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The Commander

The Commander is a British crime drama created for television by Lynda La Plante, best known for her work on Prime Suspect, for which she won two Emmy awards for Outstanding Mini Series. In total, five seasons and 17 episodes of The Commander were produced, all of them starring the Northern Irish actress Amanda Burton as the protagonist Commander Clare Blake. The plot revolves around Blake as the leader of an elite murder investigation squad based in London and surroundings who often allows interpersonal situations and relationships could her judgement. She is supported by two main sidekicks throughout the series, first DCI Mike Hedges portrayed by English actor (Spy Game, The Fourth Protocol) and later by DCI Doug James, played by Welsh actor Mark Lewis Jones (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, 55 Degrees North).