I’m a sick woman,” says Pansy Deacon, the newest in a long line of demanding heroines on offer from filmmaker Mike Leigh. By the time we hear this in Leigh’s Hard Truths, none of us, neither on-screen ...

ITV Vera bosses once transformed some public toilets in Whitley Bay into The Seagull night club for an episode of the hit ...

Leigh is now 81, and he’s still producing brilliant films. Hard Truths has been nominated for two Baftas, for Outstanding ...

A popular pub in Northumberland loved by Vera star Brenda Blethyn has finished in the top 20 of a list of the UK's best ...

Vera star Brenda Blethyn has opened up on a hidden battle she faced while filming the ITV drama and throughout her career ...

Sam Fender revealed a behind-the-scenes blunder after starring in the very first episode of ITV crime drama, Vera, which left ...

Pop icon Linda Nolan died at age 65, but sister Coleen reveals that she kept everyone laughing until the very end.

Vera's Brenda Blethyn bid an emotional farewell to the ITV drama after 14 seasons earlier this month but what many fans don't ...

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British acting icon Brenda Blethyn is already reconnecting with her long-running role as DCI Vera Stanhope just weeks after ...