Brenda Blethyn’s ‘Vera’ series to end after Season 14 with the final season premiering January 1, 2025!

The final season of ITV’s Vera series starring Brenda Blethyn (in the title role as Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope) premieres in the coming New Year’s Day, January 1st, 2025 with 2 part episodes on ITV! The last season will be its final 14th (season) for the hit crime detective series.

According to Oxford Mail (UK): Why did ITV Vera star Brenda Blethyn quit the show?

Vera star Brenda Blethyn has revealed she is “semi-retired” after leaving the ITV series to spend more time with her family, having not had a summer with her husband “for 14 years”.

Speaking about her decision to leave the show, Blethyn, 78, said: “It was a lovely summer back in 2023. And I came to realise I hadn’t had a summer with my husband for 14 years.

“Naturally I missed my family. And my dog Jack, although he was with me in the North East, but I didn’t see him much because I was working all day.

“I love my Vera family, but I love my other family too.

“And when you consider I was already thinking about packing work in when I was offered the job back in 2010, 14 series of working on Vera is pretty good going.

“I wasn’t actually going to do any more after series 13, but of course ITV said they needed to wind the series up.

“So I said, ‘Oh go on then, I’ll do a couple more episodes’.”

The British actress said she is “semi-retired” now because she doesn’t “want to be doing jobs which means going away for long periods of time.” 

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