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Vera is a British crime drama television series based on the Vera Stanhope novels by Ann Cleeves. It ran on ITV for 14 years from 1 May 2011 to 2 January 2025 and starred Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.
Based on the books of Ann Cleeves, whose work is also the basis for the even moodier, broodier series “Shetland,” “Vera” is a cerebral, as opposed to violent or troubling, crime drama.
Vera is a British crime drama series based on the Vera Stanhope series of novels written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011. As of 2 January 2025, 56 original episodes of Vera have aired over fourteen series. [1]
The lead character, as well as some specific episodes in series one and two, are based on Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope crime novels. Blethyn continued: “She’s a sensible woman, Vera. She ...
Ann Cleeves OBE (born 24 October 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 Raven Black , [ 1 ] the first novel in the Jimmy Perez series.
Vera (2011–present) BritBox International Brenda Blethyn stars as the no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in this long-running crime drama, based on the book series by Ann Cleeves.
The 78-year-old English actress will return for a final series as the unorthodox trench coat wearing Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope.
Born in Ramsgate, Kent, Blethyn was the youngest of nine children in a Roman Catholic, working-class family.Her mother, Louisa Kathleen (née Supple; 10 May 1904 – 21 June 1992), was a housewife and former maid who had met Blethyn's father, William Charles Bottle (5 March 1894 – 9 January 1985) in approximately 1922 while working for the same household in Broadstairs, Kent.