Overview
- Vera, which returns to ITV at 8:30pm Thursday, is a repeat from series 14 that first aired in 2025.
- The episode titled Inside opens with a body found on the banks of the River Tyne, setting up a case tied to a former prisoner.
- Brenda Blethyn confirmed in 2024 that she was stepping away from DCI Vera Stanhope to spend more time with family and reclaim summers after long shoots.
- Executive producer Kate Bartlett called making the drama over 14 series an extraordinary journey and credited Blethyn’s performance as central to its success.
- Blethyn recently returned to screens in Channel 4’s A Woman of Substance, playing the older version of Emma Harte.