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 6 is "Dark Road", rated 8.6/10 from 3597 user votes. It was directed by Marek Losey and written by Martha Hillier. "Dark Road" aired on 1/31/2016 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Tuesday's Child".
The body of a woman is found on the bleak Northumberland moors.
Director: Marek Losey
Writer: Martha Hillier
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.
Director: Jill Robertson
Writer: Glen Laker
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.
Director: Jamie Childs
Writer: Paul Matthew Thompson
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
Director: Paul Gay
Writer: Martha Hillier