Prime Suspect 1973

This is a prequel to the 1990s police drama Prime Suspect and shows the early days of Jane Tennison as a probationary police officer.

Whilst I didn't particularly follow the original "series" very closely (each "season" consisted of two 2 hour parts) I did enjoy this portrayal of the character.

Perhaps the format was just more watchable, with 6 episodes of 45 minutes. Perhaps it was because I watched it on Netflix with no ad breaks (I hate ad breaks in drama... they destroy the atmosphere).

It is a shame that ITV have already announced that there will not be a season 2. This has a similar feel to Endeavor and that has been running nicely for several seasons now.

As much as Tennison suffered sexism in the 1990s, by then she was basically a tough woman playing like a man in a man's world. In contrast, the 1973 character is still idealistic and determined to succeed in the police as a woman. That is more interesting. Especially given the insight into how her own family even fail to support her much of the time.