Who created the female detective Jane Tennison
"Jackie Malton Jackie Malton (born 1951) is a UK television script consultant and former senior police officer best known for being the inspiration for the character of DCI Jane Tennison in the ""Prime Suspect"" drama written by Lynda La Plante. Malton's police career, initially in the Leicestershire and then the Metropolitan Police Forces, was notable for her rise within the ranks of a very male, heterosexual establishment while being a woman detective who was openly gay. Malton worked in a number of areas, including The Flying Squad, Murder Squad and Fraud Squad. She also acted as a whistle-blower against police"
"Prime Suspect 1973 Prime Suspect 1973 (also known as Prime Suspect: Tennison) is a British television detective drama series, and a prequel to the long-running ""Prime Suspect"" series, starring Stefanie Martini as the young Jane Tennison. The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 2 March 2017, comprising six episodes. In June 2017, it was confirmed there would be no second series. Set in Hackney, the series depicts a 22-year-old Jane Tennison (Stefanie Martini) as she begins her career as a WPC with the Metropolitan Police Service in 1973. At a time when women were beginning to be gradually"
"integrated into the police force, Tennison has to deal with sexism, as well as difficulties in her home life as her family disapprove of her career choice. Under the guidance of DI Len Bradfield (Sam Reid), the naive and inexperienced Tennison assists in investigating the murder of a young runaway, Julie-Ann Collins. Meanwhile, criminal Clifford Bentley (Alun Armstrong) is released from prison and, along with other members of his family, is planning a bank heist. Links to Collins's murder threaten to expose the Bentley family's plans. The series is produced for ITV by Noho Film and Television, and was adapted"
"(2001), and ""The Last Station"" (2009). For her role as police detective Jane Tennison on the British television series ""Prime Suspect"", which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive BAFTA Awards for Best Actress between 1992 and 1994 and two Emmy Awards. She also received another Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the miniseries ""Elizabeth I"" (2005). Some of her other notable film roles include Marcella in the 1984 film ""Cal"", for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, ""2010"" (1984), ""The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her"
"a male-dominated profession determined to see her fail, with the support of her boss, Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Kernan (John Benfield), and loyal Detective Sergeant Richard Haskons (Richard Hawley). In later series, Tennison is reassigned to rotating duties, including a Vice Squad in Soho and a Gang Squad in Manchester. She is promoted to Detective Superintendent in series four, and retires from policing at the end of series seven. The first series features sexism in the workplace as a significant subplot and a barrier to the investigation. Sequels have tended to downplay this theme, relying on straight procedure or on"
"Suspect."""" In contrast, ""Salon"" considered it fortunate that the series was forced into early retirement, and noted that this ""Tennison"" prequel failed to focus on Tennison's character development with the same intensity as the ""provocative... classic"" sequel did with Helen Mirren's character. Prime Suspect 1973 Prime Suspect 1973 (also known as Prime Suspect: Tennison) is a British television detective drama series, and a prequel to the long-running ""Prime Suspect"" series, starring Stefanie Martini as the young Jane Tennison. The series debuted on ITV in the UK on 2 March 2017, comprising six episodes. In June 2017, it was confirmed there"
"June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist. A former teacher, Thomson was educated at Chelmsford High School and Bedford College University of London. She is the creator of the ""Chief Inspector Jack Finch"" (""Inspector Rudd"" in American editions) and ""Sergeant Tom Boyce"" series of novels. Since 1990 she has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiche collections of short stories. Her works have been translated into many languages. June Thomson previously lived in St. Albans in Hertfordshire and now lives in Rugby. She is the"
"Jensen owns a farm in Pennsylvania where she lives with her husband, composer Robert Holmes, who composed the music for the ""Gabriel Knight"" series and ""Gray Matter"". Jane Jensen Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith; January 28, 1963 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is an American video game designer and author. She is mostly known as the creator of the ""Gabriel Knight"" series of adventure games, and also co-founded Oberon Media and Pinkerton Road video game development companies. Jensen also writes under the name Eli Easton. Jane Jensen was born Jane Elizabeth Smith, the youngest of seven children. She received a BA"
