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Season 1

  • S01E01 Hidden Depths

    • May 1, 2011
    • ITV1

    A handsome young man, a coquettish student teacher, nothing in common between them - except that both were murdered and left with their bodies meticulously posed.

  • S01E02 Telling Tales

    • May 8, 2011
    • ITV1

    Vera must put together the pieces of a 11-year-old murder and stop a ruthless killer before he or she strikes again.

  • S01E03 The Crow Trap

    • May 15, 2011
    • ITV1

    As groundbreaking begins on a rock quarry in the moorlands, a local woman who had opposed the construction is found murdered.

  • S01E04 Little Lazarus

    • May 22, 2011
    • ITV1

    Vera finds herself acting as caretaker for a boy whose mother was murdered in front of his eyes.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Ghost Position

    • April 22, 2012
    • ITV1

    Vera's reunion with her first sergeant occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. The investigation forces her to face old memories.

  • S02E02 Silent Voices

    • April 29, 2012
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the murder of a social worker and finds that a notorious case involving the death of a child may hold the key to solving the case.

  • S02E03 A Certain Samaritan

    • May 20, 2012
    • ITV1

    A young man is found dead with heroin in his blood and a stolen credit card in his wallet. But only when Vera learns details of his mother's life does a motive for murder emerge.

  • S02E04 Sandancers

    • June 3, 2012
    • ITV1

    The authorities at a local army base are in an ungodly hurry to declare the death of a decorated Afghanistan War veteran a suicide, but Vera doubts it.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Castles in the Air

    • August 25, 2013
    • ITV1

    A young physiotherapist is brutally murdered and Vera leads the investigation into her death.

  • S03E02 Poster Child

    • September 1, 2013
    • ITV1

    A surgeon is murdered and his daughters abducted leaving Vera's team to trace the killer and rescue the daughters.

  • S03E03 Young Gods

    • September 8, 2013
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the death of an extreme sports fanatic, who was seen by a group of campers jumping into the lake while on fire from head to toe.

  • S03E04 Prodigal Son

    • September 15, 2013
    • ITV1

    Vera's investigation into the murder of an ex-Met officer turns out to be far more complicated than initially imagined.

Season 4

  • S04E01 On Harbour Street

    • April 27, 2014
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the mysterious death of a pensioner on a busy commuter train.

  • S04E02 Protected

    • May 4, 2014
    • ITV1

    Vera unearths a 30-year-old mystery after a brutal murder on the sands of a seaside resort.

  • S04E03 The Deer Hunters

    • May 11, 2014
    • ITV1

    Vera delves into the tragic last months of a failed novelist after he is gunned down on a remote Northumberland moor.

  • S04E04 Death of a Family Man

    • May 18, 2014
    • ITV1

    Vera delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Changing Tides

    • April 5, 2015
    • ITV1

    Vera takes a look into a suspicious fire that rips through a holiday park on the Northumberland coast. Three cabins are destroyed and the body of a woman is discovered inside inside one of them.

  • S05E02 Old Wounds

    • April 12, 2015
    • ITV1

    When the remains of a teenage girl are found half-buried in a wood, Vera and her team find themselves investigating a 30-year-old mystery.

  • S05E03 Muddy Waters

    • April 19, 2015
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.

  • S05E04 Shadows in the Sky

    • April 26, 2015
    • ITV1

    Vera uncovers a life of secrets and lies when a well-loved family man plummets to his death from a multi-story car park.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Dark Road

    • January 31, 2016
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the murder of a 56-year-old grandmother discovered by a young girl on the wild and desolate Northumberland moors.

  • S06E02 Tuesday's Child

    • February 7, 2016
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the death of a local lad whose body is found wrapped in plastic sheets at a rural teenage hang out.

  • S06E03 The Moth Catcher

    • February 14, 2016
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the murder of 22-year-old Alex Gartside, victim of a hit and run in a remote Northumberland Valley.

  • S06E04 The Sea Glass

    • February 21, 2016
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the mysterious death of a fisherman found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Natural Selection

    • March 19, 2017
    • ITV1

    Vera is drawn into a suspicious death on Ternstone, a remote and inaccessible island off the coast of Northumberland, home only to numerous species of birds and the rangers who observe them.

