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Vera

Vera

7,4 /10 (171 Votes)
2011 EN 14 Seasons

Overview

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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First air date

01/05/2011

Votes

171

Popularity

48.3

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Ann Cleeves

Networks

ITV1

Language

EN

Last air date

2025-01-02

Episodes

56

Website

www.itv.com
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Specials

2 episodes • 2025

Series 1

Series 1

4 episodes • 2011 • ⭐ 7,5

Series 2

Series 2

4 episodes • 2012 • ⭐ 8,3

Series 3

Series 3

4 episodes • 2013 • ⭐ 7,9

Series 4

Series 4

4 episodes • 2014 • ⭐ 7,9

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MovieGuys

2024-12-14

⭐ 6

This series would have been a lot more likeable were it not for a thread of, at times, waspish, establishment political correctness. Dear old working class bobby Vera isn't quite what she seems. In spite of her salt of the earth pretensions, she's a vehicle for some often pretty blatant establishment rhetoric. In one instance she scolds two hard up young boys for illegally sub letting their flat. Vera opines about the the "poor tax man" not getting his cut. All of which, ignores the abject poverty in the UK and the incredible waste of public money, on things like military spending. …

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