Katherine Kelly, David Morrissey, Toby Jones and Daniel Mays star in ITV's The Long Shadow
ITV has explained its decision not to feature any of Peter Sutcliffe’s shocking violence in its new drama about the serial killer.
Read more: ITV explain why they changed the controversial title of new Peter Sutcliffe drama series Director Lewis Arnold explained: “That was a decision we made as storytellers beyond it being a craft thing. If that had been part of the show I don’t think I’d have taken the show.” “We see life continue and life changed by these crimes. That was a really important part of revisiting these well-documented crimes. You see so many documentaries about this story. I wanted to pitch something with a bigger canvass with crime and the effects of crime. Without that, I think you can get a lot of this stuff from a documentary.”