Air date: 2013-08-25

Runtime: 90 min

DCI Vera Stanhope investigates the brutal murder of a young physiotherapist gunned down at a luxury country retreat.

Air date: 2013-09-01

Runtime: 90 min

DCI Vera Stanhope and her team must race against time to track down the killer of a respected surgeon and save his abducted teenage daughters.

Air date: 2013-09-08

Runtime: 90 min

DCI Vera Stanhope delves into the tangled past of extreme sports fanatic, Gideon Frane, when he plunges from a Northumberland cliff top in a ball of flames.

Air date: 2013-09-15

Runtime: 90 min

Vera and her team investigate the fatal stabbing of an ex-Met police officer outside a busy Newcastle nightclub.