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Vera( 2011)

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Overview

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.

  1. Ann Cleeves

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Brenda Blethyn

    DCI Vera Stanhope

Current Season

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Season 13

2024 | 3 Episodes

Season 13 of Vera premiered on Jan 07 2024

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A review by MovieGuys

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Written by MovieGuys on Sat Dec 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 which, ignores the abject poverty in the UK and the incredible waste of public money, on things like military spending. O...

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Facts

Status

Returning Series

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • england
  • detective
  • kidnapping
  • northern england
  • police
  • murder
  • criminal
  • police detective
  • criminal investigation
  • forensic science
  • female detective
  • crime investigation
  • northumberland
  • hardboiled detective
  • police procedural