Prime Suspect

1991
5.0
27 reviews
TV-UNRATED
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Series 5 episodes (2)

1 Errors of Judgement Part 1
10/20/96
Season-only
Detective Superintendent Tennison relocates to the Greater Manchester Police for a stint as a community relations officer at local schools. When she complains to her new boss, DCS Ballinger, he assigns her to the shooting case of a young drug dealer.
2 Errors of Judgement Part 2
10/21/96
Season-only
Tennison pegs a corrupt local drug lord as the killer, but somehow he stays one step ahead of her investigation. Is he getting inside information? Meanwhile, Tennison engages in a romantic affair that complicates her life even more.

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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