Prime Suspect 1
Jane Tennison is a detective chief inspector assigned to Southampton Row Police Station in Central London. She is repeatedly passed over for major cases but, following the death of a senior investigating officer, she is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation. The crime involves the brutal murder of a young woman whose body has been badly mutilated.
Christopher Menaul
Director
Lynda La Plante
Writer
Casts & Crew
Helen Mirren
DCI Jane Tennison
John Benfield
DCS Kernan
Tom Bell
DS Bill Otley
Zoë Wanamaker
Moyra Henson
John Bowe
George Marlowe
Andrew Tiernan
DC Rosper
Craig Fairbrass
DI Frank Burkin
Tom Wilkinson
Peter Rawlins
Mark Spalding
DC Oakhill
Philip Wright
DC Lillie
Jack Ellis
DI Tony Muddyman
Mossie Smith
WPC Maureen Havers
Ralph Fiennes
Michael
John Forgeham
DCI John Shefford
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