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Hidden (2011 TV series)


FieldValue
imageHiddenPhilGlenister.jpg
captionDVD cover
genreCrime drama
creator{{Plainlist
* Walter Bernstein<ref name"BBC"Press Office – *Hidden* press pack: introduction, 30 September 2011. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
writerRonan Bennett
directorNiall MacCormick
starring{{Plainlist
countryUnited Kingdom
languageEnglish
num_series1
num_episodes4
executive_producer{{Plainlist
producerChristopher Hall
company{{Plainlist
runtime57 minutes
channelBBC One
first_aired
last_aired
  • Ronan Bennett
  • Walter Bernstein
  • Philip Glenister
  • Thekla Reuten
  • Anna Chancellor
  • Séainín Brennan
  • Michael Winder
  • David Suchet
  • Ben Smith
  • Andrew Scarborough
  • David M. Thompson
  • Ed Rubin
  • Stephen Wright
  • Origin Pictures
  • BBC Northern Ireland

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. The four-part series was directed by Niall MacCormick, produced by Christopher Hall, and created by Ronan Bennett and Walter Bernstein.

Overview

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.

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
  • 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

Critical reception

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."

References

References

  1. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/09_september/30/hidden.shtml Press Office – ''Hidden'' press pack: introduction], 30 September 2011. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. (6 October 2011). "Hidden, BBC One, review".
  3. "BBC One – Hidden".
  4. "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". [[BARB]].
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