Trivia

The title of the trilogy, "Red Riding," derives from two main sources-Yorkshire, the location of the crimes, and Red Riding Hood, the traditional tale. Yorkshire, a county of England, is divided into three sections or "ridings." The action takes place in the West Riding. One of the girls who goes missing is wearing a red anorak or hooded jacket, and one of the attackers bears the nickname, Wolf.

The curry house Sean Bean uses was the 'Koh-I-Noor' in Bradford on Simes Street. The building still stands, but a different business is now there.

The television trailers for all three Red Riding episodes bore the tagline "Based on True Events." Nevertheless, none of the characters, nor the murder victims, bear the names of real people and only a few have obvious real-life models.

Red Riding is a British crime drama limited series written by Tony Grisoni and based on the book series of the same name by David Peace. The series comprises the novels Nineteen Seventy-Four (1999), Nineteen Seventy-Seven (2000), Nineteen Eighty (2001) and Nineteen Eighty-Three (2002), and the first, third, and fourth of these novels became three feature-length television episodes, Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009), Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009), and Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009). They aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 beginning on 5 March 2009. The three episodes were released theatrically in the United States between 5 and 11 February 2010, by IFC Films.

Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to adapt the novels and films into a theatrical film. The studio was negotiating with Ridley Scott in October 2009 to direct.