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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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.
Season 2 episodes
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Vera's reunion with her first-ever sergeant, Stuart Macken, occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. Stuart is badly burned by the attack and his 18-year-old daughter Stella is left fighting for her life in intensive care. Vera is shocked to see that Stuart is a shadow of the man she knew 20 years before and, when her investigation uncovers unpleasant revelations about his personal life, she is faced with some long-buried memories of her own.
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Directed by Peter HoarWritten by Paul RutmanGuest stars Wunmi Mosaku, Sonya Cassidy, Jessica Barden, Ron Cook, Julie Graham, Steven Hartley, Rose Leslie, Nina Sosanya
Vera investigates the case of a murdered social worked named Jenny Lister, who was universally considered to have been principled and popular. However, in an overworked and understaffed social work system, a notorious case involving the death of a child seems to hold the key to solving the killing. As Vera pursues the truth, she discovers the real secret at the heart of Jenny's death - and the killer who will stop at nothing to keep it hidden
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Directed by Paul WhittingtonWritten by Gaby ChiappeGuest stars Cush Jumbo, Hannah Britland, Daymon Britton, Penny Downie, Antony Byrne, Stephanie Carey, Pat Dunn, Sandra James-Young
DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of 29-year-old Niall Coulter. With those closest to Niall intent upon obscuring the truth, it is not until the body of a drug dealer is found washed up on a Northumberland beach that the dreadful truth begins to emerge about Niall's past. While coping with revelations from her own past, Vera sifts through evidence of the grief, love and addiction that characterised Niall's life and deduces that his murderer acted through selfless and unrequited love.
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Directed by Edward BazalgetteWritten by Paul RutmanGuest stars Cush Jumbo, Sonya Cassidy, James Burrows, Sean Campion, Gary Cargill, Riley Jones, Phyllis Logan, John McArdle
DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth investigate a suspicious death in an army barracks. Although the scene has been made to look like a suicide, Vera quickly establishes that Staff Sgt 'Dev' Deverson was murdered. Sensing a connection to a soldier named Ollie who was killed in Afghanistan, Vera interviews Dev's loyal comrades and Ollie's grieving family, exposing a deeply concealed trauma at the heart of the crime.
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Directed by Julian HolmesWritten by Colin TeevanGuest stars Cush Jumbo, Sonya Cassidy, Naomi Bentley, Mia Wyles, Ben Aldridge, Anna Bolton, Clare Calbraith, Simon Chandler
