[Boomer]

BK,

You might like Vera.

Vera is a detective who is of the age to have lived in TV for a few years. She is smart and a little grouchy and has a quick wit that she can direct with precision.

Vera is in Northumberland. The accent causes me to turn on the captions, but that's OK.

The cinematographer who shoots the show is a little too in love with his lingering lens to suit me.

The show is longer than an hour, close to an hour and a half maybe.

At first I kept thinking if we did not have to look through the lens at all those moors and heaths and wind blowing, for such a long time, the show would be a lot shorter.

But now I am used to it or might even be starting to like those artsy shots that can seem to take forever. (I am thinking of maybe turning it into a drinking game -- like every time there is one of those shots, I take a sip of Woodford Reserve.)

Anyway, fans of British mysteries might like to try Vera. It is on Acorn but I think it might be on Netflix, too.