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COLLECTION · Series · 1991

Prime Suspect

Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.

Source: TMDB
* 7.8 (97)CrimeDramaMysteryUnited Kingdom · United States
Countries
United Kingdom · United States
Studios
ITV1 · GBH · Granada Television · ITV Productions
Release
07/04/1991
Score
7.8 / 10 (97)

Awards and nominations

  • Best Drama Serial
  • Best Sound – Fiction
  • Winner at Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Miniseries
  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Awards — Helen Mirren
  • Winner at Primetime Emmy Awards — Allan Cubitt
  • Winner at Primetime Emmy Awards — Best Drama Serial
  • Winner at Primetime Emmy Awards — Helen Mirren
  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Awards — Edward Mansell
  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Awards — Chris Truelove
  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Awards — Lynda La Plante
  • Winner at Primetime Emmy Awards — Prime Suspect
  • Nominated at Primetime Emmy Awards — Paul Marcus
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
1 episodes · 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.…

Behind the Scenes
Episode 1. Behind the Scenes
2006-08-27 · 103 min

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.

Season 1
Season 1
2 episodes · 1991
Price to Pay (1)
Episode 1. Price to Pay (1)
1991-04-07 · 103 min

DCI 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…

Price to Pay (2)
Episode 2. Price to Pay (2)
1991-04-08 · 103 min

The investigation continues.

Season 2
Season 2
2 episodes · 1992

DCI Jane Tennison's investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit.

Operation Nadine (1)
Episode 1. Operation Nadine (1)
1992-12-15 · 103 min

The 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…

Operation Nadine (2)
Episode 2. Operation Nadine (2)
1992-12-16 · 103 min

The investigation continues...

Season 3
Season 3
2 episodes · 1993

Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police.

The Keeper of Souls (1)
Episode 1. The Keeper of Souls (1)
1993-12-19 · 103 min

Transferred 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.

The Keeper of Souls (2)
Episode 2. The Keeper of Souls (2)
1993-12-20 · 103 min

A 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.

Season 4
Season 4
3 episodes · 1995
The Lost Child
Episode 1. The Lost Child
1995-04-30 · 103 min

Following her promotion, Jane Tennison returns to Southampton Row to head an investigation into the murder of a young child.

Inner Circles
Episode 2. Inner Circles
1995-05-07 · 103 min

DS Tennison travels to a residential commuter suburb to investigate a murder which has been staged to look like suicide.

The Scent of Darkness
Episode 3. The Scent of Darkness
1995-05-15 · 103 min

Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison finds her private and professional life in tatters when a series of murders lead to her old adversary, George Marlow.

Season 5
Season 5
2 episodes · 1996

Detective Tennison investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss.

Errors of Judgement (1)
Episode 1. Errors of Judgement (1)
1996-10-20 · 103 min

Jane 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.

Errors of Judgement (2)
Episode 2. Errors of Judgement (2)
1996-10-21 · 103 min

Tennison'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.

Season 6
Season 6
2 episodes · 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.

The Last Witness (1)
Episode 1. The Last Witness (1)
2003-11-09 · 103 min

Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison has a new case when a woman who is found to be an illegal Bosnian refugee is found dead.

The Last Witness (2)
Episode 2. The Last Witness (2)
2003-11-10 · 103 min

Tennison travels to Bosnia where she makes a breakthrough, only to find her suspect is protected by the UK government.

Season 7
Season 7
2 episodes · 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.

The Final Act (1)
Episode 1. The Final Act (1)
2006-10-15 · 103 min

Tony 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.

The Final Act (2)
Episode 2. The Final Act (2)
2006-10-22 · 103 min

Curtis 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.

Cast by season
Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Jane Tennison
Tom Bell
Tom Bell
Bill Otley
John Benfield
John Benfield
Michael Kernan
John Bowe
John Bowe
George Marlow
Zoë Wanamaker
Zoë Wanamaker
Moyra Henson
Bryan Pringle
Bryan Pringle
Felix Norman
Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson
Peter Rawlins
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