Brenda Blethyn has spoken out about the 'loyalty' amongst the cast and crew of Vera, as filming on the ITV drama's new series continues.
While other stars of the show have come and gone, since Vera made its debut 12 years ago, leading lady Brenda has been every present as no nonsense sleuth DCI Stanhope, trying to get to the bottom of murder mysteries for the past 12 series. It was confirmed earlier this year that Vera would be back for a 13th series, with Brenda's name once again top of the cast list, along with a surprising returnee, David Leon, who is now back on set, having quit his role as Joe Ashworth nearly a decade ago.
David, who has done a lot of work behind the camera over the last 10 years, re-joins the Vera cast, just as Kenny Doughty, who replaced him as Vera's sidekick, leaves his role as DS Aiden Healy after eight years in the job. Ibinabo Jack will also bow out of Vera in already filmed episode The Rising Tide, while other Vera stalwarts like Jon Morrison and Riley Jones are also busy filming for the new series.
