This set contains three feature length episodes of the cutting edge television drama penned by Lynda La Plante. Amanda Burton returns in the role of Lynda la Plante's 'The Commander', featuring an outstanding supporting cast including Mark Lewis Jones, Paul Brightwell, Celia Imrie, Penny Downie and Gerard Kearns.
The Devil You Know In a tragic opening, the body of a two year old girl is discovered in a derelict mental institution, sealed in an oil drum. Eric Thornton (Matt Day), a schizophrenic ex-patient, soon emerges as the main suspect. As the hunt for Thornton intensifies, Commander Clare Blake (Amanda Burton) clashes with the drug squad who have been tracking Thornton in a parallel investigation. In Blake's desperate hunt to uncover the truth behind the dead girl, events take an unexpected and deadly turn. Will the dark secrets of the hospital and its patients be revealed at last?
Fraudster Donald Griffith (Oliver Cotton), a self-made millionaire, seems to have the perfect life - until he's found dead in his own pool. Commander Clare Blake heads up the police investigation, alongside a returning Detective Van Hauten (Yorick van Wageningen) from the Amsterdam murder squad. Together they uncover Griffith's secret life of lies and deceit - a wife, a mistress and an affair with his secretary, plus seriously fraudulent financial dealings. Three women who appear to be adversaries, but all with motive - could they have conspired to pull off the perfect murder and inherit Griffith's millions?
Windows of the Soul On an East London estate, with a history of bad blood between residents and the police, a priest is brutally beaten and stabbed to death. Suspicion falls on Jimmy Bannerman (Toby Kebbell), a talented fighter from the local boxing club. Commander Clare Blake and DCI Doug James (Mark Lewis Jones) are polarised by this boxing protege, the brutal competitiveness of the amateur boxing world resonating with Doug's own youth. Following a vicious attack on a fellow detective, Blake and Doug are forced to put aside their differences and find the killer before he strikes again and more violence erupts on this already troubled estate.
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