Helen Mirren
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison
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- 1. Prime Suspect 1 Apr 7, 1991
- DCI Tennison inherits a murder case that proves more complex than it first appears.
- 2. Prime Suspect 2 Apr 8, 1991
- DCI Jane Tennison continues her quest to trap murder suspect George Marlow.
Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London 's Metropolitan Police Service, who rises to the rank of Detective Superintendent while confronting institutionalised sexism within the police force.
- 7 April 1991 –, 22 October 2006
- ITV
Prime Suspect: With Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, Craig Fairbrass. A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
- (8.8K)
- 1992-01-23
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 207
January 22, 1992. 1 h 43 min. 18+. In the opening series, D.C.I. Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation--something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors time and again. With a suspect already identified and her own team openly hostile, she uncovers errors and conflicting facts ...
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison (Dame Helen Mirren) has been passed over time and again to lead a murder investigation, so when one of her fellow DCIs has a heart attack just before he's ready to charge their prime suspect, Jane sees her chance to lead a murder investigation. But the murder squad she takes over is hostile to her, the ...
Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act: With Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood, Eve Best. Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a missing girl.
- (3.4K)
- 2006-11-12
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- 182
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Prime Suspect. This BAFTA-winning drama from acclaimed novelist Lynda La Plante follows Detective Inspector Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren in a genre-defining performance), a skilled detective who battles to prove herself in a male-dominated world.
Oscar winner Helen Mirren is Detective Jane Tennison, 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.
