Camilla Hammerich (Producer)

Matador

Matador is a Danish TV series produced and shown between 1978 and 1982. It is set in the fictional Danish town of Korsbæk between 1929 and 1947. It follows the lives of a range of characters from across the social spectrum, focusing specifically on the rivalry between the families of two businessmen: The banker Hans Christian Varnæs, an established local worthy, and social climber Mads Skjern, who arrives in town as the series opens. The name Matador was taken from the localised edition of the boardgame Monopoly, also the series' tentative English title. In addition, in contemporary Danish a "matador" is often used to describe a business tycoon, in the series referring to the character of Mads Skjern and his craftiness as a self-made entrepreneur. Directed by famed Danish film maker Erik Balling, Matador was the idea of author Lise Nørgaard who wrote the bulk of the episodes alongside Karen Smith, Jens Louis Petersen and Paul Hammerich. The series is one of the most well-known and popular examples of Danish television and represents the peak of longtime development of Danish TV drama by the public service channel Danmarks Radio. The series has become part of the modern self-understanding of Danes, partly because of its successful mix of melodrama and a distinct warm Danish humour in the depiction of characters, which were portrayed by a wide range of the most popular Danish actors at the time; but also not least because of its accurate portrayal of a turbulent Denmark from around the start of the Great Depression and through Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark in World War II.

Release Date1978-11-11

Charactersd Regitze Varnæs

Episode Count8

Vote Count28

From The Killing to Borgen: The Danish Secret of Success

What is it about subtitled Danish TV dramas that make them such compulsive viewing? Emma Jane Kirby talks on set to Danish stars, writers and creators of the shows.

Release Date2012-04-28

Charactersd Self

Borgen

40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her life: how most effectively to use the newly won seats, and how far she is willing to go in order to gain as much influence as possible.

Release Date2010-09-26

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count30

Vote Count240

Defense

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Release Date2003-09-21

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count11

Ride Upon the Storm

The story centers on a family of priests: Johannes, Elisabeth and their sons August and Christian. Johannes is God-like to his sons - he gives, loves, and punishes. His favoritism for August and his disappointment with Christian forces both into making desperate choices in order to either gain his love or break free from him.

Release Date2017-09-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count20

Vote Count20

Sommer

Sommer is a Danish TV-drama aired on DR1 in 2008. The series was created by Jesper W. Nielsen and Karina Dam

Release Date2008-01-01

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count10

Vote Count5

Løgnen

Release Date2025-05-04

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Off the Record

A team of journalists investigates a story uncovering injustice and power abuse, despite facing personal and professional challenges.

Release Date2024-07-28

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count6

Vote Count5

The Land of Short Sentences

Marie's life gets turned upside down when the love of her life, Rasmus, takes on a teaching job at a local school in West Jutland, Denmark. Rather unwillingly, Marie joins Rasmus in moving their roots from Copenhagen to the windy town, Velling. While Rasmus is an immediate match to the local ways, it becomes a culture chock for Marie, who time and time again proves herself a misfit to the locals. However, as she gradually learns to listen more and talk less, she realizes that she might need Velling as much as Velling needs her – and her advice column for the local newspaper.

Release Date2023-02-02

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count15

How Bad Can It Be?

Hvor svært kan det være (trans. How Bad Can It Be?) is a Danish sitcom, a remake of the 2000 Norwegian series Ca. Lykkelig, which may be an international iteration of the popular American sitcom Friends. Three thirtysomething couples live in the same Danish apartment building and are all in the process of starting a family and getting married.

Release Date2002-02-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Jesus & Josefine

Josefine’s birthday is on Christmas Eve, and she’s getting pretty tired of that. She decides to move Christmas and gets help from a magical nativity scene that sends her back to the time when Jesus was her own age. She becomes friends with Jesus, but a whole series of questions now arise: What about her classmate Oskar, who wants to be more than friends? And who is the mysterious Thorsen, the owner of the time machine?

Release Date2003-12-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count24

Vote Count4