"Prime Suspect" promo still, 1991. Helen Mirren as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison. This British TV show showed Mirren as a no nonsense female police inspector in a male-dominant police force and the sexism she routinely faced. It ran for five seasons between 1991 and 1996 with Mirren reprising the role in 2003 and 2006. In 2007, TV Guide placed "Prime Suspect" on its list of "The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time".
Prime Suspect: Season One, Episode Three
In this episode, chief inspector Jane Tennison thought she'd finally found the witness needed to build an airtight murder case against George Marlow. But the witness passed over Marlow in a police lineup. Now, Tennison is more determined than ever to catch the killer, and she resolves to follow up every possible lead -- even Marlow's missing car, which he claims was stolen. But she thinks he's locked it away in a garage somewhere. When her men can't find it, she begins to doubt her suspicions.