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 astal caravan park, uneh a thirty-year-old mystery in an old mining munity, delve into the tragic last months of a young man found floating in a farm slurry pit and unver a life of secrets and 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 untryside and 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 D.C Kenny Lockh, Cush Jumbo as D.C. Bethany Whelan, Kingsley Ben-Adir as pathologist Marcus Summer, Riley Jones as D.C. Mark Edwards and weles Lisa Hammond as Intelligence Officer, Helen Milton, the newest recruit to Vera's team.