Prime Suspect

by Jermyn, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9781844573059
• ISBN10: 1844573052
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-15
• Publisher: British Film Institute

Summary

Prime Suspect, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison,was a grim UK police drama that becameone of the most talked about programs in recent memory. Deborah Jermyn's study of the series examines exactly what made Prime Suspect so distinctive, so controversial and, ultimately, so influential, its innovations transforming the tv crime drama. Jermyn places the series in the context of tv crime fictions that had gone before it, particularly those featuring female detectives, such as Cagney and Lacey.Jermyn also addresses the institutionalized sexism and misogyny that Tennison confronts to real-life discrimation and prejudice that has dogged British policing and attitudes to women, whether as investigators or victims. Jermyn highlights the formal and aesthetic innovations of Prime Suspect, in its attention to the detail of forensic work; its unflinching portrayal of the dead bodies of its murder victims and the cinematic shooting style with frequent use of deep focus and bravura camera angles. Her close analysis of key scenes demonstrates how the program adopted an intricate camera style to differentiate and isolate Tennison from her colleagues.

Author Biography

Deborah Jermyn is Reader in Film and Television at Roehampton University.  She is the author of Crime Watching: Investigating Real Crime TV and co-editor of Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Introduction: Locating the Evidence of a 'TV Classic'	p. 1
Investigating the Evolution of Prime Suspect	p. 12
It's a Fair Cop: Women and TV Crime Drama	p. 29
Reimagining Realism: Murder, Forensics and the Body in Prime Suspect	p. 68
Conclusion: 'I got what I wanted. I got my job': Tennison Takes a Bow	p. 94
Notes	p. 115
Resources	p. 119
Credits	p. 120
Index	p. 129
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