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
- Series 1, Episode 1 · 1 May 2011North Shields Fish Quay
Hidden Depths
Two similarly staged deaths lead Vera into the loyalties and concealed tensions of a birdwatching group.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.