THE second episode of ITVs hit-show Vera will air this evening - as the details of what to expect have been revealed.

Brenda Blethyn and cast are returning for yet another dramatic episode after the 11th series debuted on TV screens last Sunday.

The 11th series, which features scenes filmed in Chester-le-Street, Hartlepool, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, is kicking off with two episodes this year.

ITV bosses have already confirmed a further four episodes from the same series will be broadcast next year, as filming for those continued this week.

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Film crews - along with Blethyn and her Land Rover Defender - have been spotted at locations including Tynemouth and North Shields since Tuesday.

When will it air and how to watch

Another two-hour long feature length episode will air tonight (Sunday, September 5) at 8pm on ITV.

The show, which will be available via TV on and the ITV Hub (click here), marks the first of two episodes airing this year.

A further four episodes from the same series will air at some point in 2022, although ITV has not confirmed when.

What to expect from Episode 2: Recovery

DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) is called to the scene of a murdered support worker, Angela Konan (Karlina Grace-Paseda), found hidden among the bleak woodlands of Northumberland National Park.

The location is so remote; was this an attack of opportunity or a carefully planned ambush? Noel Henderson (Cayyvan Coates) and Stanley Booth (Mark Benton), the two park rangers who reported the body appear oddly evasive when questioned if they knew the victim.

Vera soon discovers Angela worked tirelessly for a women’s addiction recovery centre, yet her manager Darlene Houghton (Caroline Lee Johnson), and colleagues had no relationship with her outside the refuge.

Vera and her team must peel back the layers of their introverted victim to uncover her closely guarded secrets and surprising depths.

It appears an increasingly erratic Angela clashed with two clients in the week before she died, rashly evicting Aysiha Nassar (Ayten Manyare), while becoming ever-more personally involved in the life of Beth Draper (Sian Reese-Williams), a recovering addict desperate to reunite with her daughter, Maya (Mia McKenna-Bruce).

Vera trains her keen, insightful mind on what was driving Angela to learn the truth about her tragic death.

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To catch up on new and old Vera episodes on the ITV Hub - click here 

The next episode of Vera airs tonight at 8pm on ITV and the ITV Hub.

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