TV SERIES · 1991

Prime Suspect

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller103 min per episode

In London’s Metropolitan Police, Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison steps into major murder investigations where the evidence is difficult, the suspects are slippery, and many of the men around her assume she does not belong in charge. Each case forces her to build an inquiry under pressure, chasing leads, interviewing witnesses, and pushing through procedural dead ends while the clock and the press bear down. At the same time, the job becomes a fight inside the station house, as Tennison faces open hostility, petty obstruction, and institutional sexism from colleagues who would rather see her fail than solve the crime. Helen Mirren anchors a series that follows both the hunt for the killer and the battle to be taken seriously while leading it.