"Vera" (2011) TV series 2011-

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

2011 (UK)

Genre:

Crime

Plot:

The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons...

Cast

Brenda Blethyn	...	DCI Vera Stanhope (10 episodes, 2011-2013)
David Leon	...	DS Joe Ashworth (9 episodes, 2011-2013)
Paul Ritter	...	Billy Cartwright (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jon Morrison	...	DC Kenny Lockhart (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Wunmi Mosaku	...	DC Holly Lawson (5 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Directed by
Peter Hoar		(2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Paul Whittington		(2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Writing credits
Ann Cleeves		(8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Paul Rutman		(6 episodes, 2011-2013)

Series Produced by
Elaine Collins	....	producer (8 episodes, 2011-2013)
Kate Bartlett	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kate Lewis	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Margaret Mitchell	....	line producer (7 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Original Music by
Ben Bartlett		(9 episodes, 2011-2013)

Series Cinematography by
Stephan Pehrsson		(3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Jean-Philippe Gossart		(2 episodes, 2012)

Series Film Editing by
Nick McPhee		(4 episodes, 2011-2013)
Melanie Viner-Cuneo		(2 episodes, 2013)

Series Casting by
Jill Trevellick		(3 episodes, 2011)
Julie Harkin		(2 episodes, 2012)

Series Production Design by
Catrin Meredydd		(4 episodes, 2011)
Susie Cullen		(4 episodes, 2012)
Anthea Nelson		(4 episodes, 2013)
David Roger		(2 episodes, 2011)

Series Art Direction by
Maddy Verrier		(4 episodes, 2013)
Ben Smith		(3 episodes, 2011)
Mike McLoughlin		(3 episodes, 2012)
Paul Frost		(2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Costume Design by
Sue Thomson		(8 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Makeup Department
Jane Walker	....	makeup designer / makeup artist (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Alexis Dolman	....	makeup trainee / make-up trainee (4 episodes, 2012)
Marianna Kyriacou	....	hair stylist/makeup artist (4 episodes, 2012)
Kerry Nicholson	....	additional makeup artist (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Production Management
Hilary Stewart	....	post-production supervisor (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mark Valentine	....	unit manager (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kayleigh Cruickshank	....	unit manager (3 episodes, 2011)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michelle McDermott	....	third assistant director (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Penny Davies	....	second assistant director (4 episodes, 2012)
Finn McGrath	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2011-2013)
Ben Harrison	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 2011)
Matt Bensley	....	third assistant director (3 episodes, 2013)
Sarah Kenyon	....	third assistant director (2 episodes, 2011)
Mark Taylor	....	first assistant director (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Art Department
Geoff Blackburn	....	standby prop (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Rebecca Hemy	....	stand-by art director / assistant art director (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
James Allan	....	property master (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
James Garrett	....	stand-by props (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
David Medlycott	....	production buyer (4 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kimberley Fahey	....	set decorator buyer (4 episodes, 2011)
Russell Lee	....	props (4 episodes, 2011)
Rebecca Mason	....	art department assistant (4 episodes, 2012)
Ian Tomlinson	....	assistant art director (4 episodes, 2012)
Graham Ward	....	stand-by art director (3 episodes, 2011)
Natalie Astridge	....	standby art director (3 episodes, 2013)
Harry Hull	....	head painter (2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Roy Payne	....	dressing props (2 episodes, 2011-2012)
Paul Frost	....	standby art director (2 episodes, 2012)
Russell Youmans	....	construction manager (2 episodes, 2012)
Maryam Mojtabavi	....	graphic designer (2 episodes, 2013)

Series Sound Department
Chris McQuillan	....	sound assistant / sound trainee (10 episodes, 2011-2013)
Will Chadwick	....	assistant dubbing mixer / co-dubbing mixer / ... (9 episodes, 2011-2013)
Richard Davey	....	sound re-recording mixer / dubbing mixer (9 episodes, 2011-2013)
Simon Gershon	....	sound editor / sound effects editor (9 episodes, 2011-2013)
Keith Marriner	....	dialogue editor (8 episodes, 2011-2013)
Gareth Hemes	....	boom operator / sound technician (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Naomi Dandridge	....	adr mixer (4 episodes, 2011)
Reg Mills	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Special Effects by
Danny Hargreaves	....	special effects (3 episodes, 2012)

