The Commander

24/10/2008

Returning to ITV1 this autumn is The Commander. Amanda Burton leads the cast as Commander Clare Blake in this 3 x 60min special.

Amanda Burton starring alongside Mark Lewis Jones as DCI Doug James and Paul Brightwell as DS Brian Hall. Guest artists include Dilys Laye (The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, Carry On Doctor/ Camping/ Spying) along with the award-winning actor Crissy Rock (Trial & Retribution IX, Ladybird Ladybird), and Jennifer Ellison (The Cottage, Liverpool Nativity, New Street Law) playing a mother and daughter caught up in the abduction of a baby - just one of the challenging cases for Commander Clare Blake and her team.

Blake is faced with two horrific crimes - a newborn baby goes missing from a maternity ward, and an elderly women is brutally murdered. The shock of these crimes is amplified when the commander discovers that the baby is DCI Doug James’ newborn. And the elderly woman is DS Brian Hall’s mother.

As the investigation turns on her own team and the situation intensifies, Blake’s highly individual style of policing is under the spotlight once again. Will she sacrifice her own career in the pursuit of what is right?

The Commander Abduction is written by Lynda La Plante, directed by Gillies MacKinnon (Hideous Kinky, Regeneration, Small Faces), produced by Lachlan MacKinnon (City of Vice) and La Plante Productions for ITV1.

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