NORDIC DRAMA PUBLIC SERVICE ORIGINALS A stronger Nordic public service drama collaboration The Nordic public service media companies DR, NRK, RUV, SVT and Yle have in recent years been renowned for outstanding Nordic drama productions. High quality drama with a clear local anchoring and strong public service ambitions has become one of our distinguishing trademarks. To ensure that strong, local drama remains a trademark of the Nordic public service broadcasters in a digital world, the Nordvision partners have decided to build a stronger public service drama portfolio. A strengthening that will increase both the volume of Nordic drama that each company have available on their “players” as well as the quality of the publishing right the partners secure for each other. A clear focus on drama that reflects a Nordic culture, reality and identity fits naturally with the public service mission, and it provides a genuine and recognizable promise to the users that sets Nordic public service apart from other content providers. The initiative is called “Nordic Twelve” (N12). What is N12? N12 – is a yearly package of 12 Nordic drama series with 12 month of rights in the Nordic region. In the following you can find all the N12 drama series: N12 - 2018, N12 - 2019, and some drama series from N12 - 2020. The Nordic partners also co-produce between 8 and 10 young adult drama series a year. For more information see www.nordvision.org 4 N12 2018 8 LIBERTY / DR 10 RIDE UPON THE STORM 2 / DR 12 HOME GROUND 1 / NRK 14 MANNERS / RUV 16 SISTERS 1968 / SVT 18 THE DAYS THE FLOWERS BLOOM / SVT 20 BONUS FAMILY 3 / SVT 22 BLIND DONNA / YLE 24 HOOKED 1 + 2 / YLE N12 2019 26 FOLLOW THE MONEY 3 / DR 28 DELIVER US / DR 30 TWIN / NRK 32 HOME GROUND 2 / NRK 34 EVERYTHING I DON´T REMEMBER / SVT 36 SWIPE RIGHT / SVT 38 INVISIBLE HEROES / YLE 40 THE PARADISE / YLE N12 2020 42 A FAMILY MATTER / DR 44 22. JULI / NRK 46 FOR LIFE / NRK 48 THE MINISTER / RUV 50 BLACK PORT / RUV 52 THE HAIJBY CASE / SVT 54 PEACEMAKER / YLE 56 COUNTRYMEN / NRK 58 THE THIN BLUE LINE / SVT 60 WHEN THE DUST SETTLES / DR N12 2018 LIBERTY DR Liberty is a character driven and multi-plot constructed drama series. It takes place in the late 1980s in Tanzania, where two Scandinavian families are stationed: The Knudsen family, who greet Tanzania full of good intentions and the Larssons, who have lived in Tanzania for several years. Liberty is both a humorous and brutal portrait of Western expats, whose idealism clashes with cultural differences and local opposition, gradually erodin their good intentions and democratic values in a mix of gin & tonic, tempting colonial advantages, and passion fuelled by the tropical heat in the Tanzanian nights. Original title: Liberty Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, Yle Production company DR Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 5 x 58 min. 9 N12 2018 RIDE UPON THE STORM 2 DR 18 months after August’s death, the Krogh family tries to find their way back to everyday life - each with completely different strategies. Emilie has distanced herself to the church and decided that her and August’s little son should be named and not baptized. Johannes is in turmoil, because in the Krogh family one is baptized. At the same time, August’s old church faces closure. This opens more wounds in Johannes, for whom the church is the only thing left after August. Original title: Herrens veje 2 Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, Yle Production company DR, in co-production with ARTE France and Sam Productions Distribution Studiocanal Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 10 x 60 min. 11 N12 2018 HOME GROUND 1 NRK Home Ground follows Helena Mikkelsen’s struggle to make it as Europe’s first female coach for a men’s team in premier division football. She wages a fight against ingrained bias and is out to prove that women are every bit as good as men. Original title Heimebane 1 Broadcast company NRK Co-production partners SVT, RUV, DR, Yle Production company NRK and Motlys Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 10 x 50 min. 13 N12 2018 MANNERS RUV A senior in college is accused of raping a girl from his class. The story travels quickly around school after the girl shares a post on Snapchat about the alleged offense but he denies all her accusations. The story deals with “the grey area,“ where there are now new boundaries in the communication between the sexes. Can two parties experience the same incident in a totally different way? How do we define rape? And what impact does the violation have on their friends and families? Original title Mannasiðir Broadcast company RUV Co-production partners DR, NRK, SVT, Yle