Overview

Jane Tennison is a probationary WPC in 1973 London, where she faces sexism while working her first murder case. Follow her early career, her relationship with her boss DI Len Bradfield, and her determination to prove herself in a male-dominated police force, as she will eventually achieve the rank of Detective Superintendent.

Created by Lynda La Plante, Glen Laker

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Stefanie Martini

  WPC Jane Tennison

  6 eps

• 

  Sam Reid

  DI Len Bradfield

  6 eps

• 

  Andrew Brooke

  Sgt Jim Harris

  6 eps

• 

  Blake Harrison

  DS Spencer Gibbs

  6 eps

Themes

• london, england
• 1970s
• police
• young prostitute
• prequel
• murder
• bank robbery
• chauvinisim
• hackney, london

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