The Commander: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

There are only four female commanders in the Metropolitan Police and only one of them specialises in murder. The Commander follows Commander Clare Blake of the homicide dIvision, whose team consists of the sinister D.C.I. Hedges, who is against her from the beginning.

Series details

• Title: The Commander
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2003-02-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-11-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 74 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 33042
• TVDB ID: 74734

Cast and credited roles

• Amanda Burton — Commander Clare Blake
• Paul Brightwell — DS Brian Hall
• Mark Lewis Jones — DI/DCI Doug James
• Matthew Marsh — D.C.I. Mike Hedges
• Nicholas Jones — D.C.S. Les Branton
• Anthony Valentine — ACC/DAC Edward Sumpter
• Poppy Miller — DC/DI Carol Browning
• Niall MacGregor — DS Matt Newton
• Siân Brooke — DC Marian Randall

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-02-16; final listed air date 2003-02-17; episode order: 2.
• Season 2: premiered 2005-01-10; final listed air date 2005-01-18; episode order: 4.
• Season 3: premiered 2006-03-27; final listed air date 2006-04-03; episode order: 2.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-07-08; final listed air date 2007-08-12; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-11-10; final listed air date 2008-11-12; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Commander on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.