Vera (TV series) audience of 6.53 million over four episodes, whilst the fourth series attracted a slightly smaller audience of 6.42 million over four episodes. In 2018 the ratings increased to between 8 to 9 million viewers. Vera (TV series) Vera is a British crime drama series based on novels of the same name, written by crime writer Ann Cleeves. It was first broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, and to date, eight series have aired. The series stars Brenda Blethyn as the principal character, Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope. Vera is a middle-aged employee of the fictional Northumberland & City Police,
Scrapyard Detectives notions about others. Scrapyard Detectives has been used by Dr. Robyn A. Hill, Teacher Educator, who included the series in a free online book, "Secret Origin of Good Readers". The Secret Origin of Good Readers also organizes a panel on using graphic novels to promote literacy, which has run at Comic Con International and at WonderCon. The first three issues of Scrapyard Detectives are collected into a graphic novel titled "The Scrapyard Detectives: Collected Cases, Volume One" (). This 104 page collected edition also includes an origin story written by Supernatural Law creator/writer Batton Lash, which details how the three