"A source in the ""Daily Record"" said, ""Sooner or later the truth will out. But until then there's going to be a lot of probing going on."" She left on 27 March 2001 after unsuccessfully identifying the shooter (who turned out to be Lisa). In 2002 she appeared in January, April and from 14 November to 6 December. In November, when Marsden returns, the police suspect that Phil has murdered his ex-wife Lisa. ""The Daily Mirror"" said, ""They are the words Phil Mitchell has heard many times before. 'You're nicked', baldy. Intrepid DCI Marsden may not be a Jane Tennison,"
"Gwendoline Butler Gwendoline Butler, née Williams (19 August 1922 - 5 January 2013) was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels since 1956, she also used the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited for inventing the ""woman's police procedural"", is well known for her series of Inspector John Coffin novels as Gwendoline Butler, and by female detective Charmian Daniels as Jennie Melville. Born Gwendoline Williams on 19 August 1922 in South London, England, daughter of Alice (Lee) and Alfred Edward Williams., her younger twin brothers are also authors. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History,"
"1987, A Coffin from the Past, Geoffrey Bles 1970, Chivers Press edition 1987. [9] Inspector Winter, Gwendoline Butler’s First Detective, www.booksmonthly.co.uk/winter.html (April 2011) [10] Tribute to Gwendoline Butler, www.booksmonthly.co.uk/jda.html (February 2014) Gwendoline Butler Gwendoline Butler, née Williams (19 August 1922 - 5 January 2013) was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels since 1956, she also used the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited for inventing the ""woman's police procedural"", is well known for her series of Inspector John Coffin novels as Gwendoline Butler, and by female detective Charmian Daniels as Jennie Melville. Born Gwendoline Williams on 19 August 1922"
"Lasse Hallström and Disney's adaptation of ""The Nutcracker"", titled ""The Nutcracker and the Four Realms"", and is expected to appear in the ensemble film ""Berlin, I Love You"" and the French crime thriller film ""Anna"", the latter directed and written by Luc Besson. Mirren is known for her role as detective Jane Tennison in the widely viewed ""Prime Suspect"", a multiple award-winning television drama series that was noted for its high quality and popularity. Her portrayal of Tennison won her three consecutive BAFTA Awards for Best Actress between 1992 and 1994. Some of Mirren's other television performances include ""Cousin Bette"""
"Jane Jensen Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith; January 28, 1963 in Palmerton, Pennsylvania) is an American video game designer and author. She is mostly known as the creator of the ""Gabriel Knight"" series of adventure games, and also co-founded Oberon Media and Pinkerton Road video game development companies. Jensen also writes under the name Eli Easton. Jane Jensen was born Jane Elizabeth Smith, the youngest of seven children. She received a BA in computer science from Anderson University in Indiana and worked as a systems programmer for Hewlett-Packard. Her love of both computers and creative writing eventually led her"
"F. Tennyson Jesse Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse (born Wynifried [also recorded as Winifred] Margaret Jesse, 1 March 1888 – 6 August 1958) was an English criminologist, journalist and author (she also wrote as ""Wynifried Margaret Tennyson""). She was the second of three daughters of the Reverend Eustace Tennyson D'Eyncourt Jesse, and a great-niece of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. She married Harold Marsh Harwood (1874–1959), a businessman and theatre manager, in September 1918. ""Fryn"" is a self-made contraction of ""Wynifried"". Her most notable books include ""A Pin To See the Peepshow"" (London, W. Heinemann Ltd, 1934; Virago Modern Classics), a fictional"
"Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries Lady Detective, published in English as Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries, is a Korean manhwa series, written by Hey-jin Jeon and drawn by Ki-ha Lee. It began serialization in 2011 in ""Daiwon C.I."" ""Issue"" manhwa magazine. The series revoles around the title character, a young woman from Victorian England who works as a mystery author, who also solves real-life mysteries and crimes. The series is set in the same fictional universe as the ""Sherlock Holmes"" stories, but in an earlier period, so Holmes is still a boy, and other Holmes characters appear as younger versions of themselves"
"mother of the philosophy writer Garrett Thomson. Her younger son is Paul Thomson. June Thomson June Thomson (also known as June Valerie Thomson), (born 1930, in Rettendon, Essex, United Kingdom) is a detective novelist. A former teacher, Thomson was educated at Chelmsford High School and Bedford College University of London. She is the creator of the ""Chief Inspector Jack Finch"" (""Inspector Rudd"" in American editions) and ""Sergeant Tom Boyce"" series of novels. Since 1990 she has also written a series of Sherlock Holmes pastiche collections of short stories. Her works have been translated into many languages. June Thomson previously lived"
