DCI Jane Tennison has been passed over time and again to lead a murder investigation, so when one of her fellow DCIs has a heart attack just before he's ready to charge their prime suspect, Jane sees her chance to lead a murder investigation but has her work cut out for her as the men upstairs are eager to pull the plug on her investigations.
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07x02 Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2) Aired: Oct. 22, 2006DCS Jane Tennison concludes working on her final case, but receives several unwanted surprises along the way. [continue reading]
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- 07x02 Prime Suspe… (Oct. 22, 2006)
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- Christopher Menaul (1 episodes)
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- Lynda La Plante (1 episodes)
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- Lynda La Plante made this film after watching reality-TV crime shows. After calling Scotland Yard and learning that there were only four female DCIs, she interviewed one of them (Jackie…
[show]Lynda La Plante made this film after watching reality-TV crime shows. After calling Scotland Yard and learning that there were only four female DCIs, she interviewed one of them (Jackie Malton), who impressed her so much that La Plante decided to base the plot on Malton's experiences during her career.
[hide] - Janet McTeer declined the lead.
- On the documentary following the second half of Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV), Helen Mirren notes that Jackie Malton and her colleagues gave the first "Prime Suspect" a standing…
[show]On the documentary following the second half of Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV), Helen Mirren notes that Jackie Malton and her colleagues gave the first "Prime Suspect" a standing ovation because they felt it was the first time the police had been accurately portrayed on television.
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