ITV and Silverprint Pictures have released first look images of Brenda Blethyn and David Leon as filming begins for the highly-anticipated thirteenth series of Vera.
The shots, taken on set in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, capture Brenda Blethyn and David Leon in character as DCI Vera Stanhope and Joe Ashworth on the first day of location shooting.
Alongside the two stars, season 13’s three new feayure-lenth episodes feature Jon Morrison as DC Kenny Lockhart, Riley Jones as DC Mark Edwards, Sarah Kameela Impey as Pathologist Dr. Paula Bennett and Rhiannon Clements (Ridley, Hollyoaks) as new and ambitious DC Steph Duncan, who joins Vera’s team.
In the opening episode, titled Fast Love, Vera is called to a quiet country lane where a young man has been found dead following a collision with a car. Vera discovers that the victim is a popular market trader so heads down to his pitch to start to put together an idea of who the man is.
As the investigation gathers pace, Vera learns that this cheeky chappy was a complex character. Antagonistic, arrogant and able to get what he wanted but did all of this come at a price? Adding to the complexity of the case, Vera is taken aback by Joe Ashworth’s (David Leon) return and is unsure of his motives.
