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Prime Suspect

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Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity

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Score Breakdown

Cognitive Stimulation/50
44
Educational Value/50
40
Craft & Quality/50
42
Cinematic Score/50
41
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The TVI Take

Multiple Emmy and BAFTA winner. Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison navigating murder investigations and entrenched sexism in the Metropolitan Police.

High cognitive demands from the procedural complexity and institutional politics. High educational value from the British criminal justice system and gender discrimination. Mirren defined what a female-led crime drama could be.

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