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Helen Mirren (Teaching Mrs. Tingle/Gosford Park) introduces the character of Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the first of the series Prime Suspect, which aired on PBS in January 1992. There will be five series in all, with a sixth currently set to air in the summer of 2004. When a young woman is found brutally murdered and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, it is passed to Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistance from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full. But she's got the strength to take them all on.
"One of the finest dramas to have graced British screens for years." The Guardian
"A primo mystery! Gritty and graphic." USA Today
"Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect) did more for the Year Of The Woman than all the campaign slogans of 1992 put together." Entertainment Weekly
Editor's Note
Helen Mirren plays tough, chain-smoking London detective Jane Tennison in this highly praised, taut, and sharp-witted mystery program originally produced for PBS. In the first episode, Tennison becomes the first female DCI to lead her own murder investigation. Along the way, stubborn detectives and a hard-to-catch suspect give her more than she bargained for.
Plot Summary
Actress Helen Mirren won acclaim for her performance as Inspector Jane Tennison in this superb British policier.| After a much-loved detective dies in the course of a murder investigation, Tennison manages to convince her superiors to let her take over the case. However, sexism runs rampant in Scotland Yard, and the overwhelmingly male police force resents having a woman in charge. The men immediately set out to undermine her authority by withholding information, providing her with false leads and employing a whole host of delaying tactics.| As Tennison struggles to take control of the situation, she learns that her subordinates' rebelliousness isn't the only problem she has to cope with -- there's a wide-spread web of government corruption, too...
| Features | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English Dolby Surround 5.1 |
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Release Information
| | Studio: HBO |
| Release Date: 9/21/2004 |
| Running Time: 208 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1991 | | Catalog ID: 92020 | | UPC: 00026359202025 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Time Magazine 7 of 10
Rare is a 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.
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