Hidden Assets is an Irish-Belgian-Canadian crime drama developed by Peter McKenna and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Kadir Ferati Balci and Mia Mullarkey. The series premiered on RTÉ One on November 7, 2021. The second season premiered on RTÉ on September 3, 2023. The third season premiered on RTÉ on November 9, 2025. The series is a spinoff of Acceptable Risk.
Premise The first series is set in present day Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, its Free Zone and airport, and the port of Antwerp, Belgium. It focuses on the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and the Belgian Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU).
The second series of Hidden Assets is also set between Antwerp and County Clare (Limerick, specifically). Following Angeline Ball's departure from the cast, Nora-Jane Noone joined as DS Clare Wallace.
The third series is set in Dublin and Bilbao where CAB joins forces with Ertzaintza detectives.
Cast Main +ActorCharacterSeason123Nora-Jane NooneDetective Sergeant Claire Wallace colspan="2" Aaron MonaghanDetective Garda/Sergeant Sean Prendergast colspan="3" Cathy BeltonBureau Forensics Officer Norah Dillon colspan="3" Simone KirbyBibi Melnick colspan="2" Wouter HendrickxChief Inspector Christian De Jong colspan="2" Kwaku FortuneBureau Forensics Officer Josh Ola colspan="2" Gilles De SchryverInspector Vincent Thijs colspan="2" Charlie CarrickJames Melnick colspan="2" Jane BrennanEileen Gately colspan="2" Angeline BallDetective Sergeant Emer Berry Iñigo GastesiInspector Jon BeitiaCharlotte TimmersInspector Lore VelascoCatherine WalkerDr. Niamh BennettDónall Ó HéalaíDetective Garda Liam BoylanFrank LavertyAnthony PearseTony DoyleBrian O'NeillRebecca O'MaraDr. Alice HeaslipSteve WallChief Superintendent Martin DunlopPeter CoonanFionn BranniganSophie Jo WassonSiobhán BranniganKarine VanasseFrances SwannMichael IronsideRichard MelnickMaya AlbertMila AlbertBert KettermansAubrey ClineSteve GeertsViktor Maes Eva KamandaPassent Hussein
Recurring Caroline Stas as DSU Leader Rover de Hauwere (season 1) and Davin McElherron (season 2) as Arthur Melnick Birgit Herteleer as Belgian News Anchor Dr. Marianne Baert as Ariane Van Vliet Sari-Lynn Kerkhofs as Chessa Burak Balci as Zev (season 1) Matthieu Sys as David (season 1) Natali Broods as Isobel Delvey (season 2) Teli Jalloh as CTU Julien (season 2) Natalya Strutsenko as Tedora Babic (season 2)
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Production The series is a spinoff of the crime drama Acceptable Risk. The series was commissioned by RTÉ and Acorn TV in association with Screen Ireland, Screen Flanders and SuperChannel, and is financed through tax incentives from Ireland (Section 481), Belgium (BNPPFFF) and Canada (Québec production tax services).
Hidden Assets is produced by Irish production company Saffron Moon and Canada’s Facet4 Media and co-produced with Belgian producer Potemkino. The series was developed by Peter McKenna.
The first season was written by Peter McKenna and Morna Regan. The second season was written by Peter McKenna, Mary Fox & Marty Thornton, Sinéad Collopy, and Susan E. Connolly. The third season was written by Peter McKenna, Mary Fox & Marty Thornton, Susan E. Connolly, and Cara Loftus.
Reception
Ratings The first series' finale was watched by 458,000 viewers in Ireland.
Critical reception Irish Examiner Esther N. McCarthy felt that the first series "aimed high and delivered for audiences". Pat Stacey of the Irish Independent considered it to be an improvement over Acceptable Risk. Rachel Sigee of i compared the series' handling of sociopolitical themes and international setting to Nordic noir.
The Guardian called the second series of Hidden Assets "superbly dark and twisted" ahead of its transmission on BBC Four on 2 December 2023.
Reviewing the third series, the Irish Mail on Sunday said "Hidden Assets reveals itself as Sunday's best!".
Sales UK-based distributor DCD Rights confirms new deals for the second season of international crime drama Hidden Assets. Sales include the BBC (UK), SBS (Australia), Stan (Australia), Acorn TV (New Zealand), TV4 (Sweden) and TV2 (Norway). Season 3 sales include Streamz (Belgium) and EITB (Spain).
Awards
! scope="row" rowspan=9 | 2022 | rowspan=8 |Irish Film & Television Academy |Drama Series |Hidden Assets Season 1
|Actress Lead Role Television |Angeline Ball
|rowspan=2 |Actress Supporting Role Television |Cathy Belton
|Simone Kirby
|Actor Supporting Role Television |Peter Coonan
|Director Television Series |Thaddeus O'Sullivan
|rowspan=2 |Script Writer Television |Peter McKenna
|Morna Regan
|RTS Ireland Television Awards |Drama |Hidden Assets
! scope="row" rowspan=5 | 2024 |rowspan=5 |Irish Film & Television Academy |Best Drama |Hidden Assets Series 2 | |rowspan=5| |- |Best Script |Peter McKenna
|Best Supporting Actress |Cathy Belton
|Best Supporting Actor |Aaron Monaghan
|Rising Star |Kwaku Fortune
! scope="row" rowspan=6 | 2026 |rowspan=6 |Irish Film & Television Academy |Director Drama |Mia Mullarkey | |rowspan=6| |- |Script Drama |Cara Loftus
|Lead Actor - Drama |Aaron Monaghan
|Lead Actress - Drama |Nora-Jane Noone
|Supporting Actor - Drama |Dónall Ó Héalaí
|Supporting Actress - Drama |Cathy Belton
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