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Season 13, Episode 1
DCI Vera Stanhope is called to a quiet country lane where a young man has been found dead following a collision with a car, but it becomes clear on closer inspection it was not an accident and is more complicated than just a hit-and-run. Vera discovers the victim is a popular market trader and heads down to his pitch to start to put together an idea of who he was and why anyone would want him dead. Crime drama, starring Brenda Blethyn
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Rhiannon Clements
(Actor)
.. DC Steph Duncan
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Alun Barrie
Stephen Lord
(Actor)
.. Tony Meddon
Amit Shah
(Actor)
.. Milan Shah
Farzana Dua Elahe
(Actor)
.. Basma Shah
Andrew Dunn
(Actor)
.. Ian Headley
Nimmy March
(Actor)
.. Carol Sloane
Beruce Khan
(Actor)
.. Neil Rahim
Evie Hargreaves
(Actor)
.. Leanne Barrie
Susan Jayne-Robinson
(Actor)
.. Alison Rahim
Patrick McNamee
(Actor)
.. Owen `Onions" Duggan
Samantha Seager
(Actor)
.. Kathy Barrie
Travis Ross
(Actor)
.. Danny Meddon
Paul Matthew Thompson
(Writer)
Claire Winyard
(Director)
Will Nicholson
(Producer)
Kate Bartlett
(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.
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Best Known For:
Vera.
Early-life:
David Jeremy Leon was born in 1980 in Newcastle upon Tyne to Ann and Anthony. As a teenager, Leon was on the books of Blackburn Rovers, but they released him when he was 19. He turned to acting and successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. He dropped out of drama school to shoot the film Alexander (2004) with Oliver Stone in Morocco. In 2006, he had a main role in the film These Foolish Things (2006).
Career:
Leon went on to star in the miniseries The Wild West, RocknRolla (2008) and Walking with the Enemy (2013). Between 2011 and 2014, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in ITV drama Vera, playing DS Joe Ashworth.
Quote:
"You can't get away with enjoying acting in a working-class environment."
Trivia:
Leon's short film Orthodox was accepted into several international film festivals. He completed a feature length version of Orthodox in 2015.
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Sarah Kameela Impey
(Actor)
.. Dr Paula Bennett
Rhiannon Clements
(Actor)
.. DC Steph Duncan
Bryan Dick
(Actor)
.. Alun Barrie
Born:
July 10, 1978
in
Carlisle
Best Known For:
Playing Ernie Wise in Eric & Ernie.
Early-life:
Bryan Dick was born in Carlisle on July 10, 1978. He wanted to become a dancer when he was younger and learned to play several musical instruments as a child. Supported by his parents and older brother, he went to stage school, and soon landed the first of several TV roles that made him a highly respected child actor before taking time off to concentrate on music. He saved up enough money to return to stage school aged 20, and shortly afterwards began attracting the attention of casting agents.
Career:
Dick's first starring role was in the ITV miniseries The Life and Times of Henry Pratt in 1992. Since then he has made guest appearances in a number of well-known TV shows, including Clocking Off, The Bill, Dalziel & Pascoe, Foyle's War, Blackpool, Bleak House, Shameless and Lewis. In 2011, he played Ernie Wise in the acclaimed BBC drama Eric & Ernie. On the big screen, Dick has starred in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Blood and Chocolate, and Colour Me Kubrick.
Quote:
"You can't love me like my big black jumper."
Trivia:
On the stage, Dick played Mozart in a 2007 production of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Stephen Lord
(Actor)
.. Tony Meddon
Amit Shah
(Actor)
.. Milan Shah
Farzana Dua Elahe
(Actor)
.. Basma Shah
Andrew Dunn
(Actor)
.. Ian Headley
Nimmy March
(Actor)
.. Carol Sloane
Beruce Khan
(Actor)
.. Neil Rahim
Evie Hargreaves
(Actor)
.. Leanne Barrie
Susan Jayne-Robinson
(Actor)
.. Alison Rahim
Patrick McNamee
(Actor)
.. Owen `Onions" Duggan
Samantha Seager
(Actor)
.. Kathy Barrie
Travis Ross
(Actor)
.. Danny Meddon
Paul Matthew Thompson
(Writer)
Claire Winyard
(Director)
Will Nicholson
(Producer)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
