Vera - Series 1 (DVD)

Introducing this major new detective franchise vera starring academy award nominee and bafta winner brenda blethyn as chief inspector vera stanhope. middle-aged vera is an experienced, not to mention brilliant, murder detective. kind-hearted but a loner, she freely admits she can become obsessed with her job. -...."vera: the pilot -in this feature-length debut, vera takes on her first murder case since the death of her father. julie armstrong (gina mckee, notting hill; the forsyte saga), is distraught when she discovers the lifeless body of her teenage son, luke. he has been strangled and then carefully placed in a bath decorated with wild flowers. vera and sergeant joe ashworth (david leon, rocknrolla), have barely begun their investigation when another body turns up and the signs point to a serial killer. when, luke`s sister laura provides a vital clue and then goes missing, vera and joe have a race against time to find the murderer and save laura`s life. - -plus 3 more cases...."