2 x 120min film for Granada Television - 1991

Writer: Lynda La Plante

Producer: Don Leaver

Director: Chris Menaul

Starring: Helen Mirren

PRIME SUSPECT features the debut of the tough, chain-smoking London detective Jane Tennison. Hired into a boys' club Police Department to solve an ongoing investigation involving a police cover-up, Tennison is at first met with resentment and aggression from her male co-workers. Eventually, however, her outstanding capability wins them over.