This powerful, provocative and witty performance is delivered unapologetically to camera by Brenda Blethyn. More than just an advert for the series ‘Vera’, this film, which is part of ITV’s new campaign ‘Great characters make great drama’ gets under the skin of the character and challenges the audience. Walking along a beach to a crime scene, she questions the cliché characteristics we would expect from the eponymous heroine.