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.
The best episode of "Vera" season 5 is "Changing Tides", rated 7.6/10 from 642 user votes. It was directed by Marek Losey and written by Martha Hillier. "Changing Tides" aired on 4/5/2015 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Old Wounds".
Vera takes a look into a suspicious fire that rips through a holiday park on the Northumberland coast. Three cabins are destroyed and the body of a woman is discovered inside inside one of them.
Director: Marek Losey
Writer: Martha Hillier
Following the discovery of the remains of a teenage girl half-buried in a Northumberland wood, Vera and her team end up looking into a thirty-year old mystery.
Director: Daikin Marsh
Writer: Martha Hillier
Vera investigates the death of an unidentified man dredged up from a slurry pit on a remote Northumberland farm.
Director: Stewart Svaasand
Writer: Glen Laker
A dock worker plunges from the roof of a multistory car park whilst picking up daughter from her school prom and everything points to foul play.
Director: William Sinclair
Writer: Martha Hillier