Prime Suspect

Disc 1
In the opening series, D.C.I. Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation—something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors time and again. With a suspect already identified and her own team openly hostile, she uncovers errors and conflicting facts that point to a cover-up within the force. Is this a single murder or the latest act of a serial killer? Tennison refuses to back off the investigation.

Disc 2
Tennison has proven herself and won her colleagues’ grudging respect. When she is assigned to head a murder inquiry in the African Caribbean community, it seems further evidence that her star is on the rise. Suddenly she’s in the thick of a racial controversy, working with a black detective who is also her former lover (guest star Colin Salmon, Keen Eddie), and dealing with prejudice in the field and on her team. Tennison begins to wonder if she’s been handed a plum case or hung out to dry.

Disc 3
DCI Tennison has been transferred to a new station and a new assignment: getting prostitutes off the streets of Soho. But when a 17-year-old rent boy is burned to death, her superiors aren’t keen on her investigating the murder. The victim was a regular at a center for homeless kids run by Edward Parker-Jones, the darling of the department. As if matters aren’t thorny enough, a former lover comes to town and causes Tennison to question her life.

Discs 4 & 5
The newly promoted Detective Superintendent Tennison moves among stations to head high-profile cases for the Area Major Investigation Team. A wrenching personal decision colors her search for an abducted toddler in The Lost Child. In Inner Circles, the manager of an exclusive country club is found dead in his home, and fingers point to the residents of a local housing project. The Scent of Darkness finds Tennison happy in her private life, but strained at work. New murders cast doubt on a case she solved previously, to the delight of an old adversary.

Disc 6
Detective Superintendent Tennison relocates to the Greater Manchester Police for a stint as a community relations officer at local schools. When she complains to her new boss, DCS Ballinger, he assigns her to the shooting case of a young drug dealer. Tennison pegs a corrupt local drug lord as the killer, but somehow he stays one step ahead of her investigation. Is he getting inside information? Meanwhile, Tennison engages in a romantic affair that complicates her life even more.

Disc 7
Tennison is being pressured to retire by her male colleagues. Instead, she takes on a high-profile case, the torture and murder of a young Bosnian refugee. When her prime suspect turns out to be a "minor" war criminal, Tennison meets resistance from her superiors, struggles with ambitious underlings, and uncovers buried secrets. Her career now at risk, she realizes she has little else left in her life and everything to fight for.

Discs 8 & 9
In the final series, Detective Superintendent Tennison is pushing 60 and facing the death of her father. Alcohol, loneliness, and the job have taken their toll, but she is determined to end her exemplary career by solving one more case: the brutal murder of schoolgirl Sallie Sturdy. Weeks away from retirement and struggling to stay afloat, Tennison forms an emotional bond with Sallie’s closest friend, Penny Philips, and unwittingly puts the teenager’s life in danger.

• Behind-the-scenes special (50 minutes)
• Behind-the-scenes featurette (23 minutes)
• Text interview with Helen Mirren
• Biography of Helen Mirren
• Photo gallery
• Cast filmographies

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:Approximately 25 hours
Format:Full screen (Series 1-5), Widescreen (Series 6-7)
Number of discs:9
Language:English
Subtitles:No
Color or B&W:Color
CC:Yes, Series 7
SDH:Yes, Series 1-6
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:4:3 (Series 1-5), 16:9 (Series 6-7)
Rating:NR

"One of the great character creations of our time"—The Washington Post

"Superlative"—Entertainment Weekly

"A perfect marriage of astoundingly talented actress and brilliantly conceived character"—USA Today

"Powerful"—The New York Times

"Brilliant, complexly layered"—Los Angeles Times

"Compelling"—The New York Times

"Outstanding"—The Boston Herald

"Perhaps the greatest role and performance of a female police detective, ever"—San Francisco Chronicle

"Tight thriller"—Houston Chronicle

"Fascinating"—The Washington Post

"A knockout performance from Mirren"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A masterpiece"—USA Today

"Magnificent acting and well-crafted mystery"—The Boston Herald

"Heartbreaking, penetrating crime drama"—USA Today

"Riveting"—The Boston Globe

"A-, Mirren delivers another nuanced performance as the female detective who is at once strong but lonely, capable but flawed."—Boston Herald

"An intriguing dark mystery that will have most viewers guessing who the murderer is until the end. But Mirren's vivid portrait of the thorny Tennison makes the whodunit aspect of the mini-series almost secondary"—Chicago Tribune

"Of all the fine film and TV work Mirren has done, however, nothing can compare with her portrait of London Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison in the "Prime Suspect" series launched 16 years ago."—Connecticut Post

"A"—Entertainment Weekly

"Excellent - The performance is brilliant."—San Francisco Chronicle

"5 Stars - A prime finality that befits Mirren."—Orlando Sentinel

"If you want to see just how incredible an actress Helen Mirren"—Boston NOW

"The amazing Helen Mirren does her last turn as detective Jane Tennison."—New York Post

"With Helen Mirren at the fore, this BBC series enlivened and enriched the mystery genre, A-."—Christian Science Monitor

"This is the one detective show you shouldn’t miss -- it’s the best"—Home Theater Sound

"A landmark piece of television"—San Francisco Chronicle

"A perfect marriage of astoundingly talented actress and brilliantly conceived character"—USA Today

