James Mitchell, Stephen Greenberg, Peter De Maegd, Shane Murphy, Tom Hameeuw
Peter McKenna, Donna Walsh, Andrew Byrne, David Crean, Catherine Mackin, Bea Tammer, Nicky Davies Williams
Hidden Assets is an Irish/Canadian/Belgian crime drama developed by Peter McKenna and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and Kadir Ferati Balci. The series premiered on RTÉ on May 10, 2022. The second season premiered on RTÉ on September 3, 2023.[1] The series is a spinoff of Acceptable Risk.[2]
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,[4] 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.[5] The second season was written by Peter McKenna, Mary Fox & Marty Thornton, Sinéad Collopy, and Susan E. Connolly.
Reception
Ratings
The first series' finale was watched by 458,000 viewers[6] in Ireland.
Critical reception
Irish Examiner's Esther N. McCarthy felt that the first series "aimed high and delivered for audiences".[7] Pat Stacey of the Irish Independent considered it to be an improvement over Acceptable Risk.[2] Rachel Sigee of i compared the series' handling of sociopolitical themes and international setting to Nordic noir.[8]
The Guardian called the second series of Hidden Assets "superbly dark and twisted" ahead of its transmission on BBC Four on 2 December 2023.[9]
Sales
UK-based distributor DCD Rights confirms[10] 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).