VERSION 3 NORDIC DRAMA PUBLIC SERVICE ORIGINALS A stronger collaboration for more Nordic quality drama The Nordic public service media companies DR, NRK, RUV, SVT and YLE are renowned world-wide 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. VERSION 3 To ensure that strong, local drama remains a trademark of the Nordic public service broadcasters in a digital world, the Nordvision partners have built a stronger public service drama portfolio together. This means an increased volume of Nordic drama which each company has available on its on-demand service, and better publishing rights for the members of the Nordic partnership. This clear focus on drama reflecting Nordic culture and identity fits naturally with the public service mission, with a genuine and recognizable offering that sets Nordic public service apart from other content providers. The initiative is called Nordic Twelve (N12). N12 is a yearly offering of 12 Nordic drama series. The cooperation secures one-year rights for all series in the Nordic region. This is the third edition of the N12 catalog; N12 2020, N12 2021, as well as some series that are being prepared for a 2022 launch. The Nordic partners also co-produce between ten and twelve Young Adult drama series per year. The collaboration on Children’s content results in about 14 drama series each year. For more information, please visit www.nordvision.org 4 N12 / 2020 08 CRY WOLF / DR 10 LOVEST(R)UCK / DR 12 WHEN THE DUST SETTLES / DR 14 ATLANTIC CROSSING / NRK 16 22 JULY / NRK VERSION 3 18 FOR LIFE / NRK 20 THE MINISTER / RUV 22 A HUSTLER’S DIARY / SVT 24 DREAMING OF ENGLAND / SVT 26 THE HUNT FOR A KILLER / SVT 28 PEACEMAKER / YLE 30 THESE BRATS / YLE N12 / 2021 32 THE ORCHESTRA / DR 34 COUNTRYMEN / NRK 36 EXIT 2 / NRK 38 WALK LIKE A QUEEN / NRK 40 BLACK PORT / RUV 42 THE GARDEN / RUV 44 DOUGH / SVT 46 SNOW ANGELS / SVT 48 THIN BLUE LINE / SVT 2021 50 CARGO / YLE 52 PIECE OF MY HEART / YLE 2022 N12 / 2022 54 CARMEN CURLERS / DR 56 AFTERGLOW / NRK 58 STATE OF HAPPINESS 2 / NRK 60 FRACTURES / RUV 62 HAPPILY NEVER AFTER – PART 2 / RUV 64 A ROYAL SECRET – THE FORBIDDEN LOVE / SVT 66 TRANSPORT / YLE 6 7 N12 2020 CRY WOLF DR CRY WOLF is the intense and emotional story of a teenage girl who has written a vivid school essay detailing her stepfather’s violent behavior. The parents deny the accusations, but who is lying - and who is telling the truth? 14-year-old Holly has written a school essay in which she accuses her stepfather of physical abuse. Social worker, Lars Madsen, receives a report from the school and decides to act quickly. In the space of a few hours he succeeds in placing the girl and her younger brother in emergency foster care. Holly’s parents flat-out deny Holly’s accusations and are appalled by the council’s handling of the case. The question is whether Lars can work out who in the family is lying and who is telling the truth and in so doing uncover the family’s secret. Original title Ulven kommer Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, YLE Production company DR Drama Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 8 x 58 min. 9 N12 2020 LOVEST(R)UCK DR Chef Henrik and food critic Stephanie are going on a cycling holiday through Denmark as their original planned trip to Provence has been canceled due to Corona. The series portrays two quirky characters who are blind to themselves and to each other, who embark on an exhausting journey across the quiet Danish countryside. Against all odds this unusual vacation will save their shipwrecked relationship. Original title Kærestetur Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, YLE Production company DR Drama Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 6 x 15 min. 10 11 N12 2020 WHEN THE DUST SETTLES DR We are at a restaurant in a busy metropolitan city. People are eating, drinking, talking and enjoying life. Two masked men with automatic weapons enter. Suddenly shots are fired, and life will never be the same. When the Dust Settles is a multi-plot drama that portrays the lives of eight people, during the days before and after a tragic terrorist attack shocks the city. The lives and fates of our main characters will interweave throughout the season and they will inevitably connect and affect each other. Original title Når støvet har lagt sig Broadcast company DR Co-production partners NRK, SVT, RUV, YLE Production company DR Drama Distribution DR Sales Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 10 x 60 min. 12 13 N12 2020 ATLANTIC CROSSING NRK Atlantic Crossing is based on the incredible, true story of