'Vera' final series begins filming in Northumberland

ITV drama, Vera, produced by Silverprint Pictures, has started filming its final series in Northumberland and the North East, UK.

Brenda Blethyn returns as the titular detective in the 14th and final series. 

Filming began on Vera, inspired by the character created by author Ann Cleeves, in 2011. 

Silverprint Pictures creative director Kate Bartlett, whose other credits include Shetland, Flesh and Blood, and The Long Call has executive produced many of the series since its inception. 

Will Nicholson, who also produced Trust Me, and Wire in the Blood has produced and executive produced 42 episodes of Vera since 2013.  He returns to produce the final two episodes.

Vera is produced in association with ITV Studios, which will handle global distribution. Silverprint Pictures, an ITV Studios company, are also the producers of Shetland, and the ITV commission, A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story, starring Lucy Boynton as Ruth Ellis, Britain’s last woman to hang for the murder of her lover, David Blakely in 1955.