Prime Suspect
Episode 1
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 1991-04-07
Synopsis
Jane Tennison is a Detective Chief Inspector assigned to Southampton Row Police Station in Central London. She is repeatedly passed over for major cases but, following the death of a Senior Investigating Officer, DCI Shefford, she is given the opportunity to take over his investigation which involves the brutal murder of a young girl. The girl's body has been badly mutilated, and her hands have been tied behind her back. Forensic evidence puts a suspect in the frame.
In the series
This episode is part of Prime Suspect (1991–2006) on ITV.
Jane Tennison breaks the boys’ club — prestige British crime as event import.
Key cast
- Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison
- Tom Bell as Bill Otley
- John Benfield as Michael Kernan