Hidden Assets

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 RTÃÂ One on November 7, 2021. The second season premiered on RTÃÂ on September 3, 2023. The third season premiered on RTÃÂ 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).Ã¢ÂÂ¯Following Angeline Ball's departure from the cast, Nora-JaneÃ¢ÂÂ¯Noone joined as DS Clare Wallace.

The third series is set in Dublin and Bilbao where CAB joins forces with Ertzaintza detectives.

Cast

Main

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 RTÃÂ 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 (QuÃÂ©bec production tax services).

Hidden Assets is produced by Irish production company Saffron Moon and CanadaÃ¢ÂÂs 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, SinÃÂ©ad 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