Hidden (TV series)
Hidden | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Written by | Ronan Bennett |
Directed by | Niall MacCormick |
Starring |
Philip Glenister Thekla Reuten Anna Chancellor Michael Winder David Suchet Ben Smith Andrew Scarborough |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Stephen Wright Ed Rubin |
Producer(s) | Christopher Hall |
Running time | 57 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Origin Pictures BBC Northern Ireland |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Picture format | 16:9 |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 6 October – 27 October 2011 |
Website |
Hidden is a British television drama starring Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, Anna Chancellor, Michael Winder, Andrew Scarborough and David Suchet, which debuted on BBC One on 6 October 2011.[1] The four-part series was directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Christopher Hall and written by Ronan Bennett. The series focuses on small-time solicitor Harry Venn (Glenister), who is reluctantly drawn back into his dark past after being approached by Gina Hawkes (Reuten). Hawkes, a lawyer searching for a missing alibi witness for her client, quickly draws Venn into a deep and dangerous conspiracy involving the death of his brother twenty years previously, and which reaches deep into the heart of the British political system.[2]
Critical reception
Josephine Moulds of The Telegraph said of the first series: "All in all it was terribly exciting. Less pretentious than Page Eight and more ambitious than Spooks, Hidden nailed the intelligent, pacy TV thriller."[1]
Cast
- Philip Glenister as Harry Venn
- Thekla Reuten as Gina Hawkes
- David Suchet as Sir Nigel Fountain
- Thomas Craig as D.I. Fenton Russell
- Anna Chancellor as Elspeth Verney
- Andrew Scarborough as Ben Lander
- Matthew Marsh as James Morpeth
- Bertie Carvel as Alexander Wentworth
- Richard Dormer as Frank Hanna
- Paul Ritter as Stevie Quirke
- Peter Guinness as Jason Styles
- Ben Smith as Matt Grogan
- David Michaels as Brian Worsley
- Christopher Fairbank as George Venn
- Rupert Simonian as Michael Venn
- Mark Powley as Mark Venn
- Lisa Kay as Lauren Chisholm
- Michael Winder as Kevin Gaunt
- Mark Flitton as Paul Hillman
- Christov Ruhn as Mezwar Tanzir
- Audrey Looten as Jennifer Moscati
- Mens-Sana Tamakloe as Dean Stubbs
- Christopher Webster as Young Harry Venn
- Seainin Brennan as Frances Martin
Episodes
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (million)[3] |
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1 | "Episode 1" | Niall MacCormick | Ronan Bennett | 6 October 2011 | 6.09 |
2 | "Episode 2" | Niall MacCormick | Ronan Bennett | 13 October 2011 | 5.05 |
3 | "Episode 3" | Niall MacCormick | Ronan Bennett | 20 October 2011 | 4.53 |
4 | "Episode 4" | Niall MacCormick | Ronan Bennett | 27 October 2011 | 4.58 |
References
External links
- Hidden at BBC Programmes
- Hidden at the Internet Movie Database