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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- Seasons
- 14
- Episodes aired
- 56
- Latest aired
- S14E02
- Total runtime
- 3d 12h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 May 2011 4 episodes
- Season 2 April 2012 – June 2012 4 episodes
- Season 3 August 2013 – September 2013 4 episodes
- Season 4 April 2014 – May 2014 4 episodes
- Season 5 April 2015 4 episodes
- Season 6 February 2016 4 episodes
- Season 7 March 2017 – April 2017 4 episodes
- Season 8 January 2018 4 episodes
- Season 9 January 2019 – February 2019 4 episodes
- Season 10 January 2020 – February 2020 4 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 6 months
- Season 11 August 2021 – January 2023 6 episodes
- Season 12 January 2023 – December 2023 5 episodes
- Season 13 January 2024 3 episodes
- Season 14 January 2025 2 episodes
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S01E01 Hidden Depths
May 1 · 90min find the promo
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After two young people are killed in the same way - placed in water and surrounded by flowers - DCI Vera Stanhope knows that she must catch the murderer before they strike again. Aided by her team, especially her trusted right-hand man Sgt Joe Ashworth, she unpicks the complex and dysfunctional relationships amongst a group of bird-watching friends. As the friends' loyalty turns to betrayal, Vera finds that a small act of teenage blackmail and an illicit affair may have driven someone to kill.
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S01E02 Telling Tales
May 8 · 90min find the promo
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After Jeanie Long commits suicide, evidence comes to light exonerating her for the murder of teenager Abigail Mantel 11 years earlier. DCI Vera Stanhope and her team set out to retrospectively solve the killing, delving into the secrets and lies of a small community which still feels the repercussions of Abigail's death. Then the case takes an violent and unexpected turn - can Vera use her skill and instinct to find the truth and lay ghosts to rest?
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S01E03 The Crow Trap
May 15 · 90min find the promo
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When a woman is murdered in the remote Northumbrian countryside, DCI Vera Stanhope is led back to a place from her past. As she and her team investigate, they uncover shadowy liaisons, conflicting sympathies and hidden injustices.
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S01E04 Little Lazarus
May 22 · 90min find the promo
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Last in the series of the detective drama based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. DI Vera Stanhope rescues a young boy from a freezing pond after he escapes from a violent attack which left his mother dead. As Vera and her team investigate what happened to the child, they unravel a web of deadly secrets and discover a murderous sequence of events set in motion by power, money and a mother's love. Although she is usually awkward and uninterested around children, Vera finds a kindred spirit in the boy, and begins to realise that the key to the investigation may lie hidden in his memory.