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Lynda La Plante (written by)
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23 January 1992 (USA)
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A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades. full summary | add synopsis
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11 wins
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6 nominations
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(28 articles)
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Masterpiece Contemporary executive producer Rebecca Eaton talks a new season and future plan
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(From HeyUGuys. 14 November 2009, 1:11 PM, PST)
Masterpiece Contemporary executive producer Rebecca Eaton talks a new season and future plan
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Helen Mirren | ... | DCI Jane Tennison | |
| Tom Bell | ... | DS Bill Otley | |
| John Benfield | ... | DCS Michael Kernan | |
| John Bowe | ... | George Marlow | |
| Zoë Wanamaker | ... | Moyra Henson | |
| Bryan Pringle | ... | Felix Norman | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | Peter Rawlins | |
| John Forgeham | ... | DCI John Shefford | |
| Gary Whelan | ... | DS Terry Amson | |
| Jack Ellis | ... | DI Tony Muddyman | |
| Craig Fairbrass | ... | D.I. Frank Burkin | |
| Ian Fitzgibbon | ... | DC Jones | |
| Mossie Smith | ... | WPC Maureen Havers | |
| Philip Wright | ... | DC Lillie | |
| Andrew Tiernan | ... | DC Rosper |
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Mobil Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect (USA) (pre-release title)
Prime Suspect 1
Prime Suspect 1: A Price to Pay (Europe) (DVD title)
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Prime Suspect 1
Prime Suspect 1: A Price to Pay (Europe) (DVD title)
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207 min (2 parts)
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Lynda La Plante made this film after watching reality-TV crime shows. After calling Scotland Yard and learning that there were only four female DCIs, she interviewed one of them (Jackie Malton), who impressed her so much that La Plante decided to base the plot on Malton's experiences during her career.
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[talking about a murdered woman in a reconstruction on the TV]
Pam: She was a pretty girl.
Mrs. Tennison: That's not the real girl. That's someone dressed up to look like her.
Mr. Tennison: They can't have the real girl, woman, because she's dead!
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Pam: She was a pretty girl.
Mrs. Tennison: That's not the real girl. That's someone dressed up to look like her.
Mr. Tennison: They can't have the real girl, woman, because she's dead!
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Featured in "Drama Connections: Prime Suspect (#1.6)" (2005)
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Normally when things are this good you predict 'it's all downhill from here' but with this series things never dip really - small bumps in the road perhaps but the quality is uniformly high.
These are close on four hour dramas. They weren't shown in one stretch on the telly but if you get the boxed set that's how they'll be presented - with no pauses in between and no signs of where they would have gone either. (Thank you British television.)
Episode I is written by the creator of the series and it's nigh on perfect with all the stacked decks where you want them and a masterful revelation of the lead character 'gradually'. Tom Wilkinson great in a small supporting role.
This one has everything and some of the sequels won't have it as well. Upon viewing the start of episode two the girlfriend immediately blurted 'one was cacophony in the station room - this one is a light hum'. You want that cacophony and this one has it.
Get comfortable for you're in for a heady four hour ride.