Harbour Street (Vera Stanhope)

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Arriving at the scene, DI Vera Stanhope is relieved to have an excuse to escape the holiday festivities. As she stands on the silent, snow-covered station platform, Vera feels a familiar buzz of anticipation, sensing that this will be a complex and unusual case. Soon Vera and Joe are on their way to the south Northumberland town of Mardle, where Margaret lived, to begin their inquiry. Filming of the first episode of series 10 had finished by May 31 then by July they were halfway through the whole series and other locations since then included Port of Tyne international passenger terminal in North Shields which, eagle-eyed viewers might recall, featured in a previous episode of Vera in 2017. Even Vera thinks that she was ‘more Gosforth than Mardle from her appearance. (Gosforth was one of Newcastle’s posher suburbs.) Clare Calbraith ( Rebecca Shepherd) & Paul Copley ( Malcolm Kenrich) also worked together on Downton Abbey (2010) as Jane Moorsum & Mr. Mason respectively. Those two stories - Vital Signs and Where The Wind Blows, were the first to air Vera's return, each lasting two hours; before the action then moves to series 12, which will bring with it a replacement for Paul Kaye as his character, pathologist Malcolm leaves the show.

A Vera Tour even launched to take fans around the drama's standout locations. Where is Vera filmed? Series 12 locations Vera is confronted with the sight of Caden Lennon's murder, by knife, in a coastal town's shipyard. The teenager had absconded from his support worker's care six weeks previously but, with few leads, Vera looks into a gang connection and discovers a drugs network.

Cast Appearances

D.C.I. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) investigates the mysterious death of pensioner Margaret Kraszewski (Annabel Leventon) found stabbed on a busy Newcastle train at the height of rush hour. With his daughter a key witness in the investigation, D.S. Joe Ashworth (David Leon) has a personal stake in finding Margaret’s killer.

Weekly Top 10 Programmes: ITV+1 w/e 20 May 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . Retrieved 28 May 2012. Then, just days later, a second woman is murdered. Vera knows that to find the key to this new killing she needs to understand what had been troubling Margaret so deeply before she died - before another life is lost. She can feel in her bones that there's a link. Retracing Margaret's final steps, Vera finds herself searching deep into the hidden past of this seemingly innocent neighbourhood, led by clues that keep revolving around one street... Why are the residents of Harbour Street so reluctant to speak? Vera star Brenda Blethyn enjoys an ice cream treat during a break in filming in Station Road, Corbridge (Image: TimMcGuinness/ChronicleLive) Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV w/e 20 May 2012". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012 . Retrieved 28 May 2012. Chief Investigator Owen Preece (Robert Glenister) reveals John’s business manager Mark Donovan (Tim Dantay) has been running a booze scam through their haulage firm. John agreed to offer information in exchange for immunity from prosecution. Was his cover blown? Owen doesn’t think so. And Mark has an alibi…unlike John’s wife, caught on camera near his city flat the night of his death. Stella continues to insist their marriage was a good one ‐ so why was John Shearwood no longer living in the family home? And who is she hiding from the police?Vera's familiar Land Rover Defender was positioned next to a police cordon and officers wearing forensic suits. Vera's Brenda Blethyn confirms details of 'special' episode after filming before Christmas". ChronicleLive. 11 January 2023 . Retrieved 31 March 2023. For the National Year of Reading, Ann was made reader-in-residence for three library authorities. It came as a revelation that it was possible to get paid for talking to readers about books! She went on to set up reading groups in prisons as part of the Inside Books project, became Cheltenham Literature Festival's first reader-in-residence and still enjoys working with libraries. She said: "Sadly, Vera doesn’t get to go on the ferry but I have been on it myself as a passenger.” Holy Island causeway also featured and she said: "I love it when they are able to include that as part of the story." Weekly Top 30 Programmes: ITV w/e 5 April 2015". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012 . Retrieved 18 April 2015.