12 Facts About Prime Suspect

1.

Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante.

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2.

Prime Suspect focusses on a no-nonsense female Detective Chief Inspector, Jane Tennison, who is an officer in the Metropolitan Police, initially at the fictional Southampton Row police station.

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3.

Prime Suspect's is promoted to Detective Superintendent in series 4 and retires from policing at the end of series 7.

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4.

Prime Suspect is set mostly in London and surrounding areas, but series 5 is set in Manchester.

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5.

Prime Suspect 4 is an exception at slightly over five hours, with three separate cases.

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6.

Prime Suspect's returned to play the character in 2003 and again in 2006.

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7.

Prime Suspect was produced by Granada Television for the ITV network.

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8.

Prime Suspect won Best Drama Serial once more for series three, and was nominated four other times.

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9.

Prime Suspect's won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie twice, with four additional nominations.

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10.

Prime Suspect 3 was awarded a Peabody Award in 1993 for its realistic scenes and dialogue.

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11.

In 1997 a short spoof episode Prime Suspect Cracker was produced for the BBC's biennial Red Nose Day charity telethon in aid of Comic Relief.

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12.

Six-part prequel, Prime Suspect 1973, was announced in 2015 by ITV, based on the book Tennison by Lynda La Plante, adapted by Glen Laker.

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