating that era.

The early cameo of Sutcliffe at the pub/disco is chilling.
The quiet damnation of the West Yorkshire force in its failings is powerful.

Ultimately though, those poor lasses and the families of those that perished or survived.

“Just Prostitutes”
“Can’t be believed”
“Brought it on themselves”

It’s a compelling watch.