Detective Chief Superintendent Maurice Jobson is forced to remember the very similar disappearance of Clare Kemplay, who was found dead in 1974, and the subsequent imprisonment of local boy Michael Myshkin. Washed-up local solicitor John Piggott becomes convinced of Myshkin's innocence and begins to fight on his behalf, unwittingly providing a catalyst for Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Acting
David Morrissey's guilt—physical, unspoken, crushing.
Cinematography
Yorkshire as moral wasteland: gray, wet, inescapable.
Direction
Tucker lets horror live in what's NOT shown.
Director
Anand Tucker
David Morrissey
Maurice Jobson
Lisa Howard
Judith Jobson
Chris Walker
Jim Prentice
Shaun Dooley
Dick Alderman
Jim Carter
Harold Angus
Warren Clarke
Bill Molloy
Sean Bean
John Dawson
Sean Harris
Bob Craven
Steven Robertson
Bob Fraser
Tony Mooney
Tommy Douglas
Tony Pitts
John Nolan
Michelle Dockery
Kathryn Tyler
Mark Addy
John Piggott
Daniel Mays
Michael Myshikin
Robert Sheehan
BJ
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely inspired by the real Yorkshire Ripper investigation and its catastrophic police failures, including misogyny and class bias that let Peter Sutcliffe murder 13 women.
Jobson's arc across all three Red Riding films—silent enabler to shattered witness—mirrors how Britain itself slowly confronted institutional abuse decades too late.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
GB
