This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
| This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Neil McKay |
| Directed by | David Richards |
| Starring |
Alun Armstrong Richard Ridings James Laurenson |
| Theme music composer | Hal Lindes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Jeff Pope Mark Redhead |
| Producer(s) | Mike Dormer |
| Cinematography | Peter Greenhalgh |
| Editor(s) | Nick McPhee |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Granada Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 26 January – 2 February 2000 |
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper is a 2000 British television miniseries, first shown on ITV from 26 January to 2 February 2000. It starred Alun Armstrong, Richard Ridings and James Laurenson. It is a dramatisation of the real-life investigation into the notorious Yorkshire Ripper murders of the late 1970s, showing the effect that it had on the health and career of Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield who led the enquiry.
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial at the 2001 ceremony.[1] It was released on DVD on 7 January 2013.
Cast
- Alun Armstrong as Assistant Chief Constable George Oldfield
- Richard Ridings as Detective Superintendent Dick Holland
- James Laurenson as Chief Constable Ronald Gregory
- John Duttine as Detective Chief Superintendent Jim Hobson
- Gerard Horan as Detective Chief Superintendent John Domaille
- Stephen Moore as Professor David Gee
- Craig Cheetham as Peter Sutcliffe
- Claire Webzell as Sonia Sutcliffe
- Paul Angelis as Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Ridgeway
- Sue Cleaver as Sylvia Holland
- Kimberley Walsh as Gillian Oldfield
- Mark Benton as Terence Hawkshaw
Production
The film was directed by David Richards and written by Neil McKay. The production was headed by ITV executive producer Jeff Pope, who used it as the first feature in a trilogy of films about the most notorious murder cases of the past century (the later films being See No Evil: The Moors Murders and the award winning Appropriate Adult).
References
- ↑ "This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 21 February 2014.