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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

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    Jon Morrison

    DC Kenny Lockhart

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    Riley Jones

    DC Mark Edwards

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    David Leon

    DI Joe Ashworth

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    Sarah Kameela Impey

    Dr Paula Bennett

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    Rhiannon Clements

    DC Steph Duncan

Current Season

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Series 14

2025 | 2 Episodes

Series 14 of Vera premiered on Jan 01 2025

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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

Ended

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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