Editing Prime Suspect (section)

===Main cast===
* [[Helen Mirren]] as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, initially of Southampton Row Police Station in Central London, later Detective Superintendent in series 4. Mirren has described Tennison as "extremely directed, ambitious, talented and very uncompromising. Therefore she is deeply frustrated by her job; the way her sex is a barrier."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect12345/primesuspect1.html |title=''Masterpiece Theatre: Prime Suspect 1'' |publisher=[[PBS]]|via=pbs.org |access-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106203416/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect12345/primesuspect1.html|archive-date=6 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Benfield]] as Detective Superintendent Michael Kernan (series 1–4), Tennison's supervisor, later Detective Chief Superintendent
* [[Richard Hawley (actor)|Richard Hawley]] as [[Detective Constable]] Richard Haskons (series 1–4), later Detective Sergeant and Detective Inspector
* [[Tom Bell (actor)|Tom Bell]] as Detective Sergeant Bill Otley (series 1, 3, 7)
* [[Jack Ellis (actor)|Jack Ellis]] as [[Detective Inspector]] Tony Muddyman (series 1–2, 4)
* [[Craig Fairbrass]] as Detective Inspector Frank Burkin (series 1–2)
* [[Mossie Smith]] as [[Constable]] Maureen Havers (series 1, 4)
* [[Ian Fitzgibbon]] as Detective Constable Jones (series 1–2)
* [[Philip Wright (actor)|Philip Wright]] as Detective Constable Lillie (series 1–3)
* [[Andrew Tiernan]] as Detective Constable Rosper (series 1–2)
* [[Gary Whelan]] as Detective Sergeant Terry Amson (series 1)
* [[Stephen Boxer]] as Detective Chief Inspector Thorndike, later Detective Superintendent (series 2–4)
* [[Stafford Gordon]] as Commander Traynor (series 2–4)
* [[Mark Strong]] as Detective Inspector Larry Hall (series 3, 6), later Detective Chief Superintendent in series 6
* [[Robert Pugh]] as Detective Sergeant Alun Simms (series 6–7)