Before she was Helen Mirren's icon, she was a 22-year-old rookie drowning in sexism and dead bodies.
10.041 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestPrime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.
Production
Hackney locations reeking of authentic 1973 grime and cigarette smoke
Acting
Martini's simmering restraint — every swallowed insult lands like a gut punch
Creator
Lynda La Plante
Stefanie Martini
Jane Tennison
Sam Reid
DI Len Bradfield
Blake Harrison
DS Spencer Gibbs
Alun Armstrong
Clifford Bentley
Jessica Gunning
WPC Kath Morgan
Joshua Hill
DC Edwards
Jordan Long
DS Paul Lawrence
Geraldine Somerville
Joyce Tennison
Nicholas Sidi
Andrew Tennison
Nick Nevern
Danny Mitcham
Anthony Skordi
Silas Manatos
Rosie Day
Pam Tennison
Charles Walters
DC Regan
Jay Taylor
David Bentley
Ruth Sheen
Renee Bentley
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