"One of the best British cop mystery series to ever see the light of day"—Metro Magazine

"Mirren’s performance in the previous six Prime Suspect installments has been stunning."—Metro Magazine

"4 Stars - Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison is one of television's great characters, and since the first "Prime Suspect" in 1991, Helen Mirren has never been less than fascinating. I think the final, three-hour episode from last November is the best of them all."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Prime Suspect: The Final Act" is an intriguing dark mystery that will have most viewers guessing who the murderer is until the end, but Mirren's vivid portrait of the thorny Tennison — who is so desperate to solve the case and go out with her head held high - makes the whodunit aspect of the miniseries almost secondary."—Daily News of Los Angeles

"Outstanding conclusion, unlike The Sopranos let me say, perfect conclusion to great series…probably the greatest female detective ever done on television …perfect closure to this series…fabulous ending to the series…"—NPR

"A poignant and brilliant conclusion"—The Boston Globe

American Cinema Editors USA, Eddie Award Winner for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television (2007) BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Drama Serial (2007)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Editing Fiction/Entertainment

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Writer (2007)

BAFTA TV Award Winner for Best Actress (Helen Mirren, 1992)

BAFTA TV Award Winner for Best Drama Serial (1992)

BAFTA TV Award Winner for Best Film or Video Editor (Fiction, 1992)

BAFTA TV Award Winner for Best Film or Video Photography (Fiction, 1992)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Actor (Tom Bell, 1992)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Actress (Zoë Wanamaker, 1992)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Design (1992)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Original Television Music (1992)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Sound (Fiction, 1992)

Banff Television Festival Grand Prize Award Winner (1992)

Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner for Best Actress (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner for Best Actress (Helen Mirren, 1992)

Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner for Best Single Drama (1992)

Edgar Allan Poe Award Winner for Best Television Feature or Miniseries (Lynda La Plante, 1993)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (2007)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (2007)

Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Miniseries (2007)

Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (2007)

Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2007)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Winner for Best Actor – Female (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Nomination for Best Drama Serial (2007)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Winner for Best Actor – Female (Helen Mirren, 1992)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Winner for Best Single Drama (1992)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Winner for Best Writer (Lynda La Plante, 1992)

Television Critics Association Award Nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Television Critics Association Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement Movies, Mini-Series and Specials (2007)

Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award Nomination for TV-Drama Serial (1992)

• 50-minute behind-the-scenes feature
• Photo gallery
• Cast filmographies

Packaging:Thinpak
Run Time:184 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:2
Language:English
Subtitles:N/A
Color or B&W:Color
CC:Yes
SDH:No
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Rating:N/A

"Perhaps the greatest role and performance of a female police detective, ever"—San Francisco Chronicle

"A-, Mirren delivers another nuanced performance as the female detective who is at once strong but lonely, capable but flawed."—Boston Herald

"An intriguing dark mystery that will have most viewers guessing who the murderer is until the end. But Mirren's vivid portrait of the thorny Tennison makes the whodunit aspect of the mini-series almost secondary"—Chicago Tribune

"Of all the fine film and TV work Mirren has done, however, nothing can compare with her portrait of London Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison in the "Prime Suspect" series launched 16 years ago."—Connecticut Post

"A"—Entertainment Weekly

"Excellent - The performance is brilliant."—San Francisco Chronicle

"5 Stars - A prime finality that befits Mirren."—Orlando Sentinel

"Outstanding conclusion, unlike The Sopranos let me say, perfect conclusion to great series…probably the greatest female detective ever done on television …perfect closure to this series…fabulous ending to the series…"—NPR

"4 Stars - Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison is one of television's great characters, and since the first "Prime Suspect" in 1991, Helen Mirren has never been less than fascinating. I think the final, three-hour episode from last November is the best of them all."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Prime Suspect: The Final Act" is an intriguing dark mystery that will have most viewers guessing who the murderer is until the end, but Mirren's vivid portrait of the thorny Tennison — who is so desperate to solve the case and go out with her head held high - makes the whodunit aspect of the miniseries almost secondary."—Daily News of Los Angeles

"If you want to see just how incredible an actress Helen Mirren"—Boston NOW

"The amazing Helen Mirren does her last turn as detective Jane Tennison."—New York Post

"With Helen Mirren at the fore, this BBC series enlivened and enriched the mystery genre, A-."—Christian Science Monitor

"This is the one detective show you shouldn’t miss -- it’s the best"—Home Theater Sound

"A landmark piece of television"—San Francisco Chronicle

"A perfect marriage of astoundingly talented actress and brilliantly conceived character"—USA Today

"One of the best British cop mystery series to ever see the light of day"—Metro Magazine

"Mirren’s performance in the previous six Prime Suspect installments has been stunning."—Metro Magazine

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Drama Serial (2007)

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Editing Fiction/Entertainment

BAFTA TV Award Nomination for Best Writer (2007)

American Cinema Editors USA, Eddie Award Winner for Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television (2007)

Broadcasting Press Guild Award Winner for Best Actress (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (2007)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (2007)

Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Miniseries (2007)

Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (2007)

Golden Globe Award Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2007)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Winner for Best Actor – Female (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Royal Television Society (UK) Award Nomination for Best Drama Serial (2007)

Television Critics Association Award Nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama (Helen Mirren, 2007)

Television Critics Association Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement Movies, Mini-Series and Specials (2007)