  • S07E02 Dark Angel

    • March 26, 2017
    • ITV1

    The body of a young man is discovered face down in a river by Thrunton Woods. But tracing the victim's identity proves difficult for Vera and her team.

  • S07E03 Broken Promise

    • April 2, 2017
    • ITV1

    Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.

  • S07E04 The Blanket Mire

    • April 9, 2017
    • ITV1

    Surveyors out on the Northumberland moors make a shocking discovery: the body of a young woman buried beneath the soil.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Blood and Bone

    • January 7, 2018
    • ITV1

    Vera is called to a chilling murder scene when the charred remains of a body are discovered in an abattoir incinerator.

  • S08E02 Black Ice

    • January 14, 2018
    • ITV1

    Vera is called to the scene of a violent car crash, and quickly realizes that the crash was not accidental and that another driver tried to kill victim, Faye Wakeland.

  • S08E03 Home

    • January 21, 2018
    • ITV1

    Quiet life in suburbia takes a dark turn when a woman is discovered lying dead in her back garden.

  • S08E04 Darkwater

    • January 28, 2018
    • ITV1

    Vera is confronted with a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Blind Spot

    • January 13, 2019
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the murder of a trainee forensic psychologist found dead on a Northumberland landfill site.

  • S09E02 Cuckoo

    • January 20, 2019
    • ITV1

    Vera must get to the bottom of why a teenage boy is found murdered far away from his home in a coastal town.

  • S09E03 Cold River

    • January 27, 2019
    • ITV1

    A beauty empire is shaken to the ground when one of three sisters is found dead in the River Tyne. DCI Vera Stanhope investigates.

  • S09E04 The Seagull

    • February 3, 2019
    • ITV1

    Vera must find the connection between a skeleton discovered underneath the site of a notorious burnt-out nightclub and a present day murder.

Season 10

  • S10E01 Blood Will Tell

    • January 12, 2020
    • ITV1

    Vera has to unravel the circumstances of self-styled entrepreneur Freddie Gill’s death when his body is found by bailiffs attempting to repossess his house. Freddie is estranged from his wife and son – Jade and Riley Gill – who are now living back at her family's beloved pub with her formidable mother Tina Tripp, volatile brother Lee and taciturn uncle Darren. Matters are further complicated when Vera finds out Jade’s father Arthur, having recently succumbed to terminal illness, had secretly been keeping ties with Freddie despite him having been ejected from the family. Vera soon discovers Freddie’s professional life is just as turbulent when she learns the used-car sales company he runs with business partner and lifelong friend Nasir Ali, is failing and it is targeted by an arson attack. Vera must uncover whether the motive behind Freddie’s death comes from the trouble at the heart of his family, his desperate financial crises or his glances with organised crime.

  • S10E02 Parent Not Expected

    • January 19, 2020
    • ITV1

    A young man seeking his biological father is found face down in the water.

  • S10E03 Dirty

    • January 26, 2020
    • ITV1

    DCI Vera Stanhope must piece together Luke Sumner's final hours in order to investigate his murder.

  • S10E04 The Escape Turn

    • February 2, 2020
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates the case of a wealthy betting shop tycoon who was murdered during a home invasion in front of his wife and daughter.

Season 11

  • S11E01 Witness

    • August 29, 2021
    • ITV1

    A contractor is found dead on the steps of Collingwood Memorial after being attacked. Vera then discovers that the contractor recently testified as a key witness in a violent assault case, and wonders if the two things are connected.

  • S11E02 Recovery

    • September 5, 2021
    • ITV1

    DCI Vera Stanhope is called to the scene when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan is found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park. Vera and her team must peel back the layers of the introverted victim's life to uncover her closely guarded secrets and surprising depths, as it appears an increasingly erratic Angela clashed with two clients in the week before she died.

  • S11E03 Tyger Tyger

    • January 9, 2022
    • ITV1

    Vera investigates a daring robbery at a port and uncovers a web of intrigue when it turns out to be an inside job. The insider's motivation isn't just money, his son has been kidnapped to make sure everyone sticks to the plan.

