Favourite Discoveries of 2015 (7)

Michelle Peckham picks a ground-breaking British tv series as her Favourite Discovery of 2015.

Michelle Peckham's Favourite Discovery of 2015

Prime Suspect: all 7 series (which were reshown on the TV this year, but were also available to download on special offer).

I don’t think I ever watched all of these, and was particularly interested in the first couple of series.

Helen Mirren makes for an excellent detective in these police procedurals, a strong woman in a man’s world, giving perhaps too much to the job, with her private life suffering as a consequence. She is dedicated, committed, and a clever manipulator.

Excellent watching!

A new Prime Suspect...book

From Digital Spy:

ITV will not be making a TV version of the final Prime Suspect, according to Broadcast.

Writer Lynda La Plante is planning to publish one more instalment of the series as a book, despite ITV airing Prime Suspect: The Final Act in October 2006.

"I didn't and I haven't [ended Prime Suspect]," she told the magazine. "My publisher is very keen for me to write the last [book], which I intend to do."

La Plante wrote scripts for the first three Prime Suspects but left the TV franchise after the third transmitted in 1993.

An ITV spokeswoman said: "As far as we are concerned, the final Prime Suspect has been filmed and transmitted and there are no plans to make any more."