“This time last year we launched,” she wrote, referring to the Riches Dec. 2, 2022 premiere on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of actors and our fabulous crew. Thank you to everyone who supported. So proud we got to make this show.”
Ajayi continued to tease the second season she had prepared, as evidenced by the Reaches 2 notebook in one of the photos accompanying the post.
Riches was a co-production, with Amazon Studios joining the ITV series in 2021, picking up rights in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
According to sources, the channel informed the producers and distributor Banijay Rights a while ago that there will not be a second season. ITV hasn't revealed the series' status in Britain and said the series could be sold to other American buyers, but Ajayi's post makes it sound like Riches is over.
The cast of the series includes Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie, Sarah Niles, Brendan Coyle, Hermione Norris, Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, C.J. Beckford, Nneka Okoye and Emmanuel Imani.
Riches, which draws parallels to HBO's Succession, opens with self-made millionaire Stephen Richards (Quarshie) suffering a stroke. His family's secrets and lies are exposed and the future of his multi-million cosmetics company is in jeopardy when the lives of the children from his two marriages begin to collide.
Ajayi called the drama a "love letter to black London" and added that it was "exciting to create the Richards family and celebrate their wealth, ambition and immigrant roots."
Riches comes from Been So Long producer Greenacre Films in association with ITV Studios' Monumental Films. Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Amanda Jenks, Alison Owen and Alison Carpenter are producing. Ajayi also co-directed with Darcia Martin and Sebastian Thiel.
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