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''Vera'' is a
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
series based on the Vera Stanhope series of novels written by crime writer
Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel ''Rav ...
. It was first broadcast on
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on 1 May 2011, and to date, eleven series have aired, with the latest debuting on 29 August 2021. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. In 2021, Ann Cleeves confirmed that the character of Vera was based on a neighbour of her maternal grandmother. The neighbour had been something of a busybody and her personality was the basis for Vera. Vera is a nearly retired employee of the fictional 'Northumberland & City Police', who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. She plods along in a constantly dishevelled state, but has a calculating mind and, despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about her work and colleagues. She often proves her superior skills by picking up small errors in her team members' thought processes. Vera forms a close relationship with sergeants Joe Ashworth (
David Leon David Jeremy Leon (born 24 July 1980) is an English actor, director, writer and producer. As an actor, he is known for appearing in Rankin and Chris Cottam's 2002 feature film, ''Lives of the Saints'' (as the character Othello), and director ...
) and Aiden Healy (
Kenny Doughty Kenny Doughty is an English actor and director, best known for playing DS Aiden Healy on ITV's Crime Drama '' Vera.'' Early life Doughty was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Charter School, which became the Kingstone School on B ...
). On 27 August 2020, it was confirmed that the show had been renewed for an eleventh series. Its first four episodes aired in December 2021 and January 2022, with a further two episodes expected in later 2022. In March 2022, it was confirmed that a twelfth series had been commissioned and had begun filming.


Production

''Hidden Depths'', ''Telling Tales'' and ''The Crow Trap'' from the first series, and ''Silent Voices'' from the second series, are based on the novels of the same names by
Ann Cleeves Ann Cleeves (born 1954) is a British mystery crime writer. She wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez, and Matthew Venn series, all three of which have been adapted into TV shows. In 2006 she won the Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel ''Rav ...
. The episode ''Sandancers'' from the second series was due to be broadcast on Sunday, 13 May 2012. However, the episode was pulled from the schedule as its storyline was about a soldier's death in Afghanistan and it coincided with news of two servicemen dying there. In August 2012, ''Vera'' was renewed for a third series of four episodes, with both Brenda Blethyn and
David Leon David Jeremy Leon (born 24 July 1980) is an English actor, director, writer and producer. As an actor, he is known for appearing in Rankin and Chris Cottam's 2002 feature film, ''Lives of the Saints'' (as the character Othello), and director ...
confirmed as returning for the new series. Filming on the third series finished in February 2013. The last three episodes of the series were broadcast in a later timeslot, from 9:00pm–11:00pm. On 22 April 2013,
ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
renewed ''Vera'' for a fourth series, before the third series had even been broadcast. Filming on the fourth series completed in October 2013, and included an adaptation of the then-unpublished novel ''On Harbour Street'', which was subsequently published in January 2014, ahead of the TV broadcast. This made the opening episode the first since the second series to be a direct adaptation from the ''Vera'' novels and leaves ''The Glass Room'' as the only novel yet to be filmed. On 5 June 2014, ITV announced that a fifth series had been commissioned but that David Leon would not be returning.
Kenny Doughty Kenny Doughty is an English actor and director, best known for playing DS Aiden Healy on ITV's Crime Drama '' Vera.'' Early life Doughty was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He attended Charter School, which became the Kingstone School on B ...
was unveiled as his successor. Latisha Knight was announced as executive producer for this series.
Cush Jumbo Cush Jumbo (born 23 September 1985) is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her leading role as attorney Lucca Quinn in the CBS drama series '' The Good Wife'' (2015–16) and the CBS All Access spin-off series ''The Good Figh ...
returned to the main cast following her two episode guest stint in series two, while Lisa Hammond joined the cast as newcomer Helen Milton. In March 2015, ITV announced that the show had been renewed for a sixth series, with filming commencing in June. The third episode was announced to be an adaptation of the novel ''The Moth Catcher'', which was set to be published in September 2015. Noof McEwan joined the cast following the departure of Cush Jumbo. On 14 January 2020, while attending the TCA Press Tour, Brenda Blethyn confirmed that ''Vera'' was renewed for an eleventh series. Production for series 11 began in April 2020 and new episodes began airing in 2021. a twelfth series had begun production.


Cast

Riley Jones appeared in two episodes as PC Mark Edwards, once in Series 1 and once in series 2 before being transferred into CID and joining the main cast in series 3. Clare Calbraith appeared in one episode as RMP Captain Rebecca Shepherd in series 2, before joining the main cast in series 3 as a detective constable.


Episodes


Series overview


Series 1 (2011)


Series 2 (2012)


Series 3 (2013)


Series 4 (2014)


Series 5 (2015)


Series 6 (2016)


Series 7 (2017)


Series 8 (2018)


Series 9 (2019)


Series 10 (2020)


Series 11 (2021–2022)


Series 12 (2023)

ITV had announced that the 12th series has been commissioned and filming began in March 2022. It is scheduled to air in 2023.


International broadcast

* In
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, the first series was broadcast on the
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. Series 2 was shown on 7Two from Wednesday 18 July 2012 at 8:30 pm. Series 3 commenced on
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on Sunday 23 August 2015 at 8:30 pm and was immediately followed by series 4. The ABC reverted to series 1 episode 1 on Sunday 27 December 2015 at 8:30 pm, and has continued to broadcast the programme since. Series 5 commenced on Sunday 28 August at 8:30 pm, and series 6 on Sunday 5 March 2017, in the same timeslot. * On Australian subscription TV provider
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, series 1–5 is aired every weekend at 8:30 pm and series 6 began airing on Monday 7 March 2016 and aired every Monday at 8:30 pm on 13th Street Channel 118, with episode 4 airing on 28 March 2016. * In
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,
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(British Columbia) aired series 1 beginning in December 2014. Series 1, 2 and 3 are available for online streaming via
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(series 3),
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(series 1-6, and 8-11) and
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(series 1-2, and 6-7). * In
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, the national public service broadcaster DR aired the four first episodes on their popular channel
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late Sunday evenings. In 2013, series 2 was broadcast on DR1 on Saturday evenings, rather than Sunday evenings. Likewise, series 3 and 4 were broadcast on Saturday evenings, in autumn 2014, on DR1. * In the
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, the series is broadcast on public television stations. Series One was also available in the U.S. for online streaming via the
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service. All 10 series are available for online streaming via
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, Acorn TV (series 7),
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(series 1-6, and 8-11). * In
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the national broadcasting company
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started airing all episodes starting on 21 December 2012 on Friday nights at 7pm. * In
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the series is aired by
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on
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; repeats commenced on RTL8 in 2021, starting from Season One. * In
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, Dutch-speaking channel Eén started airing the series. * In
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the series is shown on TV One and more recently on Vibe, a SKY channel. * In
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the series was shown on
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since 10 October 2016. * In
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the series was shown on
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before moving to
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in June 2019. * In
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the series is shown on
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. * In
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the series is shown on La 2 , and TV3 in Catalan * In
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the first series was shown on public broadcaster
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. It was repeated and subsequent series shown on
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from 2013. * In
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the series is shown on public service broadcaster
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. * In
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the series is shown on
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, starting from Sunday 11 January 2015. * In
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the series is shown on Galaxy4. * In
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the series is shown on RTVSLO. * In
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the series is shown on Ale Kino+. * In
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the first series started on 3 July 2015 on SVT. * In
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the series is shown on
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ITV Choice. Series 6 was to be broadcast 24 hours after first showing in the UK. * In
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the series is shown on AXN Mystery. *In
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the series is shown regularly on
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.


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