The BEST episodes written by Ann Cleeves

Death of a Family Man
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8.04
350 votes

#1 - Death of a Family Man

Vera - Season 4 - Episode 4

Vera delves into the tangled life of a businessman found floating in the water under the Gateshead Millennium Bridge.

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Blood and Bone
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8.01
357 votes

#2 - Blood and Bone

Vera - Season 8 - Episode 1

Vera is called to a chilling murder scene when the charred remains of a body are discovered in an abattoir incinerator.

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Broken Promise
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7.95
420 votes

#3 - Broken Promise

Vera - Season 7 - Episode 3

Vera is called to Northumberland University when a student plummets to his death from the top of a disused faculty building.

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Tuesday's Child
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7.93
380 votes

#4 - Tuesday's Child

Vera - Season 6 - Episode 2

Vera investigates the death of a local lad whose body is found wrapped in plastic sheets at a rural teenage hang out.

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The Sea Glass
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7.93
335 votes

#5 - The Sea Glass

Vera - Season 6 - Episode 4

Vera investigates the mysterious death of a fisherman found tangled in the nets of a North Sea trawler.

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The Blanket Mire
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7.89
429 votes

#6 - The Blanket Mire

Vera - Season 7 - Episode 4

Surveyors out on the Northumberland moors make a shocking discovery: the body of a young woman buried beneath the soil.

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Darkwater
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7.88
347 votes

#7 - Darkwater

Vera - Season 8 - Episode 4

Vera is confronted with a tragic mystery when the dead body of teenager Ethan Dewley is found floating in a reservoir.

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The Moth Catcher
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7.86
369 votes

#8 - The Moth Catcher

Vera - Season 6 - Episode 3

Vera investigates the murder of 22-year-old Alex Gartside, victim of a hit and run in a remote Northumberland Valley.

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Dark Angel
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7.86
439 votes

#9 - Dark Angel

Vera - Season 7 - Episode 2

The body of a young man is discovered face down in a river by Thrunton Woods. But tracing the victim's identity proves difficult for Vera and her team.

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Natural Selection
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7.85
473 votes

#10 - Natural Selection

Vera - Season 7 - Episode 1

Vera is drawn into a suspicious death on Ternstone, a remote and inaccessible island off the coast of Northumberland, home only to numerous species of birds and the rangers who observe them.

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Black Ice
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7.84
347 votes

#11 - Black Ice

Vera - Season 8 - Episode 2

Vera is called to the scene of a violent car crash, and quickly realizes that the crash was not accidental and that another driver tried to kill victim, Faye Wakeland.

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Episode 1
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7.82
464 votes

#12 - Episode 1

Shetland - Season 4 - Episode 1

When Shetlander Thomas Malone has his murder conviction overturned after 23 years, which he's spent behind bars, Perez has to reopen an investigation into the 1994 death of local teenager Lizzie Kilmuir. Later, Perez gets a text from Cassie saying she is unexpectedly flying back to Shetland, so he and Duncan meet her at the airport.

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Home
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7.82
347 votes

#13 - Home

Vera - Season 8 - Episode 3

Quiet life in suburbia takes a dark turn when a woman is discovered lying dead in her back garden.

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The Ghost Position
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7.75
462 votes

#14 - The Ghost Position

Vera - Season 2 - Episode 1

Vera's reunion with her first sergeant occurs under tragic circumstances when his house is petrol-bombed. The investigation forces her to face old memories.

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Sandancers
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7.75
330 votes

#15 - Sandancers

Vera - Season 2 - Episode 4

The authorities at a local army base are in an ungodly hurry to declare the death of a decorated Afghanistan War veteran a suicide, but Vera doubts it.

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Silent Voices
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7.68
464 votes

#16 - Silent Voices

Vera - Season 2 - Episode 2

Vera investigates the murder of a social worker and finds that a notorious case involving the death of a child may hold the key to solving the case.

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A Certain Samaritan
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7.65
374 votes

#17 - A Certain Samaritan

Vera - Season 2 - Episode 3

A young man is found dead with heroin in his blood and a stolen credit card in his wallet. But only when Vera learns details of his mother's life does a motive for murder emerge.

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