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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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Brenda BlethynDCI Vera Stanhope
- Jon MorrisonDC Kenny Lockhart
- Riley JonesDC Mark Edwards
- Sarah Kameela ImpeyDr Paula Bennett
- Rhiannon ClementsDC Stephanie 'Steph' Duncan
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- Ann CleevesCreator
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Seasons
- Series 14 eps · 2011
- Series 24 eps · 2012
- Series 34 eps · 2013
- Series 44 eps · 2014
- Series 54 eps · 2015
- Series 64 eps · 2016
- Series 74 eps · 2017
- Series 84 eps · 2018
- Series 94 eps · 2019
- Series 104 eps · 2020
- Series 116 eps · 2021
- Series 125 eps · 2023
- Series 133 eps · 2024
- Series 142 eps · 2025
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