

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.


Mar 19, 2017 - 1h 30m
CI Vera Stanhope 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. The last thing anyone expected to see was a body, cruelly washed up on the shore.

Mar 26, 2017 - 1h 30m
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.

Apr 2, 2017 - 1h 30m
Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.

Apr 9, 2017 - 1h 30m
When the body of a missing teenager is discovered buried on the moors, Vera is forced to delve into the life and the secrets of the victim.