Yorkshire's rotting from the inside and everyone's complicit—pray you can look away.
8.0105 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestWhen another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Red Riding is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni, based on the book series of the same name by David Peace. Comprised of the novels 1974 (1999), 1977 (2000), 1980 (2001), and 1983 (2002), with the first, third, and fourth of these became three feature-length television episodes, Red Riding 1974, Red Riding 1980 and Red Riding 1983. Three epic tales of murder, corruption and obsession. Utilising recurring characters and events, the Red Riding Trilogy recounts three series of gruesome crimes over a turbulent decade in Northern England.
Acting
Andrew Garfield's unraveling journalist will wreck you
Cinematography
Yorkshire itself becomes a suffocating character
Direction
Three directors, one coherent nightmare of decay
Creators
David Peace, Tony Grisoni
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each episode was shot on different film stock—1974 on 16mm, 1980 on 35mm, 1983 on Red digital—to visually mirror the era's evolving media landscape.
The real Yorkshire Ripper investigation's botched police work and misogyny directly inspired Peace's novels; the fiction barely exaggerates the actual corruption.
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