Prime Suspect

by Deborah Jermyn

April 7 1991 saw the broadcast of the first instalment of Prime Suspect, a new crime series by screenwriter Lynda La Plante, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. The drama focused on the desperate efforts of the Metropolitan Police to catch and convict a serial killer targeting women in a series of particularly gruesome attacks, while Tennison battles male colleagues who resent her taking charge of the case. Over seven series, Prime Suspect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1844573052
• ISBN13: 9781844573059
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: British Film Institute
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.4"