Prime Suspect

1991
5.0
27 reviews
TV-UNRATED
Rating
Eligible
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Series 2 episodes (2)

1 Part 1
12/15/92
Season-only
Tennison has proven herself and won her colleagues' grudging respect. When she is assigned to head a murder inquiry in the African Caribbean community, it seems further evidence that her star is on the rise.
2 Part 2
12/16/92
Season-only
Suddenly she's in the thick of a racial controversy, working with a black detective who is also her former lover (guest star Colin Salmon, Keen Eddie), and dealing with prejudice in the field and on her team. Tennison begins to wonder if she's been handed a plum case or hung out to dry.

About this show

Oscar winner Helen Mirren is Detective Jane Tennison, "one of the great character creations of our time" (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.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
27 reviews
Patricia Gaines
October 20, 2015
Love Helen Mirren
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