Riley Jones has admitted that the future of Vera is 'out of the cast's hands,' with series 13 still to be confirmed by ITV.
Gateshead born actor Riley has been a key player in the North East based crime drama for over a decade now, playing one of DCI Vera Stanhope's hard working colleagues DC Mark Edwards. Like his co-stars, Mark has been a regular on Sunday night TV for the last month and a half as Vera returned for a run of six new episodes, which culminated with intense and dramatic finale The Darkest Evening on Sunday, February 19.
Not content with having six new episodes of Vera to get stuck into, fans of the long-running show are now keen for more but, while lead actress Brenda Blethyn has let slip that another 'special' episode is in the can - the screen adaptation of Ann Cleeves' hit novel The Rising Tide, there is no word yet if Vera will return for another full series.
