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User Rating:
6.4/10   110 votes
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Director:
Michael Whyte
Writer:
Lynda La Plante (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 February 2003 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police... more | add synopsis
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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)
User Comments:
Not credible and uninteresting to watch more (5 total)

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Commander: Entrapment (UK) (DVD box title)
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Runtime:
145 min | UK:180 min (including commercials)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | UK:15
Company:
La Plante Productions more

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Followed by The Commander: Virus (2005) (TV) more

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9 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
Not credible and uninteresting to watch, 9 July 2006
3/10
Author: MrTroy from Netherlands

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".

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