Vera Series 2
1. The Ghost Position
Vera's reunion with her first-ever sergeant, Stuart Macken, occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. Stuart is badly burned by the attack and his 18-year-old daughter Stella is left fighting for her life in intensive care. Vera is shocked to see that Stuart is a shadow of the man she knew 20 years before and, when her investigation uncovers unpleasant revelations about his personal life, she is faced with some long-buried memories of her own.
Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
DS Joe Ashworth
Wunmi Mosaku
DC Holly Lawson
Jon Morrison
DC Kenny Lockhart
Paul Ritter
Billy Cartwright
Sonya Cassidy
Celine Ashworth
Tom Hutch
DC John Warren
Jessica Barden
Stella Macken
Ron Cook
Brian Gower
Julie Graham
Marianne Gower
Steven Hartley
Sgt Stuart Macken
Rose Leslie
Lena Holgate
Nina Sosanya
Chief Superintendent Rachel Waite
Paul Rutman
Writer
Peter Hoar
Director
2. Silent Voices
Vera investigates the case of a murdered social worked named Jenny Lister, who was universally considered to have been principled and popular. However, in an overworked and understaffed social work system, a notorious case involving the death of a child seems to hold the key to solving the killing. As Vera pursues the truth, she discovers the real secret at the heart of Jenny's death - and the killer who will stop at nothing to keep it hidden
Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
DS Joe Ashworth
Riley Jones
PC Mark Edwards
Cush Jumbo
DC Bethany Whelan
Jon Morrison
DC Kenny Lockhart
Paul Ritter
Billy Cartwright
Sonya Cassidy
Celine Ashworth
Tom Hutch
DC John Warren
Hannah Britland
Hannah
Daymon Britton
Danny Shaw
Penny Downie
Veronica
Gaby Chiappe
Writer
Paul Whittington
Director
3. A Certain Samaritan
DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the murder of 29-year-old Niall Coulter. With those closest to Niall intent upon obscuring the truth, it is not until the body of a drug dealer is found washed up on a Northumberland beach that the dreadful truth begins to emerge about Niall's past. While coping with revelations from her own past, Vera sifts through evidence of the grief, love and addiction that characterised Niall's life and deduces that his murderer acted through selfless and unrequited love.
Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
DS Joe Ashworth
Cush Jumbo
DC Bethany Whelan
Jon Morrison
DC Kenny Lockhart
Paul Ritter
Billy Cartwright
Sonya Cassidy
Celine Ashworth
Tom Hutch
DC John Warren
James Burrows
Charlie
Sean Campion
Guthrie
Phyllis Logan
Shirley
John McArdle
Marty
Frieda Thiel
Roxy
Riley Jones
PC Mark Edwards
Colin Teevan
Writer
Julian Holmes
Director
4. Sandancers
DCI Vera Stanhope and DS Joe Ashworth investigate a suspicious death in an army barracks. Although the scene has been made to look like a suicide, Vera quickly establishes that Staff Sgt 'Dev' Deverson was murdered. Sensing a connection to a soldier named Ollie who was killed in Afghanistan, Vera interviews Dev's loyal comrades and Ollie's grieving family, exposing a deeply concealed trauma at the heart of the crime.
Brenda Blethyn
DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
DS Joe Ashworth
Jon Morrison
DC Kenny Lockhart
Paul Ritter
Billy Cartwright
Sonya Cassidy
Celine Ashworth
Tom Hutch
DC John Warren
Naomi Bentley
Laura Deverson
Ben Aldridge
Ben & Ollie Barton
Clare Calbraith
RMP Captain Shepard
John Duttine
Lt. Colonel Chapell
Paul Rutman
Writer
Edward Bazalgette
Director