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.
StatusReturning Series
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Season 1 of Vera premiered on May 1, 2011
Season 2 of Vera premiered on April 22, 2012
Season 3 of Vera premiered on August 25, 2013
Season 4 of Vera premiered on April 27, 2014
Season 5 of Vera premiered on April 5, 2015
Series 5 sees the return of Jon Morrison (High Times, Nil By Mouth) as D.C. Kenny Lockhart, Cush Jumbo (Torchwood: Children of Earth) as D.C. Bethany Whelan, Kingsley Ben-Adir (City Slacker) as pathologist, Dr. Marcus Summer and Riley Jones as D.C. Mark Edwards. Joe Ashworth (David Leon) finally got his long awaited promotion - Celine was delighted!
Season 6 of Vera premiered on January 31, 2016
Season 7 of Vera premiered on March 19, 2017
Season 8 of Vera premiered on January 7, 2018
Season 9 of Vera premiered on January 13, 2019
Season 10 of Vera premiered on January 12, 2020
Season 11 of Vera premiered on August 29, 2021
Season 12 of Vera premiered on January 29, 2023
Season 13 of Vera premiered on January 7, 2024
Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
DI Joe Ashworth