| Prime Suspect | |
|---|---|
 Prime Suspect title | |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by | Lynda La Plante |
| Starring | Helen Mirren |
| Composer | Stephen Warbeck |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 15 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production companies | Granada Television/ITV Productions WGBH Boston/Masterpiece Mystery |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 7 April 1991 – 22 October 2006 |
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Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who rises to the rank of Detective Superintendent while confronting institutionalised sexism within the police force.