Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mulit-award winning actress Brenda Blethyn returns as DCI Stanhope in the critically acclaimed crime drama Vera The indomitable DCI Vera Stanhope returns to face a number of daunting cases Aided by troubled new recruit DS Aiden Healy (Kenny Doughty) they investigate a deadly blaze at a coastal caravan park unearth a thirty-year-old mystery in an old mining community delve into the tragic last months of a young man found floating in a farm slurry pit & uncover a life of secrets & lies when a well-loved family man plummets to his death from a multi-storey car park Each enthralling episode is set against the breathtaking Northumberland countryside & is enhanced by the captivating performance of Brenda Blethyn as this shambolic yet brilliant detective Inspired by the best selling novels Vera created by renowned crime writer Ann Cleeves The fifth series sees the return of Jon Morrison as DC Kenny Lockhart Cush Jumbo as DC Bethany Whelan Kingsley Ben-Adir as pathologist Marcus Summer Riley Jones as DC Mark Edwards & welcomes Lisa Hammond as Intelligence Officer Helen Milton the newest recruit to Vera's team