Prime suspect 1 / WGBH Boston presents ; Granada Television International ; producer, Don Leaver ; written by Lynda LaPlante ; directed by Christopher Menaul.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Menaul, Christopher, director.
• Leaver, Don, producer.
• Mirren, Helen, actor.
• Bell, Tom, 1933-2006, actor.
• Benfield, John, actor.
• Bowe, John, actor.
• Wanamaker, Zoë, 1949- actor.
• Pringle, Bryan, 1935-2002, actor.
• Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-2023, actor.
• Forgeham, John, 1941-2017, actor.
• Warbeck, Stephen, composer.
• La Plante, Lynda.
• Granada Television, producer.
• WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), producer.
• Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc., distributor.
• Van Wert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
• Mobil Masterpiece Theater

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• La Plante, Lynda--Film adaptations.
• Tennison, Jane (Fictitious character)--Drama.
• Tennison, Jane (Fictitious character).
• La Plante, Lynda.
• Serial murderers.
• Women detectives.
• Police.
• England--London.
• Police--England--London--Drama.
• Women detectives--England--London--Drama.
• Serial murderers--England--London--Drama.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
• Detective and mystery television programs.
• Television adaptations.
• Television series.
• Film adaptations.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 2 videocassettes (208 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• 1/2 in.
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

Troy, MI : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [1997]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

• VHS.
• analog
• magnetic
• VHS

Summary:

When a young woman is found brutally murdered, and the DCI in charge is unable to take up the case, the role is passed on to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, the first female DCI to handle such a responsibility. Between a slippery suspect and resistence from her team of detectives, Tennison has her hands full.

Participant:

Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, John Benfield, John Bowe, Zoe Wanamaker, Bryan Pringle, Tom Wilkinson, John Forgeham.

Credits:

Director of photography, Ken Morgan ; editor, Edward Mansell ; music, Stephen Warbeck.

Notes:

• VHS release of the 1993 British television production, which was originally broadcast in the United States as an episode of the PBS television series, Mobil masterpiece theatre.
• Based on the novel "Prime suspect" by Lynda La Plante.

Related Work:

La Plante, Lynda. Prime suspect.

ISBN:

1564426580

OCLC:

36740262

Publisher Number:

• 013131011937
• SV10119 Anchor Bay Entertainment