PRIME SUSPECT COMPLETE COLLECTION (DVD Review) - 17/12/07

As with many things it is finding the time to actually do them and over the years I had always been aware of the "Prime Suspect" TV show but had never got around to watching them. I very nearly forked out for the 1-5 boxset but held back and just as well as they went on to produce numbers 6 & 7 in the series. This Complete Collection starts with Prime Suspect through to Prime Suspect The Final Act. As well as an Extras discs making 10 discs in all in this final boxset.

Helen Mirren is the driving force throughout the show ably backed by various characters who come and go across the years as she deals with her personal life and her day-to-day problems at work. The constraints of the TV budget seem to get left behind as we are drawn into nasty & gritty realistic scenarios of child abuse, prostitution, war crimes and vicious murders. Delving into the forensic side long before all the modern shows like CSI we get tales dredged out of the muck and mud as bodies are uncovered and the crimes are followed unremittingly through until there final end.

If you want a well written drama; acted well, you will find none better in any of the stories on offer here. Start at the beginning and follow it through until the bitter end! (As nothing is at first what it seems?)