ITV Orders Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders

The U.K.-based indie Impossible Factual has been commissioned by ITV for the documentary series Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders.

The two-parter investigates a string of unsolved murders and attacks for which Peter Sutcliffe remains a prime suspect, even after his death. It is slated to air on ITV on February 23 and 24.

Based on the book of the same name by former police intelligence officer Chris Clark and investigative journalist Tim Tate, the series pieces together evidence that indicates that Sutcliffe is the perpetrator of more than 20 unsolved murders and at least five unsolved attempted murders in England. Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders is directed by Adam Luria.

Luria said: “Even those familiar with the Sutcliffe saga will be shocked by the true scale of his crimes revealed in this series, far beyond his perceived hunting grounds in the North of England, stretching back years before his earliest confirmed victims and including three of the longest miscarriages of justice in British history. Our exclusive interviews with friends and families of victims whose murders remain officially ‘unsolved’ shine a light on the full extent and fallout of Sutcliffe’s offending and provide a powerful call for justice for the loved ones of his ‘secret’ victims.”