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Series 8 · Series 8, Episode 4 · 28 January 2018

Darkwater

A teenager’s body in a reservoir brings the fractured relationships of a rural community into the investigation.

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Kielder Water beside the stone and concrete edge of its dam
Photo: Graham Robson / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Landscape · Public streets and paths

Kielder Water

Reservoir filming in Darkwater

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More from Series 8

  1. Series 8, Episode 2 · 14 January 2018

    Black Ice

    A collision proves more deliberate than it first appears, leaving Vera to question the secrets surrounding its victim.

  2. Series 8, Episode 3 · 21 January 2018

    Home

    A woman’s death in a suburban garden exposes the uneasy relationships beneath an apparently peaceful neighbourhood.

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