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Prime Suspect
Overview
Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.
Key Crew
Producer: Don Leaver, Lynda La Plante, Paul Marcus
Top Cast
Helen Mirren
Jane Tennison
Tom Bell
Bill Otley
Jay Mohr
Bullock
Seasons
Season 0 (2006)
Prime Suspect broke new ground when it first hit TV screens back in 1991, starring aware winning actress Helen Mirren as the tough TV murder squad detective Jane Tennison. The making of Prime Suspect combines unseen footage with exclusive case and crew interviews, revealing all about this groundbreaking series and uncovering the truth behind the fiction. Interviews include real life ex-vice squad detective Jackie Malton, the woman who originally inspired Lynda La Plante to create the award winning show.
1 episodes
Season 1 (1991)
No overview available.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Price to Pay (1)
1991-04-07DCI Shefford dies suddenly whilst investigating a murder case. Jane Tennison is given the opportunity to take over the investigation which involves the brutal murder of a young girl. The girl's body has been badly mutilated and her hands have been tied behind her back. Jane suspects that it is the work of George Marlow. Jane also has to win the respect and approval of her male colleagues.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: Price to Pay (2)
1991-04-08The investigation continues.
Runtime: 103 min
Season 2 (1992)
DCI Jane Tennison's investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Operation Nadine (1)
1992-12-15The body of a teenage girl is found and the investigation leads Jane into a community who distrust the police. Jane has recently had an affair with DS Bob Oswalde and he is assigned to the case. David Harvey confesses to the murder but neither Jane or Bob believe him. Bob is convinced that it is really the girl's young neighbour Tony Allen. Together they are able to discover who the real murderer is.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: Operation Nadine (2)
1992-12-16The investigation continues...
Runtime: 103 min
Season 3 (1993)
Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Keeper of Souls (1)
1993-12-19Transferred to a new station with the new job of 'cleaning up the streets' of Soho, DCI Jane Tennison and her new team become involved in the seedy underworld of vice involving rent boys and transvestites, pornography and sickening abuse.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: The Keeper of Souls (2)
1993-12-20A local photographer is questioned after being caught destroying evidence linking him with the victim, and further searches of his studio reveal some shocking video evidence.
Runtime: 103 min
Season 4 (1995)
No overview available.
3 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Lost Child
1995-04-30Following her promotion, Jane Tennison returns to Southampton Row to head an investigation into the murder of a young child.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: Inner Circles
1995-05-07DS Tennison travels to a residential commuter suburb to investigate a murder which has been staged to look like suicide.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 3: The Scent of Darkness
1995-05-15Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds her private and professional life in tatters when a series of murders lead to her old adversary, George Marlow.
Runtime: 103 min
Season 5 (1996)
Detective Tennison investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Errors of Judgement (1)
1996-10-20Jane Tennison has been transferred from the Met to Manchester and a drug runner is shot dead returning to his apartment and Tennison finds she is hot on the case.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: Errors of Judgement (2)
1996-10-21Tennison's error of judgement has cost a young boy his life. She must use all her ingenuity to trap the man she believes is responsible.
Runtime: 103 min
Season 6 (2003)
Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Last Witness (1)
2003-11-09Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison has a new case when a woman who is found to be an illegal Bosnian refugee is found dead.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: The Last Witness (2)
2003-11-10Tennison travels to Bosnia where she makes a breakthrough, only to find her suspect is protected by the UK government.
Runtime: 103 min
Season 7 (2006)
Retirement looms for Detective Superintendent Tennison, but as her career draws to a close, the body of a missing schoolgirl is found, and the hunt for her killer begins.
2 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Final Act (1)
2006-10-15Tony and Ruth Sturdy's 14 year old daughter Sallie is missing. Due to retire, this could be Tennison's last case: but she has more than this to contend with. Her father is seriously ill and she has turned to alcohol.
Runtime: 103 minEpisode 2: The Final Act (2)
2006-10-22Curtis Flynn flees the scene of his brutal encounter with Tennison. As the end draws near the truth surrounding the death of Sallie finally emerges and the hunt for the killer ends in a shattering confrontation.
Runtime: 103 min
