The Commander: Complete Collection

2003 • Acorn TV
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Season 1 episodes (17)

1 Entrapment Part 1
2/16/03
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.
2 Entrapment Part 2
2/16/03
DCI Mike Hedges conceals evidence of his involvement in the police shooting of an unarmed civilian, Lionel Cripps.
3 Virus Part 1
1/10/05
Commander Blake is in trouble. Her relationship with convicted killer James Lampton made the tabloids, and her supervisors are not amused.
4 Virus Part 2
1/10/05
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.
5 Blackdog Part 1
1/17/05
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.
6 Blackdog Part 2
1/17/05
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.
7 Blacklight Part 1
3/27/06
A young woman disappears from a nightclub, and a mental patient, Reginald Aitken (Nickolas Grace) escapes from a hospital. Hours later, the two are found together covered in her blood.
8 Blacklight Part 2
3/27/06
Dutch DI Count Eric Van Hauten offers to help DCI Hedges with a new murder case. Commander Blake pledges to remain uninvolved, but will she be able to as the threat of more victims increases?
9 Devil You Know Part 1
7/8/07
Commander Blake clashes with the drug squad and the preserved body of a two-year-old child found at an abandoned mental hospital remains a mystery. Blake is accused of having blood on her hands.
10 Devil You Know Part 2
7/15/07
Commander Blake and DCI Doug James pursue two former patients as suspects in the case, Eric Thornton, a schizophrenic and John Littlewood, a violent drug user. DCI James remains skeptical about the direction of the investigation.
11 Fraudster Part 1
7/22/07
When self-made millionaire Donald Griffith is found dead in his swimming pool, it seems like justice.
12 Fraudster Part 2
7/29/07
Commander Blake learns that Griffith's wife and mistresses all stand to benefit if his death was not a suicide.
13 Windows of the Soul Part 1
8/5/07
After a popular priest is stabbed 29 times in his church, Commander Blake interrupts her holiday to investigate the murder.
14 Windows of the Soul Part 2
8/12/07
A vicious attack puts a police officer in the hospital. Commander Blake learns that there's more to the story than DCI James has told her so far.
15 Abduction Part 1
11/10/08
Commander Blake is assigned to investigate the bludgeoning death of an elderly woman as quickly and quietly as possible while DCI James' wife Zoe goes into labor.
16 Abduction Part 2
11/11/08
Did Brian kill his own mother in an alcoholic haze? Who stole DCI James and Zoe's baby? Clare feels the heat of two high-profile cases with personal connections.
17 Abduction Part 3
11/12/08
Brian believes that someone else was in the room with him when he found his mother's body. Commander Blake is forced to take extreme action to find the truth and accept the repercussions. Will they find the abductor of DCI James' baby?

About this show

After 20 years with London’s Metropolitan Police, Clare Blake (Amanda Burton, Silent Witness, The Level) has reached the pinnacle of her profession. She is New Scotland Yard’s highest-ranking female officer, the Serious Crime Group Commander, and head of the Murder Review Team. Ambitious and fiercely dedicated to her work, Blake nonetheless blurs the lines between her personal life and her career. Her recklessness brings her under her superior’s intense scrutiny — and even threatens her life. This complete collection of gripping mysteries from award-winning writer Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect) guest stars Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey), James D’Arcy (Dunkirk), Saskia Reeves (Wolf Hall), David Patrick O’Hara (The Departed), Yorick van Wageningen (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Simon Williams (Upstairs, Downstairs), Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey), Matt Day (Rake [Australia]), and Greg Wise (The Crown).

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5.0
2 reviews
Thelma Ruholl
May 30, 2018
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