The renowned actor has portrayed Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in every episode of the ITV crime series, which debuted in 2011.
There will soon be one less trench coat trawling crime scenes in the North East, as Brenda Blethyn is quitting Vera after 13 years on the show.
The series is filmed across the North East of England in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Northumberland.
The lead character, as well as some specific episodes in series one and two, are based on Ann Cleeves’s Vera Stanhope crime novels.
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