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Prime Suspect

Genres: Drama, Police Procedural

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Season 2

Prime Suspect is a British police procedural television drama series created by Lynda La Plante which focuses on a no-nonsense female Detective Chief Inspector, Jane Tennison, who is attached to the Metropolitan Police division, and chronicles how she survives and thrives in a male-dominated profession.

The series aired in the UK on ITV as a series of made-for-TV movies from 7 April, 1991 to 22 October, 2006. In syndication each story typically airs as four-part seasons. There are seven seasons in the series in total.

The series originally aired in South Africa on M-Net and later aired on DStv's Movie Magic 2 (which later became M-Net Movies 2) channel, as a series of standalone movies. Broadcast dates of the original run of the series are not available.

Prime Suspect premiered in South Africa on DStv's Sony Entertainment Television (SONY) channel on Monday 18 July 2011, at 20h30. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 2 premiered on SONY on Monday 15 August 2011m at 20h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are four episodes in the second season.

Season 2

A year after her first murder investigation, DCI Jane Tennison is in top form, having built on the success of her last case and consolidated the hard won respect of her colleagues.

She is relaxed and self confident - sure enough of herself to enjoy scoring points off the devious and ambitious DCI Thorndike while they jointly chair a course in interrogation techniques, but always maintaining her commitment to her work and attention to detail.

Proof of the esteem in which she is now held comes when Detective Superintendent Kernan asks Tennison to head a new murder inquiry. A plum case - or is it?

The body of a young girl is discovered in a shallow grave in the back garden of a terraced house in a largely Afro-Caribbean neighbourhood in London. The case is a difficult one, for the body is badly decomposed, leaving almost no clues to the girl's identity.

Tennison's job is made harder by the fact that the investigation is taking place in a community already bubbling with tension and with a history of bad relations with the police.

And Tennison has to contend with prejudice and misunderstanding from both the locals and from within her own team.

Meanwhile her boss, with one eye on his promotion, is putting the pressure on to get the case solved double quick with minimum fuss.

More than enough for Jane Tennison to contend with - but these difficulties are nothing compared to the problems she faces when, unexpectedly, her personal and professional worlds collide...

Seasons

Note: these details are for the run of the show on SONY only. Original broadcast dates for the run on M-Net and Movie Magic 2 are not available.

Season 1 (4 episodes)

Premiere: 18 July 2011 | Finale: 8 August 2011 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 2 (4 episodes)

Premiere: 15 August 2011 | Finale: 5 September 2011 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 3 (2 episodes)

Premiere: 12 September 2011 | Finale: 19 September 2011 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 4 (3 episodes)

Premiere: 26 September 2011 | Finale: 10 October 2011 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 5 (2 episodes)

Premiere: 30 January 2012 | Finale: 6 February 2012 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 6 (2 episodes)

Premiere: 13 February 2012 | Finale: 20 February 2012 | Mondays, 20h30

Season 7 (2 episodes)

Premiere: 3 March 2012 | Finale: 10 March 2012 | Saturdays, 23h00


Season 2 Cast

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DCI Jane Tennison

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DC Jones

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DC Lillie

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DC Rosper

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DCS Michael Kernan

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DI Frank Burkin

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DI Tony Muddyman

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Commander Trayner

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DCI Thorndike

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DS Richard Haskons

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Eileen Reynolds

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Joanne Fagunwa

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Oscar Bream

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Sergeant Calder

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Sergeant Robert Oswalde

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Tony Allen

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Vernon Allen


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