The Commander

Name: The Commander
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-02-16
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Amanda Burton, Anthony Valentine, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones, Pip Torrens

★ 6.4 /10 (7) • 2003–2008

Drama

Creator Lynda La Plante

Clare Blake, a high-ranking, ambitious officer in the Metropolitan Police's Serious Crimes Unit, leads complex murder investigations that often blur the line between her professional and personal lives.

Seasons

Episodes

Country

United Kingdom

Status

Ended

Cast

Amanda Burton

Commander Clare Blake · 17 eps

Thomas Lockyer

· 17 eps

Poppy Miller

· 17 eps

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Terence Hillyer

· 17 eps

James Lampton (uncredited) · 3 eps

Susan Wooldridge

Dr. Jane Wellesley · 4 eps

Helen Dirkwood · 2 eps

DCI Tom Fuller · 2 eps

Timothy Bateson

· 2 eps

Nicola Stapleton

Louise Parker · 2 eps

Alexandra Gilbreath

Vera Judd · 2 eps

Yorick van Wageningen

· 1 eps

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Episode Guide

Entrapment, Part 1

16 Feb 200360 min

Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service, and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously, she arrested James Lampton (Hugh Bonneville) for the murder of his beloved girlfriend. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment, but has since been released on parole and has now become a successful author with a best-selling book based on his time in prison. Blake believes that Lampton is a reformed character, and begins to warm to his charms. However, Blake's colleagues, especially DCI Mike Hedges, believe that Lampton is responsible for another murder - and set out to prove his guilt

Entrapment, Part 2

17 Feb 200360 min

Things become complicated when Blake and Lampton become intimate, and the question arises whether he is being honest with her, or whether he is simply a master manipulator. Meanwhile, DCI Hedges and his team find themselves under investigation as Blake and her murder review team investigate the police shooting of Lionel Cripps, who was shot to death by an SO19 team following an armed stand off at his house. When Blake discovers that Cripps was a big-time police informant, she and her team set out to find out who is really responsible for Cripps' death.