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Series 1 · Series 1, Episode 1 · 1 May 2011

Hidden Depths

Two similarly staged deaths lead Vera into the loyalties and concealed tensions of a birdwatching group.

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North Shields Fish Quay and its white navigation tower beside the Tyne
Photo: Roger Cornfoot / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Town · Public streets and paths

North Shields Fish Quay

Ashes scene in Hidden Depths

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More from Series 1

  1. Series 1, Episode 2 · 8 May 2011

    Telling Tales

    New evidence after a prisoner’s death forces Vera to revisit a teenage girl’s murder from eleven years earlier.

  2. Series 1, Episode 3 · 15 May 2011

    The Crow Trap

    A killing in the Northumbrian countryside takes Vera back to familiar ground and disputed plans for its future.

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Sources

Titles and UK dates are cross-checked against ITV programme material and broadcast listings. The series eleven episodes shown internationally in 2022 have their January 2023 UK dates here; The Rising Tide uses its 26 December 2023 UK broadcast. Filming links require an exact episode source.

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