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The Ghost Squad was a 2005 British crime drama series produced by Company Pictures, for Channel 4. The show was created by Tom Grieves. Inspired by the real life "Ghost Squad" that existed between 1994 and 1998, secretly investigating police corruption, the premise of the series is that the squad continued to operate in secret after officially being shut down. It starred Elaine Cassidy as a police constable recruited into the squad and Jonas Armstrong as her handler. The show was cancelled after a single seven episode series.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01One of UsNovember 15, 2005—PC. Amy Harris finds a young Asian man dead in a police interview room, and realises that her fellow officers are framing her for murder.
- S01E02HardcoreNovember 22, 2005—Amy, newly recruited to the Ghost Squad, investigates a group of police officers who have been working under cover to expose a sex trafficki
- S01E03HeroesNovember 29, 2005—Amy is sent under cover to work alongside a police sergeant and expose his corruption.
- S01E04The Greater GoodDecember 6, 2005—Amy investigates the background of a Chief Superintendent in line for further promotion, but spots her dining with her own boyfriend.
- S01E05FirewallDecember 13, 2005—Amy has to discover which of three police officers working on a witness protection programme is corrupt, and make sure that the witness reac
- S01E06Necessary MeansDecember 20, 2005—Amy has to get close to a CSU officer under investigation by the Financial Crimes Unit, and find out where her money is coming from.
- S01E07Colour BlindDecember 27, 2005—Amy goes under cover to investigate a detective inspector accused of involvement in drugs and prostitution.
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