Prime Suspect 1973

6 x 60 minutes

ITV1

Starring: Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison & Alun Armstrong

Writer: Glen Laker

Director: David Caffrey

Producer: Rhonda Smith

Executive Producers: Robert Wulff-Cochrane & Camilla Campbell

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Prime Suspect 1973 rewinds to 1970s London to portray the early career of DCI Jane Tennison (Stefanie Martini). We meet Jane as an ambitious, single-minded 22-year-old probationary officer, starting out as a WPC in a world where chauvinism and rule-bending are the norm.

Jane’s dedicated, instinctive approach is evident from the start as she is thrown into a brutal murder enquiry, witnessing first-hand the devastating effects of violent crime, as well as experiencing tragic ramifications herself.

Immersed in the music, fashion and politics that defined a generation, we follow Jane Tennison as she establishes herself in a man’s world, revealing the complexities of her ambition and personal life that shaped one of television’s most iconic female characters.