Hidden Assets Series 2, Episode 2
DS Claire Wallace and CI Christian de Jong are shocked to discover who was behind the terrorist attacks but as the body count grows will they be able to prove it?
Series Overview
Hidden Assets returns to our screens this Autumn with a six-part second season, set between Limerick and Antwerp, Belgium.
Hidden Assets airs from Sunday September 3rd for 6 consecutive weeks at 9.30pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
Over a year has passed since the events in season one and the stage is set for an exciting season full of twists and turns. Claire (Nora-Jane Noone), new to our team as lead Detective Sergeant within Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) faces a sudden challenge – a coordinated cyber-attack targeting CAB and the Belgian Counter-Terrorist Unit (CTU), with a connection to the Bibi Brannigan case.
Bibi (Simone Kirby) , under threat from Richard Melnick’s business partner Frances Swann, resurfaces with some new and crucial information unveiling dark details on how Richard ran his company Trestford.
In the face of growing violence and ever higher stakes, Claire and CTU’s Christian De Jong (Wouter Hendrickx) must join forces to uncover and expose the truth about Trestford and Swann: it’s a race against time to stop the sale of Antwerp Port.
Nora -Jane Noone (Wildfire, Magdalene Sisters) joins the hugely talented returning cast which includes Simone Kirby ( His Dark Materials, Jimmy’s Hall), Wouter Hendrickx (Blackout, Cordon), Cathy Belton (Red Rock, Philomena), Aaron Monaghan (The Banshees of Inisherin, Redemption of a Rogue) and Karine Vanasse (Plan B, Cardinal).
Season 2 of the taut thriller is directed by Emmy-nominated Thaddeus O’Sullivan (The Miracle Club, Into The Storm, Silent Witness) and Kadir Ferati Balci (Cold Courage, Dag en Nacht). The lead writer is Peter McKenna (Kin, Red Rock), and other writers on the team are Sinéad Collopy (Smother), Susan E.Connolly (Redemption) and first time TV writers Mary Fox and Marty Thornton.
The Hidden Assets Season 2 series producers are Kathryn Lennon, Siobhán Bourke and Anna-Sue Greenberg (Hidden Assets Season 1, Acceptable Risk).
Commissioned by RTÉ and Acorn TV in association with Screen Ireland, Screen Flanders and SuperChannel and financed through tax incentives from Ireland (Section 481), Belgium (BNPPFFF) and Canada ( Quebéc production tax services).
Hidden Assets is produced by Irish production company Saffron Moon and Canada’s Facet4 Media and co-produced with leading Belgian producer Potemkino. Hidden Assets is an Ireland, Canada, Belgium co-production.
