Vera

I kept wanting to shout ‘Who are you and what have you done with Joe??’ 

I think the next two episodes will be interesting regarding the new relationship between Joe and everyone else on the team, especially Vera! I loved it when she corrected him for calling her Vera and told him it was "Ma'am" after he had put poor old Kenny down the way he did. That was a very good story I thought. I had picked the wrong minor character as the murderer. I thought it was going to be the birth mother's husband.

I have to say Vera is one of my favourite programmes

I did read that BB had indicated this might be the last full series but there could be occasional shows…

She is 77 apparently. I think she said once they had bought their own place nearby as the filming was a few months per year. Nicer to have your own bits and bobs than a hotel!

That was a sad one this week.

They are filmed in real places but they change the names. Usually the web page for the show tells you where they filmed. Looked a bit like Corbridge but I can't be sure, I think the coast might have been Old Hartlepool area, she fairly zips about the county, even other forces counties too.