After a hiatus lasting close to a year, Vera is back on Sunday night, with some new faces joining Brenda Blethyn and her co-stars for the new episodes.
Vera has now been pulling in millions of viewers to ITV for over a decade now, with fans hooked on the sleuthing exploits of BAFTA winner Brenda's famous on screen alter-ego, from the pages of hit novel from Tyneside based author Ann Cleeves.
There was some confusion as to what was going on with Vera this time last year, as sooner had series 11 resumed, with its third and fourth episodes; it disappeared from schedules with no explanation given as to why DCI Stanhope was missing in action.
