Emmerdale star Daz Spencer, played by Mark Jordan, looked unrecognisable as he returns to screens four years later as a murder suspect in the new Yorkshire Ripper drama, The Long Shadow. The Yorkshire Ripper has been the subject of many documentaries and dramas since his arrest in 1981, including Netflix’ s The Ripper and an episode of Crimes That Shook Britain. But The Long Shadow focuses less on serial killer Peter Sutcliffe and more on his victims.