![]() It will air as an Acorn TV Original on Acorn TV in the United States and on Super Channel in Canada in 2022. Hidden Assets will air on Sunday nights at 9.30pm on RTÉ One with catch-up on RTÉ Player. It was produced by Irish production company Saffron Moon and co-produced by Belgian producer Potemkino and Canada's Facet 4. The show has been made in association with RTÉ, Screen Ireland, Screen Flanders and AMC Networks' Acorn TV. Hidden Assets was written by Peter McKenna and Morna Regan and directed by Emmy-nominated Thaddeus O'Sullivan ( Into the Storm, Silent Witness) and leading Belgian director Kadir Balci ( Cold Courage). Cathy Belton is among the Irish stars in Hidden Assets "They're really strong, complex but vulnerable, interesting women," she said. Meanwhile, Simone Kirby jumped at the chance to appear on the show when she read the scripts, as the female characters were so well written. ![]() The Dublin star also said she thinks of Emer Berry as an "Irish female Columbo", in reference to the legendary US TV cop, which sounds very interesting. They just kind of bounce off each other." She also teased that they're "not afraid to get their hands dirty" as their investigation progresses. "They genuinely like each other, and they really get on," Ball said. Leading star Angeline Ball says Hidden Assets is "quite Scandi-noir" in feel The two characters are forced to become partners to unravel this conspiracy, but after some initial sparring, they begin to spark off one another. It sounds like she and her co-star Wouter Hendrickx had good chemistry in the leading parts. Ball promises that what viewers see on screen is "with the slightest poetic licence - absolutely authentic". Speaking to RTÉ Entertainment, the actor said that as part of her research for the role, she spoke to a retired Criminal Assets Bureau officer. Intriguingly, Angeline Ball has said the feel of Hidden Assets is "quite Scandi-noir". Peter Coonan plays one of the members of a moneyed Irish dynasty Charlie Carrick ( Abandoned, Angelique's Isle), Michael Ironside ( The Alienist, Angel of Darkness), Jane Brennan ( The Tudors, Brooklyn) and Aaron Monaghan ( Vikings) also feature in the stellar cast. Love/Hate and Peaky Blinders actor Peter Coonan is sure to stir up trouble as Fionn Brannigan, with Rialto star Sophie Jo Wasson playing Siobhan Brannigan. The show boasts a strong Irish female cast, with His Dark Materials and Jimmy's Hall actor Simone Kirby starring as rich businesswoman Bibi Melnick, while Red Rock and Miss Scarlet and the Duke star Cathy Belton plays forensic accountant Norah Dillon. Simone Kirby plays a wealthy businesswoman in Hidden Assets She leads the show alongside Belgian actor Wouter Hendrickx, known for the TV series De Infiltrant (2018) and Cordon (2014) and the film The Misfortunates (2009). The actor, famed for her role as singer Imelda Quirke in the 1991 classic The Commitments, was also recently acclaimed for her role in the razor-sharp Irish black comedy Deadly Cuts. Reprising her role from the RTÉ crime drama Acceptable Risk, Angeline Ball is back as Detective Sergeant Emer Berry. Emer, Christian and the CAB team must follow the money to stop another terrorist attack - before it's too late. Caught up in this web of greed are the Brannigans, a wealthy Irish dynasty with ties to Antwerp. When the stash of diamonds is linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with by-the-book Belgian Police Commissioner Christian De Jong (Wouter Hendrickx) to unravel a political conspiracy fuelling domestic unrest for financial gain. A can of worms is opened when she discovers a bag of rough-cut diamonds. The series opener sees Emer Berry (Angeline Ball), a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, taking part in a routine drugs bust of a small-time dealer. Hidden Assets kicks off on Sunday November 7 at 9.30pm on RTÉ OneĪt its heart, Hidden Assets is about "family, power and the corrosive effects of boundless greed". The action in the six-part drama moves between a small town in Co Clare and the diamond capital of the world, Antwerp. While Kin kept within the confines of Dublin, Hidden Assets has an international flavour, with filming split between the west of Ireland and Belgium. The new series, which is the brainchild of Kin creator and writer Peter McKenna, looks very promising indeed. There's a Kin-shaped hole in our Sunday nights, but fear not, as the crime thriller Hidden Assets is kicking off this weekend on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
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