the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha’s efforts to support her country during World War II. After a headlong flight from the Nazis, she was forced to part from her husband and cross the Atlantic Ocean to seek refuge in the United States. There, she soon found herself involved in a close relationship with the President of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Crown Princess steps out of her protected and secluded way of life and evolves to become an invisible, yet notable person of power behind the scenes of Washington’s political life. Atlantic Crossing is an inspiring story of awakening, transformation, liberation and personal growth. It is also a story of deep love, which is put to the biggest test imaginable, when Märtha and Olav are forced to be apart for five years. A story of War and Love. This series is co-produced by the Nordic public service broadcasters outside of the regular N12 cooperation Original title Atlantic Crossing Broadcast company NRK Co-production partners SVT, DR, RUV, YLE Production company Cinenord Distribution Beta Film Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 8 x 52 min. 14 15 N12 2020 22 JULY NRK This absorbing new drama series is about the people who took responsibility to bury the dead, treat the injured, comfort the grieving and punish the guilty of the terror attack that struck Norway on July 22nd, 2011. All the characters are fictional, but the series is based on meticulous research into what happened on that fateful day. The series portrays both vigor and lack of resolution, enormous human sacrifices and admirable commitment. 22. JULI is not a story about the terrorist and his acts. It is a gripping and heartfelt story about how it is possible to remain humane when faced with the ultimate in inhumanity. Original title 22. juli Broadcast company NRK Co-production partners SVT, DR, RUV, YLE Production company NRK Distribution Nent Studios UK Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 6 x 60 min. 17 N12 2020 FOR LIFE NRK This series is about the controversial and brilliant investigator Victoria Woll in the present and in the future. In each episode, Victoria and her partners solve a crime in the present. Twenty years later Victoria is serving life in prison. The individual cases in the present become pieces of a puzzle as the audience learns the true meaning of the series’ controlling idea: Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. Piece by piece. Original title Livstid Broadcast company NRK Co-production partners SVT, DR, RUV, YLE Production company Monster Distribution Nent Studios UK Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 8 x 50 min. 19 N12 2020 THE MINISTER RUV A political thriller set in modern-day Iceland. A young woman is hired as the aide to the newly elected Prime Minister, a young man whose mantra is clean politics, no corruption and power to the people. She quickly discovers that the Prime Minister is in fact struggling with bipolar disorder and in order to keep her job, she must conceal the prime minister’s illness from the public. When he stops taking his medication because they sap his strength, his mania kicks in and he starts taking erratic decisions and committing serious offences. Original title Ráðherrann Broadcast company RUV Co-production partners DR, NRK, SVT and YLE Production company Sagafilm Distribution Cineflex Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 8 x 45 min. 21 N12 2020 A HUSTLER’S DIARY SVT A Hustler’s Diary is a comedy series where we follow our main character Metin Turkoglo – a smalltime-gangster whose failures in crime are legendary in the suburbs of Stockholm. When the series starts, he is fresh out of jail and needs to get a job. But how does Metin always succeed in turning his life upside down? We follow Metin at home, at his “job” and with his friends, trying to get out of different jams - mostly caused by himself. Original title Måste gitt – serien Broadcast company SVT Co-production partners DR, NRK, RUV, YLE Production company Indian Summer Distribution TBD Launch Year 2020 Episodes and duration 8 x 30 min. 22 23 N12 2020 DREAMING OF ENGLAND SVT Dreaming of England is a story about three generations of women in the mid-eighties - Lena, her mother Åsa and grandma Barbro. They lead a suffocating existence in a small Swedish town, but dream of other lives filled with love, passion and uninhibited sex. Lena’s greatest dream is to get money enough to go to a language course in Hastings. As soon as she gets there, life will be fantastic. Åsa is struggling with an old reputation as the small towns hooker.