• Air date: 27 Apr '14 4 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (4)
    • 1. On Harbour Street

      27 Apr '14
      Investigating a mysterious death, DCI Vera Stanhope finds herself in a quiet coastal town with clues that keep revolving around one street.
    • 2. Protected

      04 May '14
      Vera unearths a 30-year-old mystery when the son of a prominent local family is found brutally murdered on the sands of a seaside resort.
    • 3. The Deer Hunters

      11 May '14
      When a suspected poacher is found dead from a gunshot wound, Vera must unearth the real truth behind his return to the Northumberland moors.
    • 4. Death of a Family Man

      18 May '14
      DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the mysterious death of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.