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Earlier this week, ITV confirmed that the 78-year-old will return for one final season, which will be filmed in Northumberland this summer. Since Vera began in 2011, the show has starred several industry heavyweights - including the late Paul Ritter, Notting Hill's Gina McKee and Catastrophe star Mark Bonnar. However, the series also helped to launch the careers of some of the UK's biggest actors, such as Kingsley Ben-Adir (centre left) and Cush Jumbo (centre right). Here FEMAIL takes a look back at the stars (and musician Sam Feder, left) who owe their careers to the crime drama. Right: Vera actor David Leon, who played DS Joe Ashworth.

A positively deranged black comedy, behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing over Prince Andrew's bombshell interview and a beautifully appointed British historical drama... there's so much for avid royal watchers to stream right now. We've selected the 20 best royal dramas to watch On Demand - sifting through thousands of options to save you having to lift a regal finger. Looking for a new series or film to stream? Read on to find out the shows worth investing your time in...

JAN MOIR: Since the Queen died, I've been wondering what the point of the Royal Family any more. Is that wrong? And my adoration as this regal, dutiful, much-loved matriarch left us for the grand palace in the sky. The well-meaning but essentially ho-hum next generation, the second tier on the crumbling cake, and the monarchical subs' bench, is all we are left with now. If concerns about their personal and collective roles in the United Kingdom are raised, the question of their significance becomes even more relevant when they venture abroad.

You're almost excited for the debut of his new film, "My Policeman," for anyone who has ever had a 1950s-style daydream starring Mr. Harry Edward Styles. We offer these "My Policeman" set photos to you in the lead-up to the exciting announcement, as you take a look at the filming process. Styles was captured on May 3, 2021, filming an intimate scene with costar Emma Corrin. We're going to be emotionally devastated if Corrin was investigating Styles right before the pair's kisses. Styles caught up in a love triangle between his wife, played by Corrin, and a man he encounters at a museum starring David Dawson, based on Bethan Roberts' 2012 book "M.M. Forster."

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: After he cleaned up the brickwork at his new house without first obtaining authorization, former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng was forced to request retrospective planning permission from his local council. For retrospective permission to clean the façade of his early Victorian villa, which he and his wife, Harriet, bought for £1.7 million, Kwarteng had to petition Greenwich council. Two anonymous critics said a'criminal offence' had occurred because council permission had not been sought at the time of the investigation.

On Monday, Jodie Comer looked dishevelled on set in Oxfordshire countryside as she shot a new dystopian drama titled The End We Start From. The actress, 29, who plays a new mother, was seen clutching a baby that was strapped to her chest during the city of London's devastating floods. As she chatted to crew members, she disguised herself for the role in a massive grey t-shirt and a stripe maxi skirt.

SARAH VINE: I missed Helen Mirren's lavish four-part HBO series Catherine The Greatest when it first premiered on YouTube; now it's available on Freeview, it's worth a look. No doubt that it has a lot to do with the fact that we live in such bleak, uninspiring times that we are so devoted to tales of nobility and adventure. The prequel to Game Of Thrones (by all accounts disastrous) Lord Of The Rings prequel The Rings Of Power, Amazon's (by all accounts ineffective) Lord Of The Rings prequel The Rings Of Power... They provide a colorful escape from modern life's constant challenges. Empress of Russia by Mirren is a much more youthful figure in comparison to the other Catherine gracing the airwaves (Elle Fanning in the lavishly bonkers The Greatest), notably more mature both physically and metaphorically. Mirren is in her seventies and playing a woman who was in her forties when the majority of the incident took place - not surprising for male comedians but not unheard of for a woman. So there's something of a quiet triumph for the feminists on display, with Mirren's stunning execution being every bit as seductive as any fresh-faced, firm-fleshed starlet.

In the first glance at Jodie Comer's latest role in the high-stakes dystopian drama The End We Start From, she appears worlds away from her normal glamorous self. The actress, 29, plays a new mother who is caught up in the midst of historic floods that have wreaked havoc on London's city. Jodie is seen wrapped in a navy jacket as she cradles her young child in a recently released image from the film.

On Thursday, a new snapshot of My Policeman, the much-anticipated romance film, was unveiled. As they walked through a grand entrance, Harry Styles' main character walks arm-in-arm with his on-screen wife Emma Corrin.

Oiivia Wilde's latest period drama will not be the only one starring Harry Styles this year. Today (June 9), Amazon revealed the first promotional photos of My Policeman, the romantic drama in which Styles appears alongside Emma Corrin and David Dawson of The Last Kingdom. My Policeman, based on author Bethan Roberts' 2012 book, is set in 1957 Brighton, England, where Styles' Officer Tom conceals his sexual identity by dating Marion (Corrin), but simultaneously has a mystery, illicit friendship with a museum curator named Patrick (Dawson). The characters in older ages are also shown in this teen and '90s, with Tom played by Linus Roache, Marion by Gina McKee, and Patrick by Rupert Everett.