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The Ghost Squad

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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.

Nov 15, 20051 seasons7 episodesEndedEN

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Elaine Cassidy

Amy Harris

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Jonas Armstrong

Pete Maitland

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Emma Fielding

Carole McKay

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Seasons

Season 1

7 episodes

Premiered Nov 15, 2005

Episodes

1–6 of 7

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Ep 1

One of Us

Nov 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.

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Ep 2

Hardcore

Nov 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 trafficking network.

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Ep 3

Heroes

Nov 29, 2005

Amy is sent under cover to work alongside a police sergeant and expose his corruption.

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Ep 4

The Greater Good

Dec 6, 2005

Amy investigates the background of a Chief Superintendent in line for further promotion, but spots her dining with her own boyfriend.

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Ep 5

Firewall

Dec 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 reaches court.

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Ep 6