Brenda Blethyn has broken her silence to react to a huge cast shake-up on Vera, which will see two popular cast mem,be3rs bow out of the ITV drama as a former star makes an unexpected return.
After having to wait a year for new episodes, the last few months have been a hectic time for lovers of all things DCi Stanhope, with the airing of the two remaining episodes from series 11 and four feature length adventures from the 12th, the last of which - The Darkest Evening - left many Vera viewers worried for the show's title character as she fell to the floor as a gun shot was heard.
Following a tense wait to find out if she was alright as the drama cut to a well timed ad break, a collective sigh of relief was breathed as the no nonsense sleuth was back on her feet and ready to carry on with her investigations.
