Dag is a Norwegian comedy-drama television series which originally aired on the Norwegian television channel TV 2 from 2010 to 2015. The series is about a marriage guidance counsellor, Dag (Atle Antonsen), who has little faith in people or marriage.
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | Steve Wynn[1][2] |
| Country of origin | Norway |
| Original language | Norwegian |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV 2 (Norway) |
| Release | 30 September 2010 – 19 November 2015 |
Cast
edit| Actor | Character | Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Atle Antonsen | Dag Refsnes | Main | |||
| Anders Baasmo Christiansen | Benedikt Skovrand | Main | |||
| Silje Torp Færavaag | Marianne Refsnes | Main | Recurring | ||
| Agnes Kittelsen | Malin Tramell | Main | |||
| Tuva Novotny | Eva Holstad | Main | |||
| Ine Jansen | Mia Ballack | Main | |||
| Rolf Lassgård | Ernst | Main | |||
Episodes
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | 30 September 2010 | 2 December 2010 | |
| 2 | 10 | 22 September 2011 | 24 November 2011 | |
| 3 | 10 | 17 January 2013 | 21 March 2013 | |
| 4 | 10 | 17 September 2015 | 19 November 2015 | |
Series 1 (2010)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alene er ingen det svakeste leddet"[3] "Alone is none the weakest link" | Øystein Karlsen | 30 September 2010 |
| 2 | 2 | "Stille vann er best å ro i"[3] "Still water is best for rowing" | Øystein Karlsen | 7 October 2010 |
| 3 | 3 | "Kjærlighet i valiumens tid"[3] "Love in the era of valium" | Øystein Karlsen | 14 October 2010 |
| 4 | 4 | "Eva"[3] | Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny | 21 October 2010 |
| 5 | 5 | "Som sønn, så far"[3] "Like father, like son" | Øystein Karlsen | 28 October 2010 |
| 6 | 6 | "Døden befrir de som ikke har levd"[3] "Death frees those who have not lived" | Øystein Karlsen | 4 November 2010 |
| 7 | 7 | "Lang natts ferd mot dag"[3] "Long night's journey into day" | Øystein Karlsen | 11 November 2010 |
| 8 | 8 | "To er det ensomste tallet av alle"[3] "Two is the loneliest number of all" | Øystein Karlsen | 18 November 2010 |
| 9 | 9 | "Speed for galleriet"[3] "Speed for the gallery" | Øystein Karlsen | 25 November 2010 |
| 10 | 10 | "Verden banket på, jeg låste"[3] "The world knocked, I locked the door" | Øystein Karlsen | 2 December 2010 |
Series 2 (2011)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Over skyene er himmelen alltid grå"[3] "Above the clouds the sky is always grey" | Øystein Karlsen | 22 September 2011 |
| 12 | 2 | "Alt som stiger opp, kommer en gang ned"[3] "What goes up must come down" | Øystein Karlsen | 29 September 2011 |
| 13 | 3 | "Selv kynikere har et hjerte"[3] "Even cynics have a heart" | Øystein Karlsen | 6 October 2011 |
| 14 | 4 | "Steril nærhet"[3] "Sterile proximity" | Tuva Novotny | 13 October 2011 |
| 15 | 5 | "Man reder som man ligger med"[3] "You make the bed you lie in" | Øystein Karlsen | 20 October 2011 |
| 16 | 6 | "Bøddelen fra Sibir"[3] "The executioner from Siberia" | Øystein Karlsen | 27 October 2011 |
| 17 | 7 | "Hevneren fra Holmlia"[3] "The avenger from Holmlia" | Øystein Karlsen | 3 November 2011 |
| 18 | 8 | "Et stort lite liv"[3] "A great little life" | Øystein Karlsen | 10 November 2011 |
| 19 | 9 | "Ond mongo"[3] "Evil Mongo" | Øystein Karlsen | 17 November 2011 |
| 20 | 10 | "Det er en sprekk i alle ting, der livet kommer inn"[3] "There is a crack in everything, that’s how the life gets in" | Øystein Karlsen | 24 November 2011 |
Series 3 (2013)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "De man faller for"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 17 January 2013 |
| 22 | 2 | "Det er hverdagen som knekker en"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 24 January 2013 |
| 23 | 3 | "Fortiden tvinger fremtiden i kne"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 31 January 2013 |
| 24 | 4 | "Jeg trenger ingen"[3] | Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny | 7 February 2013 |
| 25 | 5 | "Å strekke seg mot bunnen"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 14 February 2013 |
| 26 | 6 | "Baconmannen ringer alltid to ganger"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 21 February 2013 |
| 27 | 7 | "Gjennom galskapens frodige øyne"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 28 February 2013 |
| 28 | 8 | "Døden gir livet perspektiv"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 7 March 2013 |
| 29 | 9 | "Guds sønn - Lloyd"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 14 March 2013 |
| 30 | 10 | "To bryllup og en begravelse"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 21 March 2013 |
Series 4 (2015)
edit| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "Incontinent Mammoth"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 17 September 2015 |
| 32 | 2 | "Do You Want Me to Plug It In?"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 24 September 2015 |
| 33 | 3 | "Buried Relationship"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 1 October 2015 |
| 34 | 4 | "Bacon? Salt of the Earth"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 8 October 2015 |
| 35 | 5 | "Angst and Paralyzed Escape"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 15 October 2015 |
| 36 | 6 | "Drug Craving Badger"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 22 October 2015 |
| 37 | 7 | "The End of Everything"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 29 October 2015 |
| 38 | 8 | "Kilt, Infidelity and JFK"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 5 November 2015 |
| 39 | 9 | "Self Therapy"[3] | Tuva Novotny | 12 November 2015 |
| 40 | 10 | "He Is Back"[3] | Øystein Karlsen | 19 November 2015 |
Broadcast
editDag was first broadcast in Norway on TV 2 (Norway). Sveriges Television began showing the series in Sweden 18 October 2011.[4] Yle Fem started broadcasting the programme in Finland in 2013.[5] In the United Kingdom, it was first shown on Sky Arts in 2015.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Dag - English". Norwegian Film Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Lanham, Tom (11 February 2016). "Dream Syndicate's Steve Wynn makes good in Norway". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Dag (TV Series 2010--) - Episodes". IMDb. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Novotny falt for Dag" [Novotny fell for Dag] (in Norwegian). Filmweb. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Samlivsterapeuten som avskyr parförhållanden" [Relationship therapist who hates couples] (in Swedish). Yleisradio Oy (Finnish Broadcasting Company). 18 June 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Dag: review of Norwegian comedy on Sky Arts". Radio Times. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2017.