{"id":41589,"date":"2023-12-11T18:01:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1942453"},"modified":"2023-12-11T19:41:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T18:41:50","slug":"vera-christmas-special-release-date-cast-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/vera-christmas-special-release-date-cast-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Christmas special release date, cast, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vera’s back for Christmas. <\/p>

By Helen Daly\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 December 2023 at 17:01 PM<\/p>

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Vera Stanhope (played by Brenda Blethyn) is back for another episode, which is set to air over Christmas.<\/p>\n

The northern detective is called to Lindisfarne in The Rising Tide, where she finds a suspected suicide of a famous TV presenter.<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t long before she works out a terrible murder has been committed, and with the tidal island the home of the crime, there are are a limited amount of suspects.<\/p>\n

This is the first Christmas special that Vera\u2019s ever done, so read on to find out all about the festive episode.<\/p>\n

Vera Christmas special release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Kenny Doughty and Brenda Blethyn pose as Aiden and Vera on Lindisfarne.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Vera\u2019s Christmas special will air on 26th December 2023 on ITV at 8pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The episode, called The Rising Tide, is two hours long.<\/p>\n

Vera Christmas special cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The cast of Vera.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Brenda Blethyn is back as Vera Stanhope in the Christmas special, and as ever, she\u2019s joined by her usual team in the station.<\/p>\n

Kenny Doughty returns as DS Aiden Healy, but it\u2019s bittersweet, as it\u2019s his final outing as the character.<\/p>\n

Speaking about leaving the series, Doughty said: \u201cI made the decision before we started filming series 12. That was initially going to be the four films screened at the start of 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then halfway through filming they said, \u2018Can we do a Christmas special, as well?\u2019 So it was a long goodbye, with The Rising Tide being my last episode filmed in November and December 2022.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere were lots of personal and professional reasons why I wanted to move on. I have loved doing Vera, 100 per cent. It has been a life-changing job for so many reasons. Including working with Brenda Blethyn and in the North East. I feel like an honorary Geordie!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Morrison plays DC Kenny Lockhart, Ibinabo Jack stars as DC Jacquenline \u2018Jac\u2019 Williams and Jake Ashton-Nelson returns as PC Billington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sarah Kameela Impey joins Vera as pathologist Dr Paula Bennett \u2013 a fiery colleague of Vera who isn\u2019t afraid of standing up to the detective.<\/p>\n

Guest stars for The Rising Tide are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n