Vera: Season 1

2011 · 4 episodes · ★ 7.5

Series 1

What Season 1 of Vera

Vera Stanhope is Detective Chief Inspector with Northumberland & City Police in northeast England. She's nearly retired, but she's still obsessed with her work. She looks unkempt and has a prickly temper, though her sharp mind spots every flaw in her colleagues' reasoning. Alongside her right-hand man, Sergeant Joe Ashworth, whom she treats almost like a son, she tackles each case with enthusiasm and professionalism. Season 1 opens with two strikingly similar crime scenes, with bodies laid out in the water and surrounded by flowers. From there, Vera investigates across Northumberland, and each case forces her to uncover what lies behind the facts.

4episodes

May 1, 2011Premiered

May 22, 2011latest episode

6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Hidden Depths
May 1, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Adrian Shergold · Writing: Paul Rutman · Starring: Samantha Neale, Juliet Aubrey, Neil Armstrong, Craig Conway
1x02 Telling Tales
May 8, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.3
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?
Directing: Peter Hoar · Writing: Paul Rutman · Starring: Jon Morrison, Gary Lewis, Lolita Chakrabarti, Elizabeth Edmonds
1x03 The Crow Trap
May 15, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Farren Blackburn · Writing: Paul Rutman, Stephen Brady · Starring: Jon Morrison, Elizabeth Carling, Amy Cudden, Daniel Flynn
1x04 Little Lazarus Season Finale
May 22, 2011 · 90 min · ★ 7.7
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.
Directing: Paul Whittington · Writing: Paul Rutman · Starring: Jon Morrison, Tim Dutton, Kerry Fox, Kieran O'Brien