"Jane Sanderson Jane Sanderson (born 17 August 1962) is a British novelist. Sanderson was educated at Kirk Balk School near Barnsley, and at Leicester University. She was a newspaper journalist before joining the BBC, where she was a producer on ""The World At One"", ""PM"", and ""Woman's Hour"". In 2011, Sanderson's debut novel, ""Netherwood"", was published by Little, Brown. Set in a Yorkshire pit village around the turn of the 20th century, and based in part on Sanderson's own family history, it has been widely acclaimed and is the first in a series. The sequel, ""Ravenscliffe"", was published in September"
"four native pony breeds—the Connemara, the Welsh Cob, the Shetland and the Exmoor—was published by Forelock Books. Susan Jameson Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941) is an English actress who has played a wide range of roles, especially on television. She is possibly best known for portraying Esther Lane in the BBC crime drama ""New Tricks"" between 2003 and 2013. Jameson was born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England. She is married to actor James Bolam with whom she has a daughter. She has a son from a previous relationship who was given for adoption. Her television roles include"
"Janese Swanson Janese Swanson (born 1958) is an American inventor and software developer. Swanson co-developed the first of the ""Carmen Sandiego"" educational games, and founded the company Girl Tech, which creates products aimed at making technology more interesting for girls. She has developed award-winning curricula, electronic toys, and books that encourage girls to explore technology and inventions. Her toy inventions include the Snoop Stopper Keepsake Box, Me-Mail Message Center, Zap N’ Lock Journal, and Swap-It Locket. Her publications include ""Tech Girl's Internet Adventures"", ""Tech Girl's Activity Book"", and ""Girlzine: A Magazine for the Global Girl"". Swanson was raised by her"
"the sixth season of ""American Greed"" which included interviews with Hitchcock detailing how she pursued Starr until his conviction was secured. Jane Stanton Hitchcock Jane Stanton Hitchcock (born November 24, 1946) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. She has written several plays but is known mostly for her mystery novels ""Mortal Friends"", ""One Dangerous Lady"", ""Social Crimes"", ""The Witches' Hammer"" and ""Trick of the Eye"". Hitchcock also wrote the screenplays for ""Our Time"" and ""First Love"". Hitchcock was born Jane Johnston Crowley on , to Robert Crowley, a surgeon, and Joan Crowley (known professionally as Joan Alexander), an actress"
"Tennison in particular. ""Vera"" and ""Home Fires"" writer Glen Laker was drafted in to write the series. Filming began in July 2016 in London. In June 2017, ITV confirmed that the series had not been recommissioned, despite high ratings for the first series. The cause is reported to be creative differences between author Lynda LaPlante and ITV. ""Prime Suspect 1973"" first aired on 2 March 2017 on ITV. Internationally, broadcast under the title ""Prime Suspect: Tennison"", the series premiered in South Africa on 6 April 2017 on ITV Choice. The series premiered in the United States on 25 June 2017"
"Susan Jameson Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941) is an English actress who has played a wide range of roles, especially on television. She is possibly best known for portraying Esther Lane in the BBC crime drama ""New Tricks"" between 2003 and 2013. Jameson was born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England. She is married to actor James Bolam with whom she has a daughter. She has a son from a previous relationship who was given for adoption. Her television roles include Myra Booth in ""Coronation Street"", Kate in ""Take Three Girls"" and Jessie Seaton in ""When the Boat"
"corruption in the 1980s. Following her work with La Plante on the Prime Suspect series, and her ensuing involvement with ""Cracker"" and ""Band of Gold"", Malton retired from the Metropolitan Police Force in 1997 to pursue a career in script consultancy and has subsequently worked on a number of television series including ""The Bill"". Malton is currently one of a panel of expert judges on the television series ""Britain's Psychic Challenge"". Jackie Malton Jackie Malton (born 1951) is a UK television script consultant and former senior police officer best known for being the inspiration for the character of DCI Jane"
"old wine warehouse in Merton industrial estate, near Wimbledon, South London. In 1993, the continued success of the programme led to ITV commissioning three weekly episodes which began at the start of the year. In 1994, the show celebrated its 10th anniversary in October. The special anniversary episodes that week followed Detective Inspector Sally Johnson in court charged with manslaughter after a drug user had died during a police raid. In July that year, the creator and writer Geoff McQueen, died at the age of 46. In 1995, Detective Sergeant Don Beech joined the ranks of Sun Hill, later causing"
"to prove herself in the male-dominated police department by solving a trail of gruesome murders left by an unknown serial killer. Reilly said of the part; ""Well, she's not a political character like Jane Tennison, she's not fighting her ground and it's almost like she just doesn't care. She has an insouciance… she wears those skirts and those heels, and while I don't think she uses her femininity or anything like that, she just doesn't hide it. There's a dilemma for the audience, because normally your prejudices would invite you to dismiss a woman like her who seems a bit"
