A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
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Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
Jon Morrison
DC Kenny Lockhart
Riley Jones
DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
Dr Paula Bennett
Rhiannon Clements
DC Stephanie 'Steph' Duncan
4 eps
Series 1
2011
4 eps
Series 2
2012
4 eps
Series 3
2013
4 eps
Series 4
2014
4 eps
Series 5
2015
4 eps
Series 6
2016
4 eps
Series 7
2017
4 eps
Series 8
2018
4 eps
Series 9
2019
4 eps
Series 10
2020
6 eps
Series 11
2021
5 eps
Series 12
2023
3 eps
Series 13
2024
2 eps
Series 14
2025
Status
Ended
Original Language
EN
Network
ITV1
Created By
Ann Cleeves
Production
ITV Studios
MovieGuys
December 14, 2024
This series would have been a lot more likeable were it not for a thread of, at times, waspish, establishment political correctness. Dear old working class bobby Vera isn't quite what she seems. In spite of her salt of the earth pretensions, she's a vehicle for some often pretty blatant establishment rhetoric. In one instance she scolds two hard up young boys for illegally sub letting their...
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