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Prime Suspect
Deborah Jermyn
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Paperback. Deborah Jermyn's study of 'Prime Suspect' places the groundbreaking crime drama in the context of women detectives on screen and the institional sexism that confronted Jane Tennison and her real life counterparts. She provides a close analysis of Helen Mirren's performance and the key role of writer Lynda La Plante. Series: BFI TV Classics. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228. Series: BFI TV Classics. 140 pages, 50 colour illustrations. Deborah Jermyn's study of 'Prime Suspect' places the groundbreaking crime drama in the context of women detectives on screen and the institional sexism that confronted Jane Tennison and her real life counterparts. She provides a close analysis of Helen Mirren's performance and the key role of writer Lynda La Plante. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: APT. Dimension: 190 x 136 x 12. Weight: 228.
April 7 1991 saw the broadcast of the first instalment of Prime Suspect, a new crime series by screenwriter Lynda La Plante, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. The drama focused on the desperate efforts of the Metropolitan Police to catch and convict a serial killer targeting women in a series of particularly gruesome attacks, while Tennison battles male colleagues who resent her taking charge of the case. Over seven series, Prime Suspect went on to tackle issues such as racism, homophobia and child abuse, establishing La Plante as a leading TV dramatist; winning multiple industry accolades for its ... Read more
April 7 1991 saw the broadcast of the first instalment of Prime Suspect, a new crime series by screenwriter Lynda La Plante, starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. The drama focused on the desperate efforts of the Metropolitan Police to catch and convict a serial killer targeting women in a series of particularly gruesome attacks, while Tennison battles male colleagues who resent her taking charge of the case. Over seven series, Prime Suspect went on to tackle issues such as racism, homophobia and child abuse, establishing La Plante as a leading TV dramatist; winning multiple industry accolades for its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
BFI TV Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844573059
SKU
V9781844573059
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About Deborah Jermyn
DEBORAH JERMYN is Reader in Film and Television at Roehampton University. She is the author of Crime Watching: Investigating Real Crime TV (2006) and a study of Sex and the City in the TV Milestones series (2009) and the co-editor of Falling in Love Again: Romantic Comedy in Contemporary Cinema (2008).
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