{"id":44248,"date":"2024-01-21T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T22:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1963356"},"modified":"2024-01-21T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T22:26:38","slug":"veras-david-leon-on-whether-hed-return-as-joe-ashworth-again","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/veras-david-leon-on-whether-hed-return-as-joe-ashworth-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera\u2019s David Leon on whether he\u2019d return as Joe Ashworth again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Will Joe be back? <\/p>

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

Published: Sunday, 21 January 2024 at 22:05 PM<\/p>

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Vera season 13 has come to an end and it was an emotional affair for the detective played by Brenda Blethyn and DI Joe Ashworth (David Leon).<\/p>\n

Joe\u2019s return at the beginning of the series caused some tension in Vera<\/a>\u2018s office, with the long-standing detective feeling put-out by his arrival since he\u2019d had a promotion and was on her level now.<\/p>\n

The final episode, titled Salt and Vinegar, saw Joe struggle as his dad became very sick off-screen, and the weight of it caused him to buckle under the pressure of his job.<\/p>\n

But at the end, he had a heart-to-heart with Vera, where the pair reflected on life and death before finally reaffirming their friendship with one-another after a tense wrangling.<\/p>\n

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Brenda Blethyn as DCI Vera Stanhope and David Leon as DI Joe Ashworth in Vera<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV Studios for ITV1<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The door was firmly left open for Leon to reprise the role of Joe once more, with the actor telling RadioTimes.com<\/a> exclusively that he\u2019d be up for it.<\/p>\n

Leon said when we caught up with him earlier in the year: \u201cI\u2019d certainly be very open to [returning].<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t had any conversations about that as things stand, but it\u2019s something I\u2019m very proud of and I\u2019d certainly be open-minded to that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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