Actress Brenda Blethyn has had more than 45 years in the industry and is best-known for her long-running role portraying DCI Vera Stanhope on ITV drama Vera, based on the series of novels from Anne Cleeves. She is now set to reprise the character Kate in the second series of ITV sitcom Kate and Koji, which returns to our screens on Wednesday, March 16.
The series follows Kate, a working-class café owner in a coastal resort in south Essex, who develops a strong friendship with regular customer Koji.
It was also reported by the Radio Times earlier this week that Brenda will be returning for the twelfth series of Vera and filming will start in March, but many fans are still waiting on the final two episodes of series 11 to be shown on ITV.
