{"id":3690,"date":"2021-08-29T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1335422"},"modified":"2021-08-29T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T21:34:08","slug":"vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera episode 2 preview teases a reluctant suspect interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Brenda Blethyn is back in Vera&#8217;s raincoat, but she has her work cut out in her latest case. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 29 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Brenda Blethyn is back in DCI Vera Stanhope\u2019s boots \u2013 and, more importantly, her iconic raincoat and hat \u2013 for\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/vera-air-date-time-cast-plot\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Vera<\/a>\u00a0season 11.<\/p>\n<p>Set in Northumberland, <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/travel\/discover-the-setting-of-itvs-detective-drama-vera\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">where Vera is filmed<\/a>, the crime drama returned to ITV on Sunday 29th August, with a second episode following next Sunday (5th September).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can reveal a sneak peek at the brand new investigation taking place during the second episode, when the body of addiction support worker Angela Konan found in the sprawling Northumberland National Park.<\/p>\n<p>With so much literal ground to cover, Vera and longtime colleague DS Aiden Healy (Kenny Doughty) decide to ask the park manager some questions. It transpires he knew Angela, but appears reluctant to elaborate. Take a look below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6269594810001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div> <p>Though Vera and her partner don\u2019t get much out of their latest interrogation, they do discover that the park has an out-of-service bothy.\u00a0We\u2019re willing to bet it will play a big part in the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The shorter second season will also have four further episodes, set to air across 2022. Blethyn herself has revealed she is open to reprising the role, but, like everything these days, it all depends on COVID-19.<\/p> <p>\u201cAt the end of filming every season I think, \u2018Oh, thank the Lord I\u2019m going home. Never again\u2019,\u201d Blethyn said. \u201cBut it\u2019s like having a lovely slap-up meal. You\u2019ve eaten too much. You couldn\u2019t eat another morsel. And you\u2019re shown the menu again. \u2018Take it away, take it away!\u2019 But then a week later you get hungry again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The series is based on <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/152904989X\/ref=bseries_primary_1_152904989X?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fdp%2F152904989X%2Fref%3Dbseries_primary_1_152904989X%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-568452&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">Ann Cleeves\u2019 novels<\/a>, with Cleeves\u2019 latest Vera book, <a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Darkest-Evening-Vera-Stanhope\/dp\/1509889558\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;nofollow&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-geniuslink=\"&quot;https:\/\/buy.geni.us\/Proxy.ashx?TSID=114542&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2FDarkest-Evening-Vera-Stanhope%2Fdp%2F1509889558%2F%3Ftag%3Dradtim0b-21%26ascsubtag%3Dradiotimes-1321800&amp;dtb=1&quot;\">The Darkest Evening<\/a>,\u00a0hitting the shelves \u00a0in 2020 and offering plenty of opportunities for adaptation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking for something else to watch? Check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> or visit our dedicated <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Drama<\/a> hub for the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Brenda Blethyn is back in Vera&#8217;s raincoat, but she has her work cut out in her latest case. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":3691,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview.jpg",1267,873,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview-300x207.jpg",300,207,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview-768x529.jpg",768,529,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview-1024x706.jpg",800,552,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview.jpg",1267,873,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/08\/vera-episode-2-preview-teases-a-reluctant-suspect-interview.jpg",1267,873,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Brenda Blethyn is back in Vera's raincoat, but she has her work cut out in her latest case.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/3690"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}