Vera

8PM, ITV

Everyone’s favourite dishevelled detective is back as Brenda Blethyn dons her infamous mac and hat to play Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope in four chilling new feature-length episodes. In the opening case, Vera and DS Aiden Healy (Kenny Doughty, right, with Blethyn) are on the trail of a murderer when the body of trainee forensic psychologist Joanne Caswell is found dumped at a landfill site. The young woman seemed to have a perfect life, with no enemies – but Vera soon learns that Joanne’s investigation of a historic crime could hold the key to her death.