"was devised by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had already enjoyed success with another police drama series, ""The Sweeney"". Although the genre of police dramas was well-established on British television by 1980, ""Juliet Bravo"" and London Weekend Television's ""The Gentle Touch"", which started a few months earlier, were the first series that saw female officers as lead characters, having to fight both crime and the prejudice of male colleagues. Kennedy Martin based the character of Jean Darblay on a real female police inspector, Wynne Darwin. All six series of ""Juliet Bravo"" have been released on DVD by 2<nowiki>|</nowiki>Entertain/Cinema Club. Series 1"
"Jane Stanton Hitchcock Jane Stanton Hitchcock (born November 24, 1946) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. She has written several plays but is known mostly for her mystery novels ""Mortal Friends"", ""One Dangerous Lady"", ""Social Crimes"", ""The Witches' Hammer"" and ""Trick of the Eye"". Hitchcock also wrote the screenplays for ""Our Time"" and ""First Love"". Hitchcock was born Jane Johnston Crowley on , to Robert Crowley, a surgeon, and Joan Crowley (known professionally as Joan Alexander), an actress known for playing Lois Lane on the radio serial ""The Adventures of Superman,"" and Della Street on the radio serial ""Perry"
"Janice Law Janice Law, also known as Janice Law Trecker, is an American mystery novelist and short story writer. She has written for ""Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine"", ""Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine"", ""Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine"", ""The Midwest Quarterly"", ""The American Scholar"", and the ""American Quarterly"". She is best known for her Anna Peters series of novels, which was one of the first to feature a female detective. Law is a graduate of Syracuse University and the University of Connecticut, where she served as an instructor and assistant professor of English. Law was nominated for an Edgar Award in 1977 for"
"the past 10 years, she has raised more than $250,000 for charity. J. A. Jance Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (born October 27, 1944) is an American author of mystery novels. She writes at least three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and former Los Angeles news anchor turned mystery solver Ali Reynolds. The Beaumont and Brady series intersect in the novel ""Partner in Crime"", which is both the 16th Beaumount mystery and the 10th Brady mystery. They intersect again in ""Fire and Ice"". Jance was born in"
"of her career. Edward J. Mason Edward J. Mason (born 8 May 1912 in Birmingham, England, died 3 February 1971) was a scriptwriter for radio, television and movies for both the BBC and its rival Radio Luxembourg. Edward J. Mason had his first major success in 1947 as a script writer when the BBC Home Service radio network began airing his British detective serial ""Dick Barton"" which he created with co-writer Geoffrey Webb. This was the first serial to air on the BBC and it continued to be aired until 1951. The BBC replaced ""Dick Barton"" with ""The Archers"". Originally"
"Jane C. Loudon Jane Wells Webb Loudon (19 August 1807 – 13 July 1858) was an English author and early pioneer of science fiction. She wrote before the term was invented, and was discussed for a century as if she wrote Gothic fiction, or fantasy or horror. She also created the first popular gardening manuals, as opposed to specialist horticultural works, reframing the art of gardening as fit for young women. Jane Webb was born in 1807 to Thomas Webb, Esq., a wealthy manufacturer from Edgbaston, Birmingham and his wife. (Sources vary on her place of birth: according to the"
"actresses Elizabeth Hurley and Dame Joan Collins and played cameo roles as himself in series 1, 2, 3 and 4. Robert Jobson Robert Jobson (Born 23 March 1964 in Great Wakering, Essex) is a journalist, author and broadcaster. He is co-author of the international No.1 bestseller """" written with Princess Diana’s Scotland Yard personal protection officer Inspector Ken Wharfe MVO. He is also the co-author of the Sunday Times top 10 non-fiction bestseller ""Guarding Diana"" published in 2017, also written with Mr. Wharfe. He also co-wrote ""Bulletproof"", the life story of Royal Marine and George Cross recipient Matt Croucher GC."
"in the fictional English village of Moreton Harwood in 1981. In the programme, Sarah and K9 investigate the disappearance of Brendan Richards (Ian Sears), the ward of Sarah's Aunt Lavinia (Mary Wimbush), in the wake of increasing reports of witchcraft. Under a different production team, the overall concept of a Sarah Jane and K9 series did eventually come to fruition: ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" (2007–2011), featuring both of these key characters and actors (though K9 and Leeson only appear in some episodes). The programme has its roots firmly in the desire of ""Doctor Who"" producer John Nathan-Turner to get Elisabeth"