Rita (TV series)
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Christian Torpe |
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| Opening theme | "Speak Out Now" by Oh Land |
| Composer(s) | Kristian Leth and Fridolin Nordsø |
| Country of origin | Denmark |
| Original language(s) | Danish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 40 min |
| Production company(s) | SF Film Production |
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| Original release | 9 February 2012 – present |
Rita is a Danish comedy-drama TV series on TV 2. It premiered in February 2012 and has run for three seasons in Denmark and internationally on Netflix which was also a co-producer on the third season.
The series centers around Rita Madsen (Mille Dinesen), a headstrong and unconventional teacher and single mother. It received generally favorable response from critics, including Henrik Palle in Politiken who commented that the series "works really well with some characters who actually look like people". The series uses locations in and near the former school campus at the National Innovative Centre (SPF) in Islev, Rødovre. The theme song is "Speak Out Now" by the Danish musician Oh Land.
A spin-off of the series called Hjørdis debuted in May 2015. It was announced prior to, but aired after, Rita's third season The spin-off takes place in the same school as 'Rita', focusing on her colleague Hjordis' attempt to organize a school play. Mille Dinesen did not return for that series.
Mille Dinesen received an award at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in the category Best Female Lead. At the festival, the series received a total of six nominations, including the producers Karoline Leth and Jesper Morthorst and the screenwriter Christian Torpe for Best International Producer and Best European producer of a TV drama series.
A US remake was planned with a pilot episode filmed in 2013, starring Anna Gunn, but it was not picked up as a series.
A Dutch remake called Tessa has been made and aired in November 2015 on NPO 1. It followed the storyline of Rita Season one, with only few changes. The lead role was played by Thekla Reuten. There won't be a second series.
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