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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]

Hidden
Genre	Crime drama
Written by	Ronan Bennett Walter Bernstein[1]
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	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
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	6 October (2011-10-06) – 27 October 2011 (2011-10-27)

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

• 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
• Marie-France Alvarez as Nadine

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK 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

External links

• Hidden at BBC Online
• Hidden at IMDb

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