Prime suspect

  • NewsStewart Turner

    Prime Suspect writer attacks ‘appalling’ levels of sex and violence on TV

    Prime Suspect creator Lynda La Plante has blasted the “appalling” levels of sex and violence in today’s TV crime dramas.

  • NewsJaye Nolan, TV Blogger

    6 Detectives Whose Origins We'd Love To See

    Tennison marks the 25th anniversary of Lynda la Plante’s brilliant police procedural, which starred national treasure Helen Mirren as the no-nonsense detective, Jane Tennison, from 1991 to 2006. Stefanie Martini (Doctor Thorne) takes on the lead role, as we see a 22 year old Tennison beginning her career in tough 1970’s Hackney, dealing with the chauvinism of high ranking officers along with the violence of the criminal fraternity.