Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect
Prime Suspect title
GenrePolice procedural
Created byLynda La Plante
StarringHelen Mirren
ComposerStephen Warbeck
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time100 minutes
Production companiesGranada Television/ITV Productions
WGBH Boston/Masterpiece Mystery
Original release
NetworkITV
Release7 April 1991 (1991-04-07) –
22 October 2006 (2006-10-22)
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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.