About this season
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.
Episodes (4)
1. Natural Selection
7.8Aired 19 March 2017 • 90 min
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.
2. Dark Angel
8.0Aired 26 March 2017 • 90 min
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.
3. Broken Promise
8.3Aired 2 April 2017 • 90 min
Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.
4. The Blanket Mire
8.3Aired 9 April 2017 • 90 min
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.