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Lynda La Plante (writer)
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16 February 2003 (UK)
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Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police...
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Serial Killer
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Ex Convict
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(4 articles)
The Commander: Set 1 (review)
(From FlickFilosopher. 13 November 2008, 8:38 AM, PST)
Crime a winning formula for ITV1
(From digitalspy. 13 November 2008, 2:21 AM, PST)
(From FlickFilosopher. 13 November 2008, 8:38 AM, PST)
Crime a winning formula for ITV1
(From digitalspy. 13 November 2008, 2:21 AM, PST)
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Not credible and uninteresting to watch
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Amanda Burton | ... | Commander Clare Blake | |
| Matthew Marsh | ... | DCI Mike Hedges | |
| Nicholas Jones | ... | DCS Les Branton | |
| Martin Walsh | ... | Graham Warner | |
| David Calder | ... | George Hart | |
| Robert Wilfort | ... | DI Jeff Dunn | |
| Terence Hillyer | ... | Eddie Myers | |
| Gillian Goodman | ... | Gina Moore | |
| Anna Farnworth | ... | Maddie Engel | |
| Hugh Bonneville | ... | James Lampton | |
| Clint Dyer | ... | Murray Dickson | |
| Jake Abraham | ... | Tony Farmer | |
| Paul Brightwell | ... | DS Brian Hall | |
| Poppy Miller | ... | DC Carol Browning | |
| Joan Bakewell | ... | Herself |
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The Commander: Entrapment (UK) (DVD box title)
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145 min | UK:180 min (including commercials)
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Followed by The Commander: Virus (2005) (TV)
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Usually I like Amanda Burton's acting, honestly. But accepting this role was a complete mistake.
The Commander in this series does everything a good cop wouldn't do. She garbles evidence and sleeps with suspects. On top of that, she has a huge ego. Now, ordinarily this wouldn't kill a series - it would maybe even be an interesting touch.
The problem, however, is: this is about all the series has to offer. Obviously the title "The Commander" wasn't a misnomer for this one; the commander is all the series is about. No interesting crime or mystery, just this commander being a disgrace for the whole British police. It's not credible that a person like this would ever become a commander and moreover, it's not interesting to watch.
As an alternative title I suggest "The Clare Blake show".