Hidden (2011 TV series)

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Hidden
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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 originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producersStephen Wright
Ed Rubin
ProducerChristopher Hall
Running time57 minutes
Production companiesOrigin Pictures
BBC Northern Ireland
Original release
Network BBC One
Release6 October (2011-10-06) –
27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)

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]

Contents

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. [3]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateUK viewers
(millions)  [4]
1"Episode 1" Niall MacCormick Ronan Bennett 6 October 2011 (2011-10-06)6.09
2"Episode 2" Niall MacCormick Ronan Bennett 13 October 2011 (2011-10-13)5.05
3"Episode 3" Niall MacCormick Ronan Bennett 20 October 2011 (2011-10-20)4.53
4"Episode 4" Niall MacCormick Ronan Bennett 27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)4.58

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." [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Press Office – Hidden press pack: introduction, 30 September 2011. BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Hidden, BBC One, review". 6 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "BBC One – Hidden".
  4. ↑ "Weekly Viewing Summary (see relevant week)". BARB. Archived from the original on 13 July 2008.
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