Vera star Brenda Blethyn makes huge admission about ITV series

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Blethyn has portrayed Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in every episode of the show, which debuted in 2011, and filmed her final episodes earlier last summer. Farewell Pet, which aired on Friday, Blethyn explained why she “didn’t want Vera to be killed off”, stating: “I suspected that she’d be living on in the books.” The lead character, as well as some specific episodes in series one and two, are based on Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope crime novels. It’s so bittersweet because I’ve loved every minute of this job.” Brenda Blethyn in ‘Vera’ After the airing of the special, the actor wrote on X/Twitter: “A heartfelt thank you to everyone who sent such warm messages about the winding up of VERA. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Vera follows Blethyn’s detective chief inspector of the fictional Northumberland & City Police, who is nearing retirement but continues to solve cases with her team, often detecting small errors in her colleagues’ thought processes.