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<\/p>\nEmmerdale actor Mark Jordon looked completely different as he appeared a murder suspect in new ITV drama The Long Shadow, based on catching the Yorkshire Ripper.<\/p>\n
In the scene, DCS George Oldfield and his colleague quizzed a number of people in an interview room as they tried to track down the Yorkshire Ripper.<\/p>\n
Mark played an innocent taxi driver who bore a resemblance to a picture a surviving victim had drawn of the man who had attacked her.<\/p>\n
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He had been in a bank of taxi drivers who drove a white car, which had been pointed out by a victim, and had happened to be in a number of the same locations as the attacks.<\/p>\n
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Mark looked totally different from the cheerful Daz Spencer on Emmerdale, and was seen with a headful of long grey curls as he looked worn down and dishevelled during the interview. <\/p>\n
The actor has been very busy since leaving the Dales in 2019, as he has welcomed two children with his former co-star Laura Norton, who plays Kerry Wyatt.<\/p>\n
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Mark joined the cast of Emmerdale in August 2017 and became a regular cast member until he was written out in 2019 when he was exposed as Amelia's real father instead of her uncle.<\/p>\n
The actor is also well known for playing PC Phil Bellamy in the hit TV series Heartbeat.<\/p>\n
He and wife Laura recently spoke out about their private heartbreak after revealing their two children have been diagnosed with Usher syndrome, which affects sight and hearing.<\/p>\n
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Their son Jesse and daughter Ronnie have both got the rare genetic disease, and Mark told Hello magazine: "We've agonised about doing this before we've even told our children about their condition… we're going to write them a letter to explain why we did this and show then when they're old enough to understand."<\/p>\n
Laura added: "Knowing that we'd passed this on to our son was heart-breaking, to watch our little boy enjoy the world around him yet know so much will be taken from him, was painful."<\/p>\n
The Long Shadow airs on Mondays at 9pm on ITV1.<\/p>\n