ITV Vera taken off air and replaced with substitute confirmed

ITV Vera taken off air and replaced with substitute confirmed

ITV Vera has been taken off air and replaced following its finale – with the replacement on ITV confirmed. The Brenda Blethyn series, which is usually on at 8 pm, has a new replacement to fill in the empty slot after it finishes.

Vicky McClure’s hit show Trigger Point will be filling in the gap. John Williams, Head of Scheduling Strategy, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, and announced: “Confirmed; #TriggerPoint series 2 launches on Sunday 28th Jan on @ITV @ITVX with @Vicky_McClure Catch up with series 1 now via ITV X.”

The second series also features returning cast members Nabil Elouahabi (Unforgotten, The Tower) as Hass, Eric Shango (Suspicion) as Danny, Mark Stanley (Happy Valley, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe) as DI Thom Youngblood, Kerry Godliman (After Life, Whitstable Pearl) as Sonya Reeves, Kris Hitchen (Four Lives) as John and Kevin Eldon (Sanditon) as Jeff.

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Vicky returns as Lana Washington and the first series, which focused on the Expo officers in the Metropolitan Police Bomb Disposal Squad, was commissioned by ITV’s Head of Drama, Polly Hill, and was the best performing drama of 2022, averaging 9.5m viewers per episode.

The new six-part series has been written by Simon Ashdown (Our House, EastEnders), Amanda Duke (Treason) and Daniel Brierley. It was created by Daniel Brierley. An official synopsis for the new season reads: “In episode 1, Lana is just back from secondment training Ukrainian bomb disposal teams, but has not returned to active duty.

“She is giving a routine talk to security officers from major financial institutions about the issues surrounding bomb-centred terrorism, when there is a bomb attack in the heart of the city. Lana is closest to the incident, but is she ready to take it on?”

The final episode of Vera, called Salt and Vinegar, comes to an end on Sunday.