Drama

Prime Suspect: Tennison, A Trip Back In Time

Ani Bundel

22 Jun 2017 — 3 min read

The prequel to beloved crime drama series Prime Suspect comes to Masterpiece this summer. Entitled Prime Suspect: Tennison, it takes us back to the beginning of the career of one of British television's most famous detectives. It's 1973, and a young Jane Tennison has just joined the force...

DCI Jane Tennison: My voice suddenly got lower, has it? Maybe my knickers are too tight. Listen, I like to be called Governor or The Boss. I don't like Ma'am - I'm not the bloody Queen. So take your pick.

This seems to be the decade of 25th anniversaries, as TV looks back on itself and revives popular programs from the end of the last century. With the Inspector Morse prequel series Endeavour a solid hit, ITV went back this year and did an origin series for another major property of the 1990s, Prime Suspect, which helped rocket Helen Mirren to fame.

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