SERIES 1, EPISODE 4
Emer’s in Antwerp to help search for Fionn Brannigan. Looks like she and Christian have hit a dead end when a forensics breakthrough changes everything.
About Hidden Assets:
A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source – not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong. Eventually, reluctantly banding together, they unravel a political conspiracy fuelling domestic unrest for financial gain; caught up in this web of greed are the Brannigans, a wealthy Irish dynasty with ties to Antwerp. Drawn into a battle of wits with the family, Emer, Christian, and the CAB team must follow the money to stop another terrorist attack – before it’s too late.
Hidden Assets stars Angeline Ball (Deadly Cuts, Keeping Faith, The Commitments), as DS Emer Berry, along with Simone Kirby (His Dark Materials, Jimmy’s Hall) and Peter Coonan (Love/Hate, Cold Courage). The taut thriller is directed by Emmy-nominated Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Into The Storm, Silent Witness) and leading Belgian director Kadir Balci (Cold Courage). Written by Peter McKenna (Kin, The Musketeers) and Morna Regan who was recently named on the BBC New Talent Hotlist, Hidden Assets is produced by Siobhán Bourke and Kathryn Lennon (Whistleblower, Acceptable Risk) and Anna-Sue Greenberg (Acceptable Risk) and co-produced by Peter De Maegd (Cold Courage) and Tom Hameeuw. Hidden Assets which was filmed in Antwerp and Co. Clare, boasts a stellar Irish and international cast also including Charlie Carrick (Abandoned, Angelique’s Isle), Wouter Hendrickx (Blackout, Cordon), Cathy Belton (Red Rock, Miss Scarlet and the Duke), Michael Ironside (The Alienist, Angel of Darkness) and Sophie Jo Wasson (Rialto).
Commissioned by RTÉ and Acorn TV in association with Screen Ireland and Screen Flanders, Hidden Assets is produced by Irish production company Saffron Moon and co-produced by leading Belgian producer Potemkino & Canada’s Facet 4.