The Ghost Squad is a 2005
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crime drama series that was produced by the British production company, "
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", for
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filmed at various locations in the
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. The shows concept was created by Tom Grieves and was based on the real life Ghost Squad that existed between 1994 and 1998. It stars
Elaine CassidyElaine Cassidy is an Irish actress and is best known for playing the lead character Abby Mills on Harper's Island.-Early life:Elaine Cassidy was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow...
and
Jonas ArmstrongJonas Armstrong is an Irish born British actor, raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he has played the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood.-Background:Jonas Armstrong was born in Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin,...
who star as Amy Harris and Pete Maitland respectively. The premise of the show is that there is an undercover police squad which investigates police for possible corruption.
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The Ghost Squad is a 2005
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
crime drama series that was produced by the British production company, "
Company PicturesCompany Pictures is an independent British television production company which has produced drama programming for many broadcasters. Their productions have included:*drama series Wild at Heart for ITV1...
", for
Channel 4Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on November 2, 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station owned now and operated by the Channel Four Television...
filmed at various locations in the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. The shows concept was created by Tom Grieves and was based on the real life Ghost Squad that existed between 1994 and 1998. It stars
Elaine CassidyElaine Cassidy is an Irish actress and is best known for playing the lead character Abby Mills on Harper's Island.-Early life:Elaine Cassidy was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow...
and
Jonas ArmstrongJonas Armstrong is an Irish born British actor, raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he has played the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood.-Background:Jonas Armstrong was born in Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin,...
who star as Amy Harris and Pete Maitland respectively. The premise of the show is that there is an undercover police squad which investigates police for possible corruption. There were Seven episodes produced in 2005 before the show was cancelled. The show had been put out by Channel 4 after 11PM and as a consequence attracted poorer ratings as opposed to what could have been expected had it been put out in one of the prime slots earlier in the evening.
Cast
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| Actor |
Character |
Episode Count |
| Elaine Cassidy Elaine Cassidy is an Irish actress and is best known for playing the lead character Abby Mills on Harper's Island.-Early life:Elaine Cassidy was born in Kilcoole, County Wicklow...
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Detective Constable Amy Harris |
7 |
| Emma Fielding -Biography:The lapsed Roman Catholic daughter of a British Army soldier, Fielding spent much of her childhood in Malaysia and Nigeria, and a period in Malvern above her grandparents' betting shop...
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Detective Superintendent Carole McKay |
7 |
| Jonas Armstrong Jonas Armstrong is an Irish born British actor, raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he has played the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood.-Background:Jonas Armstrong was born in Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin,...
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Detective Sergeant Pete Maitland |
7 |
| James Weber-Brown |
Deputy Asst Commissioner Robert Townsend |
3 |
| Michael Thompson Michael Thompson may refer to:*Mike Thompson , United States politician*Michael Thompson , American guitarist*Michael Thompson British academic...
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CID Officer |
2 |
Principal Crew
| Role |
Name |
| Writer and Creator |
Tom Grieves |
| Producer |
Chris Clough Chris Clough is an English director and producer of television.Clough studied English literature at Leeds University. He went there because they had a television studio available for the students. He used the material he created there to apply for jobs and he got a job as a researcher at Granada...
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| Directors |
Richard Laxton, Daniel Percival Daniel Percival is an English television, theatre and movie actor born in 1980 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He has brown eyes and black hair, is 1.78 m tall, and is not to be confused with Daniel Percival, the British writer and director....
, Charles Palmer-Personal Life:Palmer is the son of actor Geoffrey Palmer.He is married to Claire Skinner.-Selected filmography:*Marple**"The Murder at the Vicarage" **"A Pocket Full of Rye" *Doctor Who**"Smith and Jones"...
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| Executive Producers |
Charles Pattinson Charles Pattinson is a British television producer. His initial career was in the theatre, where he was an assistant director at the Royal Court Theatre in the mid-1980s...
, George FaberGeorge Faber is the name of:*George Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham , British peer*George Stanley Faber , English theologist*George S. J. Faber, co-founder of British production company Company Pictures...
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Episode List
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Episode Name |
Original Air date
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Availability
The Ghost Squad was originally aired on Channel 4 in the
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but was canceled after 7 episodes. Recently, TGS has been shown on TV on Hallmark International in February and March 2008. Currently, the
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is available by the
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(ABC) (DVD Region 4) and is made for PAL televisions. It is also available in France (DVD region 2) published by Warner Home Video.
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