Riley Jones had an unexpected but very welcome reunion with an old friend on the set of Vera, as he admits he's 'waiting for a call' to see if there will be another series of the hit ITV drama.
North East actor Riley is one of the longest serving stars left in the Vera team, having played DC Mark Edwards for over a decade now, sharing many a scene with leading lady Brenda Blethyn as her famous alias, DCI Stanhope tries to get to grips with an ever growing lost of murder mysteries.
One of those was played in The Way The Wind Blows, the final episode of series 11, which aired at the end of January, with its plot focused on the death of mum Lisa Millworth, whose body was found washed up by the River Tyne after a night out. Her friend Joanne, who many Vera viewers had nailed on as the culprit, was played by County Durham actress Catherine Dryden, who has a history with Riley, given that they starred alongside each other in a play when they were in their early 20s.
