Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is a British mystery crime writer. She is the creator of popular detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez, who can be found on television in ITV’s Vera and BBC One’s Shetland.

Works

Vera
7.4

Vera

A sharp detective with a messy life, DCI Vera Stanhope patrols her “patch” of northeast England, pursuing the truth in cases of murder, kidnapping, and blackmail. Vera is obsessive about her work and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage.

Release Date2011-05-01

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Episode Count56

Vote Count174

Shetland
7.5

Shetland

Created from the novels by award winning crime writer Ann Cleeves, Shetland follows DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.

Release Date2013-03-10

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count56

Vote Count210

The Long Call
6.2

The Long Call

Detective Matthew Venn returns to the small North Devon community he grew up in with his husband and begins investigating a murder whilst coming to terms with his own traumatic past, having been excommunicated by his family and the church community they lived in.

Release Date2021-10-25

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Episode Count4

Vote Count30

Celebrity Mastermind
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Release Date2003-12-26

Episode Count1

Vote Count2