![]() ![]() ![]() Award-winning actress Brenda Blethyn plays Vera Stanhope, a rumpled, often flustered lead detective working in Northern England, wearing a hat that makes her look like Snufkin from the Moomins. ![]() It’s no overstatement to say this is essential viewing for any fan of British crime drama: this is where it all started.Īlong with the hit crime series Shetland, Verais based on a series of novels penned by British mystery writer Ann Cleeves, and 12 seasons have been filmed to date. We watch her fight her way up through the ranks through the seasons, with a fantastic cohort of colleagues (including Mark Strong and Tom Bell) and guest stars (including Ralph Fiennes, Peter Capaldi, David Thewliss, Zoë Wanamaker, Ciarán Hinds, Kelly Reilly, and many more). She’s driven, selfish, but also incredibly compassionate and dedicated. She drinks too much, smokes too much, works too hard, and sleeps with all the wrong men. She fights sexism within and without the police force, constantly on her guard against the boys’ club intent on taking her down, and suspects and victims who don’t appreciate a woman in charge. Running for seven seasons starting in 1991 and written by Lynda La Plante, Jane solves brutal murders in London, leading an unruly crew of misogynist underlings who bristle under a woman’s leadership. ![]() The incomparable Helen Mirren stars as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect, which is basically the OG in terms of female-led detective shows. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |