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Vera fans open-mouthed after unearthing forgotten pop star cameo that ended in disaster
The owner of the house the grizzly crime scenes were filmed in has also spoken out
VERA fans have been left stunned after discovering a pop star appeared in the very first episode.
The beloved ITV crime drama has been on air screens now for 13 years and still pulls in impressive viewers.
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But die-hard fans have unearthed the very first episode of Vera from 2011 which featured a celebrity cameo.
Seventeen Going Under hitmaker Sam Fender starred in the episode, playing the role of teenager Luke Armstrong.
However, he met a grizzly end when Brenda Blethyn's character discovered his lifeless and naked body in a bath.
During the opening of the episode, titled 'Hidden Depths', the copper had received a call and headed to the North West where she discovered the submerged body.
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Over the course of the show a second body was uncovered as Vera raced to find the culprit before more murders were carried out.
For fans of the show, they've been left open-mouthed that Sam starred in the show - including the owner of the house they shot the distressing scene in.
"If anyone dares doubt my Geordie credentials I tell them Sam Fender died in my house in the first episode of Vera, that's a true Geordie overlap on a scale of Eucharistic miracles," said the homeowner.
While a second viewer wrote: “There's only one thing to say about Sam Fender and it's this: it's very funny that he's the first ever dead body in Vera"
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"Omg Sam Fender, I loved you in Vera," said a third.
While a fourth commented: “Virgin Media's TV listings insist Sam Fender is in every episode of Vera even though he died in a bath in the first episode in 2011. Ee pet... Kenny gerrontoit.”
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Meanwhile, Brenda, 78, recently revealed Vera would be back for a whopping 14th series next year.
Filming is due to begin this Spring.
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