  • S11E04 As the Crow Flies

    • January 16, 2022
    • ITV1

    Primary school teacher Lizzy Swann is found dead at the bottom of a cliffside coastal walkway, but what appears at first to be a terrible accident, quickly becomes a murder investigation as Vera discovers evidence the body has been tampered with. Interviews with those who knew Lizzy paint a troubling picture of a guarded and paranoid woman who seemed to be burning bridges with friends and family alike in the days leading up to her death.

  • S11E05 Vital Signs

    • January 15, 2023
    • ITV1

    Vera is called out to the grim scene of a body found in the back of a burned out car. When identified as a popular local GP, we enter the world of intrigue, betrayal, and lust.

  • S11E06 The Way The Wind Blows

    • January 22, 2023
    • ITV1

    The body of a young woman has been washed up on the banks of the River Tyne. Although she was a popular colleague, loyal friend, and loving mother and wife, we uncover a web of intrigue, betrayal, and lost promises.

Season 12

  • S12E01 Against the Tide

    • January 29, 2023
    • ITV1

    DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a remote lighthouse where a body has been discovered lashed to a sailboat. Immediately setting about her investigation, Vera soon discovers that the body is local council enforcement officer and experienced amateur sailor Frank Channing. A family man, with strong friendships, who was well respected at work, surely this really was just an accident? However, it's not long before Vera discovers evidence suggesting foul play. Vera and her team piece together Frank’s final days and soon discover that his life wasn’t all plain sailing.

  • S12E02 For the Grace of God

    • February 5, 2023
    • ITV1

    Lance Corporal Conn Burns was a dedicated, diligent and decorated soldier with a loving young family but all of that fell apart when he left the army. Adapting to civilian life was not easy and after a series of bad life choices, Conn found himself desolate, down and out on the streets of Newcastle. Attempting to get his life back on track, Conn had recently been making moves that would see him repay old debts, rebuild relationships and get him off the streets but a dark secret from his past, and betrayal in the present, left his future looking uncertain, and deadly.

  • S12E03 Blue

    • February 12, 2023
    • ITV1

    Joel Kingston is a copper’s copper from a respected and notable police family but when he is found dead, floating in a park lake, DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) finds herself investigating both sides of the thin blue line in order to find his killer. A complex family dynamic, tensions at work, and brushes with the underworld, paint a dark and complex picture. Joel was there to serve and protect but did his stubborn commitment to justice at any price lead to his death? Or, was he killed to stop him revealing a secret that would destroy someone’s life? Vera steps on toes and ruffles a few police feathers as she searches for answers as to why PC Joel Kingston is no longer on the beat.

  • S12E04 The Darkest Evening

    • February 19, 2023
    • ITV1

    On the night of a massive storm, trying to get home, DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) comes across an abandoned car with a baby inside. With no mobile signal and blocked roads at every turn, Vera is forced to seek refuge somewhere she’d rather not be, Brockburn House, the Stanhope’s ancestral pile. Vera doesn’t exactly receive a warm welcome from her estranged family as there’s a function in full swing and her turning up with a baby isn’t a great look. Things start to look even worse and take a far sinister turn when a body is found on the track leading to Brockburn House.

  • Episodic Special

    SPECIAL 0x2 The Rising Tide

    • December 26, 2023

    The apparent suicide of a disgraced television personality sees Vera heading to Holy Island to look into the case.

Season 13

  • S13E01 Fast Love

    • January 7, 2024
    • ITV1

    Vera is brought to market when a lovable rogue trader is found dead in a lane following a suspected hit-and-run, and a familiar face is back on the scene.

  • S13E02 Tender

    • January 14, 2024
    • ITV1

    Vera is on track to uncover an intriguing yet puzzling case when the body of a young girl is discovered at the side of an isolated railway crossing.

  • S13E03 Salt & Vinegar

    • January 21, 2024
    • ITV1

    Vera uncovers secrets, lies and unforgivable behaviour as she unwraps a case where the body of the co-owner of a chip shop has been found in a freezer.