''Riches'' is a British drama television series created by Abby Ajayi, starring Deborah Ayorinde,

Hugh Quarshie Hugh Anthony Quarshie (born 22 December 1954) is a Ghanaian-born British actor. Some of his best-known roles include his appearances in the films ''Highlander'' (1986), '' The Church'' (1989), ''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' (1 ...

, and Sarah Niles. It premiered on 22 December 2022 in the United Kingdom, first on

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before airing on ITV at a later date. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video in the United States on 2 December 2022.

Synopsis

Stephen Richards, a self-made man, has built a cosmetics empire and become a strong advocate for Black-owned businesses. After he has a heart attack, there is a fight for control over his empire. His family's secrets come to the forefront, and the lives of his children from his two marriages begin to collide.

Cast

* Deborah Ayorinde as Nina Richards *

as Stephen Richards * Sarah Niles as Claudia Richards *

Brendan Coyle David "Brendan" Coyle (born 2 December 1962) is an English-Irish actor. He won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for ''The Weir'' in 1999. He also played Nicholas Higgins in the miniseries '' North & South'', Robert T ...

as Gideon Havelock *

Hermione Norris Hermione Jane Norris (born 5 December 1966) is an English actress. She attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in the 1980s, before taking small roles in theatre and on television. In 1996, she was cast in her breakout role of Ka ...

as Maureen Dawson * Adeyinka Akinrinade as Alesha Richards * Ola Orebiyi as Gus Richards * C.J. Beckford as Andre Scott-Clarke * Nneka Okoye as Wanda Richards * Emmanuel Imani as Simon Richards * Liran Nathan as Ido

Episodes

Production

On 15 October 2020, it was announced that ITV had commissioned Greenacre Films to make a six-part series about a wealthy family dealing with a tragic event, created, written, and executive produced by Abby Ajayi. It is executive produced by Nadine Marsh-Edwards and Amanda Jenks of Greenacre, and Alison Owen and Alison Carpenter of Monumental Television, and produced by Yvonne Francas. On 11 November 2021, it was reported that Deborah Ayorinde and

had been cast as series leads, and that Sarah Niles,

, Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, C.J. Beckford, Nneka Okoye, and Emmanuel Imani had also been cast. Principal photography commenced in London in November 2021. It was also filmed in New York.

Release

All six episodes of the series premiered on

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on 2 December 2022, in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Nordics, and Sub-Saharan Africa, and on

in the UK on 22 December 2022.

References

External links

* {{Amazon Video original series 2020s British drama television series 2022 British television series debuts Amazon Prime Video original programming Black British television shows English-language television shows ITV television dramas Mass media portrayals of the upper class Television series by Amazon Studios