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The Rising Tide
Season 12, Episode 5
DCI Stanhope's boss insists that she personally examine an apparent suicide. It's a high-profile case on her home stomping ground of Holy Island, so the advice is for her to proceed discreetly. Vera soon works out that there is more to Rick Kelasall's death than initially suspected and it quickly turns into a murder investigation. Rick had been attending a reunion with old friends, a ritual they have all stayed true to for over 40 years, so there is no shortage of suspects as Vera starts to explore the possibility that someone he knew harboured a grudge. Mystery drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, Kenny Doughty and Jon Morrison
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Detective/Thriller
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Jake Ashton-Nelson
(Actor)
.. PC Billington
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Annie Laidlore
Adrian Mills
(Actor)
.. Rick Kelsall
Suzette Llewellyn
(Actor)
.. Louisa Hampton
Brian Bovell
(Actor)
.. Sam Hampton
Orlessa Altass
(Actor)
.. Yaz Kaur
Phil Cornwell
(Actor)
.. Philip Robson
Adrian Rawlins
(Actor)
.. Daniel Rede
Kate Isitt
(Actor)
.. Charlotte Thomas
Felicity Dean
(Actor)
.. Cecilia
Natasha Patel
(Actor)
.. Pamela
Sara Powell
(Actor)
.. Katherine Willmore
Cora Kirk
(Actor)
.. Eliza Willmore
Martin Turner
(Actor)
.. Gordon Stanwick
Eric Richard
(Actor)
.. Isaiah Thomas
Phillippa Wilson
(Actor)
.. Ellie Thomas
Liz Crowther
(Actor)
.. Judith Sinclair
Sam Halpenny
(Actor)
.. Supt Watkins
Peter Peverley
(Actor)
.. Jacob
Sally Abbott
(Writer)
Debbie Shewell
(Producer)
Paul Gay
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Will Nicholson
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
"I don't have ambition. My expectations are low."
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Jake Ashton-Nelson
(Actor)
.. PC Billington
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Annie Laidlore
Adrian Mills
(Actor)
.. Rick Kelsall
Suzette Llewellyn
(Actor)
.. Louisa Hampton
Brian Bovell
(Actor)
.. Sam Hampton
Orlessa Altass
(Actor)
.. Yaz Kaur
Phil Cornwell
(Actor)
.. Philip Robson
Adrian Rawlins
(Actor)
.. Daniel Rede
Kate Isitt
(Actor)
.. Charlotte Thomas
Felicity Dean
(Actor)
.. Cecilia
Natasha Patel
(Actor)
.. Pamela
Sara Powell
(Actor)
.. Katherine Willmore
Cora Kirk
(Actor)
.. Eliza Willmore
Martin Turner
(Actor)
.. Gordon Stanwick
Eric Richard
(Actor)
.. Isaiah Thomas
Phillippa Wilson
(Actor)
.. Ellie Thomas
Liz Crowther
(Actor)
.. Judith Sinclair
Sam Halpenny
(Actor)
.. Supt Watkins
Peter Peverley
(Actor)
.. Jacob
Sally Abbott
(Writer)
Debbie Shewell
(Producer)
Paul Gay
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Will Nicholson
(Executive producer)
