Vera to return to filming in autumn with Covid-19 precautions

The 11th series will be made up of six episodes.

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Actress Brenda Blethyn playing DCI Vera Stanhope

Vera will return to screens with six feature-length episodes all filmed under Covid-19 guidelines, ITV has confirmed.

Brenda Blethyn will return to the role of DCI Vera Stanhope for the 11th series of the drama, with two of the episodes due to go into production in Northumberland in the autumn, for broadcast in 2021.

The remaining four episodes will be filmed from spring 2021 for broadcast in 2022.

Vera filming in Whitley Bay
Actress Brenda Blethyn, who plays Vera, with co-star Kenny Doughty, who plays DS Aiden Healy (Owen Humphreys/PA)

The 11th series will open with the body of well-respected local builder Jim Tullman found beaten to death on the steps of the Collingwood Monument.