Series Visual Effects by
Dolores McGinley	....	digital artist / visual effects artist (8 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Stunts
Richard Hammatt	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2012)
Andreas Petrides	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 2012)
Pete Ford	....	stunt double (unknown episodes, 2011)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Rob Arrowsmith	....	camera operator (9 episodes, 2011-2013)
Jack Sands	....	second assistant camera / camera trainee (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Chris Sowden	....	gaffer (6 episodes, 2012-2013)
Ian Clark	....	b camera operator (4 episodes, 2011)
Steven Lee Sinclair	....	second assistant camera / camera trainee: daily / ... (4 episodes, 2012-2013)
Darren Campbell	....	electrician (4 episodes, 2012)
Josh Close	....	grip (4 episodes, 2012)
Paul Dingwall	....	digital imaging technician (4 episodes, 2012)
Roger Everson	....	best boy (4 episodes, 2012)
Julius Ogden	....	focus puller: a camera (4 episodes, 2012)
Jon Scaife	....	camera trainee (4 episodes, 2012)
Hatti Beanland	....	second assistant camera (3 episodes, 2011)
Martin Conway	....	electrician (3 episodes, 2011)
Vasco De Souza	....	best boy (3 episodes, 2011)
Paul Jarvis	....	gaffer (3 episodes, 2011)
Terry Pate	....	grip (3 episodes, 2011)
Jamie Korn	....	camera trainee: daily / second assistant camera: dailies (2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Casting Department
Camilla Fox Lansley	....	casting (2 episodes, 2013)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alison Lyons	....	costume trainee / costume daily (6 episodes, 2012-2013)
Kate O'Farrell	....	costume supervisor / assistant costume designer (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Anna Tennant	....	costume trainee (3 episodes, 2011)
Holly Rosenthal	....	costume assistant: daily (2 episodes, 2011-2012)

Series Editorial Department
Dan Coles	....	digital colorist (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Sion Penny	....	on-line editor (8 episodes, 2011-2012)
Andrew Melhuish	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2011)
Christian Blood	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 2012)
Lisa Clifford-Owen	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2013)
Charlene Short	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 2012)

Series Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music recording engineer (4 episodes, 2011)

Series Transportation Department
Hefin Jones	....	facilities driver (1 episode, 2011)

Series Other crew
Alan Crozier	....	location assistant (7 episodes, 2011-2013)
Franki Appleton	....	floor runner (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Camilla Curtis	....	script editor / assistant script editor (7 episodes, 2011-2012)
Natasha Bayford	....	press officer (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Matt Curtis	....	title designer (6 episodes, 2011-2012)
Andrew Bainbridge	....	location manager (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Colleen Hughes	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Gail Kennett	....	production executive (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Patrick Smith	....	picture publicist (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Julia Walsh	....	development executive / script executive (5 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mark Dryden	....	location assistant: dailies (5 episodes, 2012-2013)
Linda Gregory	....	production accountant (4 episodes, 2012)
Lyndsey Rounsfell	....	assistant accountant (4 episodes, 2012)
Jemima Thomas	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 2011-2012)
David Ruddock	....	assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2011)
Jordan Barrett	....	production runner (3 episodes, 2013)
Holly Johnson	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2011)
Ann Simpson	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2012)
Phillip Trow	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 2012)

Production Companies

• ITV Studios

Distributors

• AXN Mystery (2012) (Japan) (TV)
• ITV Studios (2011) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  Avid rental and support
• Fugitive Studios  main title animation

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Company:

ITV Studios

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Wright Stuff: Episode #15.85" (2011)

Overdone

Not particularly believable lead detective suffers from eating the scenery and over emoting. Blethyn's character detracts from the stories which range in quality from just believable to unwatchable.

Compared with Helen Mirren's Jane in the Prime Suspect series Vera borders on incompetence. She abuses her staff for no apparent reason though there are hints of personal frailty--her chest discomfort which behaves like no angina pectorals I've encountered in either film or real life. It's a pure dramatic prop without reality--like the entire series.

I must add though that my wife likes Vera more than I do. Vive la difference.