Vera – Season 2 – DVD

"In The Ghost Position D.C.I. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) is reunited, under tragic circumstances, with her first ever Sergeant, Stuart Macken (Steven Hartley). When his house is petrol bombed, Stuart is left badly burned and his 18-year-old daughter, Stella (Jessica Barden), is fighting for her life in intensive care. Vera is shocked to see Stuart is a shadow of the man she knew twenty years before and, when her back is turned, he commits suicide by throwing himself from the hospital balcony. Silent Voices D.C.I. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) investigates the case of murdered social worker, Jenny Lister. Deciphering the motive behind the brutal murder of a woman who presents as honourable and well liked proves difficult but an infamous case involving the death of a child appears to hold the key. Working tirelessly, Vera and her team uncovered the failure of an understaffed and overworked social work system and the far-reaching effects for all those involved. Sandancers D.C.I. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) and D.S. Joe Ashworth investigate a suspicious death in an army barracks, aided by Shep (Clare Calbraith), an enthusiastic and pro-active member of the Military Police. While the death of commanding officer Dev initially looks like suicide, murder is quickly established, and the team need to find both a motive and a killer. A Certain Samaritan In the final episode of the second series D.C.I. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) investigates the murder of 29-year-old Niall Coulter. Circling Niall’s nearest and dearest including his mother Shirley (Phyllis Logan), Vera peels back the seemingly benign layers of his life to discover a deeper truth which those closest to him seem unwilling to give up. It is not until the body of a drug dealer is found washed up on a Northumberland beach that the dreadful truth begins to emerge about the heroin found present in Niall’s body."