Production company Glassriver for RÚV Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 2 x 40 min. / 1 x 80 min. 15 N12 2018 SISTERS 1968 SVT The year is 1968 and the young working-class girl Karin has just graduted and is looking for work as a journalist. She does not get her dream job in Stockholm but is offered a job a local newspaper in the small town of Ystad in the south of Sweden. Her best friend, the artist Lottie, joins her there and soon they become friends with the newspaper- owner’s daughter Ingela who has just been crowned Miss Ystad. Sisters 1968 is a Swedish miniseries that takes place in a revolutionary era, when two worlds collide sprouting both love and friendship in the small community and it will be a summer to remember forever for everyone. Original title Systrar 1968 Broadcast company SVT Co-production partners DR, NRK, RUV, Yle Production company Anagram Distribution Yellow Affair Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 3 x 60 min. 17 N12 2018 THE DAYS THE FLOWERS BLOOM SVT A story about how several people destinies was intertwined after the Estonia disaster. A story of missing and surviving and those who remained. “The days that the flowers bloom” are the last part of Jonas Gardell’s trilogy, which began with “The Half Hidden” (2009) and “Never dry tears without gloves” (2013). An epic story in a total of 10 sections, about those who get to live and those who will die. Original title De dagar som blommorna blommar Broadcast company SVT Co-production partners DR, NRK, RUV, Yle Production company FLX Distribution SVT SALES Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 3 x 60 min. 19 N12 2018 BONUS FAMILY 3 SVT Season 3 circles around the theme of new family constellations. We meet Martin, Katja, Lisa and Patrik as they struggle with life in general, pregnancies and what to do when you’re pregnant with a child who has chromosomal errors. Original title Bonusfamiljen 3 Broadcast company SVT Co-production partners DR, NRK, RUV, Yle Production company FLX Distribution SVT SALES Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 10 x 45 min. 21 N12 2018 BLIND DONNA YLE Donna is left by her long-time boyfriend, and sets off on a roller coaster journey on the hunt for a new partner. Although the title might suggest otherwise, this is a comedy-sprinkled story about finding love, with Donna’s blindness merely playing a supporting role. The series was given the MIPCOM Diversity TV Excellence Award in 2018. Original title Donna Broadcast company Yle Co-production partners NRK Production company Production House Distribution Yle Sales Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 10 x 24 min. 23 N12 2018 HOOKED 1 + 2 YLE Drug Crime Detective Oskari har unrivaled contacts to the underworld and informants. The mother of his child, Krista, is a heavy drug user living in the underworld. When she returns to Oskari’s life, his home life is shaken. On the other hand she offers new connections to the world of drug imports. If only he could trust her. In the second season Oskari has lost hit job and is part of the underworld himself. Krista tries to get her life back on track, but is haunted by her former doings. To keep safe Krista and Oskari should avoid all contact. Will they be able to stay away from one another? Original title Koukussa 1 + 2 Broadcast company Yle Co-production partners DR, NRK, SVT, RUV Production company Moskito Television Distribution Yle Sales Launch Year 2018 Episodes and duration 18 episodes (10+8) x 50 min. 25 N12 2019 FOLLOW THE MONEY 3 DR Season 3 of “Follow the Money” unveils the mechanics of drugmoneylaundering and the viewers get an insight into another unofficial money circuit in Denmark which in size matches or surpasses our previous arenas. We follow the money through Copenhagen, from the small pusher in the park to Nørrebrogade’s exchange agencies, into the banks and out of the country. Police investigator Alf and former mechanic Nicky’s meeting becomes violent when their paths collide at the center of one of the most lucrative money circles of organized crime. Original title Bedrag 3 Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, Yle Production company DR Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2019 Episodes and duration 10 x 58 min. 26 N12 2019 DELIVER US DR DELIVER US is a psychological small-town drama with a clear crime/thriller element as a driving force for the story. The themes of the show are CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. Original title Freds til lands Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, Yle Production company Motor Productions Distribution Dynamics Launch Year 2019 Episodes and duration 8 x 58 min.