Prime Suspect (1991) (original) (raw)

Oscar winner Helen Mirren is Detective Jane Tennison, "one of the great character creations of our time" (The Washington Post), in a series that won more than 20 major international awards and raised the bar for police dramas. Tenacious, driven, and deeply flawed, Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain's Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons. "Rare is the drama that works so well on two levels: as a crackling whodunit and as a finely tuned character study of a strong but insecure woman trying to prove herself in a man's world" ...(more)

Oscar winner Helen Mirren is Detective Jane Tennison, "one of the great character creations of our time" (The Washington Post), in a series that won more than 20 major international awards and raised the bar for police dramas. Tenacious, driven, and deeply flawed, Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain's Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons. "Rare is the drama that works so well on two levels: as a crackling whodunit and as a finely tuned character study of a strong but insecure woman trying to prove herself in a man's world" (Time).
In Series 1, DCI Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation after years of being passed over by her male supervisors. (less)

Directors: Christopher Menaul, John Strickland, David Drury, Sarah Pia Anderson, Phil Davis, Tom Hooper
Writers: Lynda La Plante, Allan Cubitt, Eric Deacon, Meredith Oakes, Guy Andrews, Peter Berry
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe, Richard Hawley, Zo� Wanamaker
Producer: Sally Head

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