Tag: NRK
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Review: The Christmas King
The Norwegian Christmas countdown calendar The Christmas King was well received when it aired on NRK in 2012. Does it still hold up? Written by Bjørn-Åge Borger Kevin is 9 years old and lives in a village called Silverwood. Dad is an accountant who works for Randi Krohn (practically “Randi Coyn”), who rules the community. Mum […]
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Counting down to Christmas
Today, TV channels across the Nordic region launch the annual highlight for many children; the TV calendars. The tradition has become a spearhead for fantasy based children’s entertainment. For almost 60 years, televised advent calendars in the form of short 24-episode drama series for children have aired in the Nordic region between December 1st and […]
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Warming up to Christmas
In a few days, the Nordic public broadcasters unleash some of their biggest efforts throughout the year; the Christmas Calendars, aimed mostly at children and airing every day from December 1st to 24th. The Nordic region has a long tradition of Christmas countdown TV drama for children, so-called Christmas calendars, which are the TV equivalent of […]
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The darkness of Heartless
Since when was it a good idea to produce and broadcast TV series that does not solve the key mystery at the end? Cliffhangers work only if there is a continuation. As I write this, Norwegian state broadcaster NRK has just finished showing the Danish supernatural TV series Heartless. Its Danish world premiere only a […]
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Hellfjord preview
We are not sure about the actual horror content of the mini-series Hellfjord, but it has been described as “Twin Peaks on acid” and as a horror-comedy. The 7-part mini-series, which was commissioned by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK, premieres tonight on NRK1. Here are the network’s two trailers for the series: NRK promotes the series […]
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Watch Blindpassasjer free and legal online
The Norwegian cult classic Blindpassasjer can now be streamed for free from national broadcaster NRK’s website. It’s the first time a drama series from the vaults are broadcast like this. Blindpassasjer (meaning “stowaway”) is a 3-part sci-fi miniseries broadcast on NRK in Norway in 1978, and made a huge impact of viewers, who had never […]
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Review: Blindpassasjer
Back in the 70s, science fiction and fantasy finally got a homegrown foothold in Norway, largely thanks to the books and stories by the duo Bing & Bringsværd, who managed to negotiate fables and fantastic literature up to accepted levels by approaching it from academic and social commentary angles. It was only a matter of […]