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PR Prime Suspect: Series 1 on DVD Sep 22

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Dame Helen Mirren delivers a riveting performance as Detective Jane Tennison in this revolutionary police drama broadcast on PBS to universal acclaim and more than 20 major international awards, including seven Emmys(R) (Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Actress), eight BAFTAs, and a Peabody.

Helen Mirren in

Prime Suspect: Series 1
On DVD August 23, 2011

The first series of the Emmy(R)-winning police drama is now available in an individual set;
Guest stars include Tom Wilkinson and Ralph Fiennes;
NBC remake premieres September 2011

Superlative --Entertainment Weekly Powerful --The New York Times A masterpiece --USA Today Riveting --The Boston Globe Brilliant --Los Angeles Times One of the great character creations of our time --The Washington Post A perfect marriage of astoundingly talented actress and brilliantly conceived character --USA Today Perhaps the greatest role and performance of a female police detective, ever --San Francisco Chronicle



Silver Spring, MD -- Starring Oscar(R) and Emmy(R) winner Helen Mirren in her iconic and groundbreaking television role, Prime Suspect: Series 1 arrives to DVD from Acorn Media on August 23, 2011. Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen) delivers a riveting performance as Detective Jane Tennison in this revolutionary police drama broadcast on PBS to universal acclaim and more than 20 major international awards, including seven Emmys(R) (Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Actress), eight BAFTAs, and a Peabody. The ITV series aired for seven series (1991-93, 1995-96, 2003, and 2006). A new American version starring Maria Bello (A History of Violence) premieres on September 22, 2011 on NBC. Series 1 finds the skilled Tennison grappling with her first major murder investigation, determined to prove herself worthy of her male colleagues' respect ($24.99, www.AcornOnline.com). Acorn Media previously released Prime Suspect: The Complete Collection in September 2010 (DVD 9-vol. boxed set, $124.99) and will simultaneously release Series 2 in an individual season set on August 23, 2011 ($24.99).

Seen on Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery! from the 1990s to the present and created by crime writer Lynda La Plante (Trial & Retribution, The Commander), Prime Suspect featured some of Britain's biggest stars, including Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient), Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton) and Zoe Wanamaker (Poirot) in Series 1.

Tenacious, driven, and deeply flawed, Tennison rises through the ranks of Britain's Metropolitan Police, solving horrific crimes while battling office sexism and her own demons. "Rare is the drama that works so well on two levels: as a crackling whodunit and as a finely tuned character study of a strong but insecure woman trying to prove herself in a man's world" (Time).

In the opening series, DCI Tennison seizes the opportunity to head a murder investigation--something she should have done long ago, had she not been passed over by her male superiors time and again. With a suspect already identified and her own team openly hostile, she uncovers errors and conflicting facts that point to a cover-up within the force. Is this a single murder or the latest act of a serial killer? Tennison refuses to back off the investigation.

Street: Aug. 23, 2011
SRP: $24.99
DVD Single: Approx. 207 min. - 4:3 full screen - British mystery - SDH subtitles
Contains coarse language and graphic content

Prime Suspect is distributed by ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; one of the world's leading international TV distribution, home-entertainment and merchandising & licensing businesses.

About Acorn Media: The Acorn Media Group, a leading independent media company, provides distinctive home video products and other merchandise to consumers in North America, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. With a special focus on the best of British television programming, Acorn Media has exclusive distribution rights to hundreds of collectible titles on DVD. Its U.S. division will release more than 100 DVDs in North America in 2011, including Upstairs, Downstairs Complete Series: 40th Anniversary Edition; NBC's star-studded Who Do You Think You Are? Season 1 from Lisa Kudrow; BBC's smash hit series New Tricks (Seasons 3-5); great new series Garrow's Law, Single-Handed, and Reggie Perrin with Martin Clunes; more episodes from Doc Martin, Murphy's Law, Agatha Christie's Poirot and Marple, George Gently, Murdoch Mysteries, Midsomer Murders; as well as several Blu-ray releases, including Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition, Visions of Europe, and Robin of Sherwood, Set 1; and acclaimed documentaries from our Athena line with Discovering Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, Genius of Britain, and more from Mike Wallace and the Bill Moyers library

Acorn Media's and Athena's DVD sets are available from select retailers, catalog companies, and direct from Acorn Media at (888) 870-8047 or www.acornonline.com

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Posted by: News Editor - July 25, 2011, 1:20 pm - PR
Keywords: television, mystery