The series "Vera" starring Brenda Blethyn introduces Vera Stanhope, a hard-working, caring woman with a tough exterior who knows something about life and loneliness. In the first episode, her father has just died and she is taking over a home in the middle of nowhere. It's a stark, barren land, magnificently filmed, I believe in Northumberland, where the series takes place.
In this episode, Vera and her assistant, handsome, young Sgt. Ashworth (David Leon) are called in to investigate the death of a 15-year-own who was drowned in his bath. Luke's mother explains that Luke's friend Tommy drowned earlier, and at first, Vera suspects Tommy's father.
Then there's another murder, of a teacher, Lily, and she was also strangled, this time found on a beach. She was due to move into a beach house owned by Peter Calvert, a prominent botanist. Vera finds out that Lily and Calvert had been having an affair, and Tommy had photographed them together. Now Vera thinks that Calvert was trying to get rid of any evidence of the affair. But events become more complicated when the sister of the murdered boy Luke goes missing too.
Excellent series with a magnificent performance by Blethyn, who really makes one know the character she plays. Her weathered face and sad smile match the setting. A really wonderful series, very well done.
In this episode, Vera and her assistant, handsome, young Sgt. Ashworth (David Leon) are called in to investigate the death of a 15-year-own who was drowned in his bath. Luke's mother explains that Luke's friend Tommy drowned earlier, and at first, Vera suspects Tommy's father.
Then there's another murder, of a teacher, Lily, and she was also strangled, this time found on a beach. She was due to move into a beach house owned by Peter Calvert, a prominent botanist. Vera finds out that Lily and Calvert had been having an affair, and Tommy had photographed them together. Now Vera thinks that Calvert was trying to get rid of any evidence of the affair. But events become more complicated when the sister of the murdered boy Luke goes missing too.
Excellent series with a magnificent performance by Blethyn, who really makes one know the character she plays. Her weathered face and sad smile match the setting. A really wonderful series, very well done.