About this season
A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.
Episodes (4)
1. Dark Road
8.0Aired 1 February 2016 • 90 min
The body of a woman is found on the bleak Northumberland moors.
2. Tuesday's Child
8.0Aired 7 February 2016 • 90 min
The detective investigates the discovery of a young man's body in an area notorious for illicit teenage gatherings, the corpse wrapped in plastic sheeting and having received a blow to the head.
3. The Moth Catcher
7.7Aired 14 February 2016 • 90 min
DCI Stanhope and her team, including new recruit DC Hicham Cherradi, travel to a remote country house when the woman looking after it is killed.
4. The Sea Glass
8.0Aired 21 February 2016 • 90 min
A fisherman's body is found tangled up in a North Sea trawler's net. Vera and her team investigate with the help of the local harbourmaster