‘Vera’ To Keep Investigating As ITV Renews The Beloved Show for Season 13
Beloved crime drama Vera has managed to uncover still more mysteries in the hills of Northumberland. ITV’s longest-running female detective will don her trademark raincoat and fishing hat once more as Vera has been renewed for Season 13. Based on a series of mystery novels written by Ann Cleeves, Vera follows Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope as she solves mysteries in Northumberland. The series stars Golden Globe and BAFTA winner Brenda Blethyn in the titular role.
Vera was last spotted on our screens investigating lies, betrayals, and deadly secrets in Season 12, which premiered January 29, 2023, with a feature-length adaptation of Cleeves’s most recent novel, The Rising Tide, still to come at a yet-unannounced date later in 2023. The show’s renewal comes as no surprise to fans of this steadfast show, which is typically renewed one season at a time, and has put out about one season per year since premiering in 2011. Speaking to The Radio Times after filming Season 12, Blethyn said, “I haven’t got any plans to [leave]. At the moment, all the time I’m fit and able, I’ll be visiting Vera.”
With the forthcoming special, The Rising Tide, the show will have adapted all ten of Cleeves’s Vera novels alongside its own original storylines. Whatever the Northumberland & City Police have in store for Season 13, it will be fresh for even the most devoted Ann Cleeves reader.
