The future may not be as it seems when it comes to ITV fan-favourite crime solver DCI Vera Stanhope (played by Brenda Blethyn) despite the sad announcement the next series would be the last. Last week, Blethyn took to social media to confirm she’d be saying “cheerio” to the iconic character while ITV followed suit and revealed the show would be ending too. Vera fans will be treated to two more feature-length specials as part of the crime drama’s 14th series before the team in Northumbria say goodbye for good. Inevitably, the announcement led to floods of distraught fans expressing their dismay…
