Broadcast and release dates

Vera: Series 1 episodes and locations

All 56 drama episodes are listed in UK broadcast order within their series. The Christmas special The Rising Tide is series twelve, episode five. The farewell documentary is separate from the drama episode list.

Vera

Series 1

  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.

    North Shields Fish Quay
  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Series 1, Episode 4 · 22 May 2011

    Little Lazarus

    A boy survives an attack that kills his mother, leaving Vera to uncover the family secrets behind their ordeal.

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.