| Dag | |
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | Steve Wynn |
| 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 (2010-09-30) – 19 November 2015 (2015-11-19) |
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.
Cast
| 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
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) | 2 December 2010 (2010-12-02) | |
| 2 | 10 | 22 September 2011 (2011-09-22) | 24 November 2011 (2011-11-24) | |
| 3 | 10 | 17 January 2013 (2013-01-17) | 21 March 2013 (2013-03-21) | |
| 4 | 10 | 17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) | 19 November 2015 (2015-11-19) | |
Series 1 (2010)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Alene er ingen det svakeste leddet" "Alone is none the weakest link" | Øystein Karlsen | 30 September 2010 (2010-09-30) |
| 2 | 2 | "Stille vann er best å ro i" "Still water is best for rowing" | Øystein Karlsen | 7 October 2010 (2010-10-07) |
| 3 | 3 | "Kjærlighet i valiumens tid" "Love in the era of valium" | Øystein Karlsen | 14 October 2010 (2010-10-14) |
| 4 | 4 | "Eva" | Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny | 21 October 2010 (2010-10-21) |
| 5 | 5 | "Som sønn, så far" "Like father, like son" | Øystein Karlsen | 28 October 2010 (2010-10-28) |
| 6 | 6 | "Døden befrir de som ikke har levd" "Death frees those who have not lived" | Øystein Karlsen | 4 November 2010 (2010-11-04) |
| 7 | 7 | "Lang natts ferd mot dag" "Long night's journey into day" | Øystein Karlsen | 11 November 2010 (2010-11-11) |
| 8 | 8 | "To er det ensomste tallet av alle" "Two is the loneliest number of all" | Øystein Karlsen | 18 November 2010 (2010-11-18) |
| 9 | 9 | "Speed for galleriet" "Speed for the gallery" | Øystein Karlsen | 25 November 2010 (2010-11-25) |
| 10 | 10 | "Verden banket på, jeg låste" "The world knocked, I locked the door" | Øystein Karlsen | 2 December 2010 (2010-12-02) |
Series 2 (2011)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Over skyene er himmelen alltid grå" "Above the clouds the sky is always grey" | Øystein Karlsen | 22 September 2011 (2011-09-22) |
| 12 | 2 | "Alt som stiger opp, kommer en gang ned" "What goes up must come down" | Øystein Karlsen | 29 September 2011 (2011-09-29) |
| 13 | 3 | "Selv kynikere har et hjerte" "Even cynics have a heart" | Øystein Karlsen | 6 October 2011 (2011-10-06) |
| 14 | 4 | "Steril nærhet" "Sterile proximity" | Tuva Novotny | 13 October 2011 (2011-10-13) |
| 15 | 5 | "Man reder som man ligger med" "You make the bed you lie in" | Øystein Karlsen | 20 October 2011 (2011-10-20) |
| 16 | 6 | "Bøddelen fra Sibir" "The executioner from Siberia" | Øystein Karlsen | 27 October 2011 (2011-10-27) |
| 17 | 7 | "Hevneren fra Holmlia" "The avenger from Holmlia" | Øystein Karlsen | 3 November 2011 (2011-11-03) |
| 18 | 8 | "Et stort lite liv" "A great little life" | Øystein Karlsen | 10 November 2011 (2011-11-10) |
| 19 | 9 | "Ond mongo" "Evil Mongo" | Øystein Karlsen | 17 November 2011 (2011-11-17) |
| 20 | 10 | "Det er en sprekk i alle ting, der livet kommer inn" "There is a crack in everything, that’s how the life gets in" | Øystein Karlsen | 24 November 2011 (2011-11-24) |
Series 3 (2013)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 1 | "De man faller for" | Øystein Karlsen | 17 January 2013 (2013-01-17) |
| 22 | 2 | "Det er hverdagen som knekker en" | Øystein Karlsen | 24 January 2013 (2013-01-24) |
| 23 | 3 | "Fortiden tvinger fremtiden i kne" | Øystein Karlsen | 31 January 2013 (2013-01-31) |
| 24 | 4 | "Jeg trenger ingen" | Øystein Karlsen Tuva Novotny | 7 February 2013 (2013-02-07) |
| 25 | 5 | "Å strekke seg mot bunnen" | Øystein Karlsen | 14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) |
| 26 | 6 | "Baconmannen ringer alltid to ganger" | Øystein Karlsen | 21 February 2013 (2013-02-21) |
| 27 | 7 | "Gjennom galskapens frodige øyne" | Øystein Karlsen | 28 February 2013 (2013-02-28) |
| 28 | 8 | "Døden gir livet perspektiv" | Øystein Karlsen | 7 March 2013 (2013-03-07) |
| 29 | 9 | "Guds sønn - Lloyd" | Øystein Karlsen | 14 March 2013 (2013-03-14) |
| 30 | 10 | "To bryllup og en begravelse" | Øystein Karlsen | 21 March 2013 (2013-03-21) |
Series 4 (2015)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 1 | "Incontinent Mammoth" | Øystein Karlsen | 17 September 2015 (2015-09-17) |
| 32 | 2 | "Do You Want Me to Plug It In?" | Øystein Karlsen | 24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) |
| 33 | 3 | "Buried Relationship" | Øystein Karlsen | 1 October 2015 (2015-10-01) |
| 34 | 4 | "Bacon? Salt of the Earth" | Øystein Karlsen | 8 October 2015 (2015-10-08) |
| 35 | 5 | "Angst and Paralyzed Escape" | Øystein Karlsen | 15 October 2015 (2015-10-15) |
| 36 | 6 | "Drug Craving Badger" | Øystein Karlsen | 22 October 2015 (2015-10-22) |
| 37 | 7 | "The End of Everything" | Øystein Karlsen | 29 October 2015 (2015-10-29) |
| 38 | 8 | "Kilt, Infidelity and JFK" | Øystein Karlsen | 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) |
| 39 | 9 | "Self Therapy" | Tuva Novotny | 12 November 2015 (2015-11-12) |
| 40 | 10 | "He Is Back" | Øystein Karlsen | 19 November 2015 (2015-11-19) |
Broadcast
Dag was first broadcast in Norway on TV 2 (Norway). Sveriges Television began showing the series in Sweden 18 October 2011. Yle Fem started broadcasting the programme in Finland in 2013. In the United Kingdom, it was first shown on Sky Arts in 2015.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.