Vera (2011)

Crime, Drama, Mystery 90m

75^%

User
Score

8.2/10

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.

Ann Cleeves

Creator

Top Billed Cast

Brenda Blethyn

DCI Vera Stanhope

Jon Morrison

DC Kenny Lockhart

Riley Jones

DC Mark Edwards, PC Mark Edwards

Kenny Doughty

DS Aiden Healy

Ibinabo Jack

DC Jacqueline 'Jac' Williams

David Leon

DS Joe Ashworth, DI Joe Ashworth

Paul Kaye

Dr Malcolm Donahue

Paul Ritter

Billy Cartwright

Kingsley Ben-Adir

Dr Marcus Summer

Sonya Cassidy

Celine Ashworth

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Reviews

A review by MovieGuys

Written on December 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...

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