Name: The Commander
Released: 2003-02-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones

TV Show · Drama · Crime

Commander Clare Blake (Amanda Burton, Silent Witness, The Level) is New Scotland Yard's highest-ranking female officer, but she recklessly blurs the lines between her personal life and her career. These gripping mysteries from award-winning writer Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect) guest star Hugh Bonneville (Notting Hill), Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), and Greg Wise (Sense & Sensibility).

2003 · 1h 13m

Starring Amanda Burton, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Jones

EPISODE 1

Entrapment (Part 1)

Newly promoted, Commander Clare Blake (Amanda Burton) vows no cover-ups. When a previously convicted killer, James Lampton (Hugh Bonneville) gets released on parole, Blake's judgement is put to the test.

47m
EPISODE 2

Entrapment (Part 2)

DCI Mike Hedges conceals evidence of his involvement in the police shooting of an unarmed civilian, Lionel Cripps.

1m
EPISODE 1

Virus (Part 1)

Commander Blake is in trouble. Her relationship with convicted killer James Lampton made the tabloids, and her supervisors are not amused.

1h
EPISODE 2

Virus (Part 2)

Commander Blake's terminally ill sister moves in with her while Blake deals with the dangerous computer hacker who has threatened to kill more patients every 24 hours.

1h
EPISODE 3

Blackdog (Part 1)

Patient and persistent, Deputy Chief Constable Stephen Blackton (David O'Hara) has earned his nickname, "Blackdog," as he is called in to re-open the investigation of the Lionel Cripps shooting.

1h
EPISODE 4

Blackdog (Part 2)

Graham Warner, the officer implicated in the Lionel Cripps shooting, is found dead in a park. Commander Blake continues to bury evidence of her relationship with James Lampton.

1h