Friday, March 20, 2020

'Vera' episode 'The Escape Turn' grabs massive 8.40 TV Ratings Overall

VERA on ITV in the United Kingdom. It has been announced that the TV crime show has been picked up for the 11th TV season. It is based on the mystery novels written by Ann Cleeves. Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) is a cantankerous police detective who has an eye for solving murder. 

In the overnight TV ratings. The episode "The Escape Turn" (2/2/2020) garnered a massive 8.40 million viewers overall.

"The Escape Turn." A wealthy businessman owns a racing "Greyhound" dog track. He returns home to his wife and daughter for dinner. Two burglars have broken past the security system and hold the women hostage. The businessman walks in during this home invasion and is shot to death. The two burglars steal $20,000 in cash and over $100,000 in jewelry. The next door neighbor boy had watched the burglars escape on motorcycle. He wrote down the license plate of that motorcycle. It turns out that the businessman had hired a private detective to follow his wife....

Click photos of VERA for BRIT-BOX.
(ITV logo. You can watch all 10 season over at BRIT-BOX).

(ITV photo. Vera investigates the murder of a businessman).

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