Hidden (2011 TV series)
| Hidden | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Written by | Ronan Bennett Walter Bernstein[1] |
| Directed by | Niall MacCormick |
| Starring | Philip Glenister Thekla Reuten Anna Chancellor Séainín Brennan Michael Winder David Suchet Ben Smith Andrew Scarborough |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Stephen Wright Ed Rubin |
| Producer | Christopher Hall |
| Running time | 57 minutes |
| Production companies | Origin Pictures BBC Northern Ireland |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 6 October – 27 October 2011 |
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.[2] The four-part series was directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Christopher Hall, and written by Ronan Bennett in collaboration with Walter Bernstein.[1]
Overview
[edit]Small-time solicitor Harry Venn (Glenister) 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.[3]
Cast
[edit]- 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
- Séainín Brennan as Frances Martin
- 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
- Marie-France Alvarez as Nadine
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Critical reception
[edit]Josephine Moulds of The Telegraph said of the 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."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Press Office – Hidden press pack: introduction, 30 September 2011. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Hidden, BBC One, review". 6 October 2011.
- ^ "BBC One – Hidden".
- ^ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008.
External links
[edit]- Hidden at BBC Online
- Hidden at IMDb
- 2011 British television series debuts
- 2011 British television series endings
- 2010s British drama television series
- BBC high definition shows
- BBC television dramas
- 2010s British crime television series
- British thriller television series
- 2010s British television miniseries
- British English-language television shows
- Television shows set in London
- Television shows set in France
- Television shows set in Northern Ireland