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Sonia Szurma-Woodward [1] (née Oksana Szurma; born 10 August 1950), [2] known as Sonia Sutcliffe, is the former wife of the British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. [3]
Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter Coonan, was an English serial killer who was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1980. [2]: 144 He was dubbed in press reports as the Yorkshire Ripper, an allusion to the Victorian serial killer Jack the Ripper.
The police struggle to find the murderer of a woman in Leeds and a married mother has to make a difficult decision. Guest cast: Ben Cartwright as Michael Baxter, Alexa Goodall as Sonia McCann, Dylan Hall as Richard McCann, Katherine Kelly as Emily Jackson, Brian McCardie as Steve Rawton, Gemma Laurie as Wilma McCann, Michael Parr as Paul Hughe, Rebecca Hanssen as Pat Jackson, Melanie Kilburn ...
In 2023, Winward played Sonia Sutcliffe—wife of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe—in the critically acclaimed true crime miniseries, The Long Shadow, [8] which marked her return to television after working as an acting teacher.
Edna Sutcliffe – Pete's mother, only seen once in the Christmas Special, where Pete forgot her and she stayed behind the bar overnight. She is mentioned as having died by the 2019 Christmas special; Celebrant (Anna Maxwell Martin) – at Smithy and Sonia's abandoned wedding; Betty (Hazel Douglas) – A neighbour of Pam and Mick's. She is only ...
This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper is a British television crime drama miniseries, first shown on ITV from 26 January to 2 February 2000. The series 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 (Alun Armstrong ...
Another libel case in May 1989 threatened the magazine's existence when it was ordered to pay £600,000 in damages following an action for libel by Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Hislop told reporters waiting outside the High Court: "If that's justice, then I'm a banana."
The series was notable for breaking new ground and introducing controversial subject matter. The premiere of the series was promoted heavily in media with newspaper advertisements that described it as "Tonight, Australian television loses its virginity" [1] and it followed the lives of residents living in a four-storey city apartment block at the fictional 96 Lindsay Street, Paddington.