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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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- E1 Hidden DepthsNext upMay 1, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.2
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After two young people are killed in the same way - placed in water and surrounded by flowers - DCI Vera Stanhope knows that she must catch the murderer before they strike again. Aided by her team, especially her trusted right-hand man Sgt Joe Ashworth, she unpicks the complex and dysfunctional relationships amongst a group of bird-watching friends. As the friends' loyalty turns to betrayal, Vera finds that a small act of teenage blackmail and an illicit affair may have driven someone to kill.
Guest stars: Samantha Neale (Lily Marsh), Juliet Aubrey (Felicity Calvert), Neil Armstrong (Gary Wright), Craig Conway (Davy Sharp), Murray Head (Peter Calvert), Gina McKee (Julie Armstrong), Paul Higgins (Clive Stringer), Philip Correia (Ben Craven)
- E2 Telling TalesMay 8, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.3
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After Jeanie Long commits suicide, evidence comes to light exonerating her for the murder of teenager Abigail Mantel 11 years earlier. DCI Vera Stanhope and her team set out to retrospectively solve the killing, delving into the secrets and lies of a small community which still feels the repercussions of Abigail's death. Then the case takes an violent and unexpected turn - can Vera use her skill and instinct to find the truth and lay ghosts to rest?
Guest stars: Jon Morrison (DC Kenny Lockhart), Gary Lewis (Robert Winter), Lolita Chakrabarti (Caroline Fletcher), Elizabeth Edmonds (Mary Winter), Hugo Speer (Kieth Mantel), Alan Williams (Michael Long), Amber Britton-Dyer (Abby Mantel), Emun Elliott (James Bennett)
- E3 The Crow TrapMay 15, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.8
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When a woman is murdered in the remote Northumbrian countryside, DCI Vera Stanhope is led back to a place from her past. As she and her team investigate, they uncover shadowy liaisons, conflicting sympathies and hidden injustices.
Guest stars: Jon Morrison (DC Kenny Lockhart), Elizabeth Carling (Bev MacDonald), Amy Cudden (Grace Bishop), Daniel Flynn (Godfrey Waugh), John Lynch (Edmund Fulwell), Richard Short (Neville Furness), Jane Holman (Bella Furness), Jack McBride (Dougie Furness)
- E4 Little LazarusMay 22, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.7
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Last in the series of the detective drama based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. DI Vera Stanhope rescues a young boy from a freezing pond after he escapes from a violent attack which left his mother dead. As Vera and her team investigate what happened to the child, they unravel a web of deadly secrets and discover a murderous sequence of events set in motion by power, money and a mother's love. Although she is usually awkward and uninterested around children, Vera finds a kindred spirit in the boy, and begins to realise that the key to the investigation may lie hidden in his memory.
Guest stars: Jon Morrison (DC Kenny Lockhart), Tim Dutton (Aidan Carmichael), Kerry Fox (Patricia Carmichael), Kieran O'Brien (Bobby Salter), Riley Jones (PC Mark Edwards), Judi Earl (Theresa), Philip Harrison (Photographer), Sam Jarvis (Adam Wilde)
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Created by Ann Cleeves
Brenda Blethyn
Jon Morrison
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MovieGuysDec 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 flat. Vera opines about the the "poor tax man" not getting his cut. All of whic… Read more
h, ignores the abject poverty in the UK and the incredible waste of public money, on things like military spending. On the upside this series is competently produced and capably acted. Stories are your standard Brit crime fare. Nothing special but moderately watchable. In summary, "Vera" would have worked a lot better without the establishment pandering but still has enough on offer to represent a reasonable watch.
