About this programme
1/4. New series. Brenda Blethyn returns as DCI Vera Stanhope in four stand-alone episodes of the crime drama. The detective's former colleague, Sergeant Stuart Macken, is left badly burned when his house is petrol-bombed, while his teenage daughter fights for her life in intensive care. As Vera tries to discover why anyone would attempt to kill Stuart, her investigation leads to unpleasant revelations about his personal life, and she has to face long-buried memories of her own. With Steven Hartley (The Bill) and Julie Graham (William and Mary).
Cast and crew
Cast
- DCI Vera Stanhope
- Brenda Blethyn
- DS Joe Ashworth
- David Leon
- DC Holly Lawson
- Wunmi Mosaku
- Billy Cartwright
- Paul Ritter
- DC Kenny Lockhart
- Jon Morrison
- Marianne Gower
- Julie Graham
- Brian Gower
- Ron Cook
- Chief Supt Rachel Waite
- Nina Sosanya
- Janice Ronson
- Emily Woof
- Stella Macken
- Jessica Barden
- Celine Ashworth
- Sonya Cassidy
- Sgt Stuart Macken
- Steven Hartley
- Lena Holgate
- Rose Leslie
- Grant Bellowes
- Richard Stacey
- Dougie Cranham
- Brogan West
- Duty PC
- Joe MacCabe
- Young woman
- Sarah Lewis Obuba
- Witness 1
- Charlie Richmond
- Witness 2
- Jon Regan
Crew
- Director
- Peter Hoar
- Producer
- Elaine Collins
- Writer
- Paul Rutman
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