The Protectors (Danish TV series)
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The Protectors (Livvagterne) intertitle
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| Genre | Police procedural |
| Created by | Mai Brostrøm Peter Thorsboe |
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| Country of origin | Denmark |
| Original language(s) | Danish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Sven Clausen Peter Nadermann Anne-Marie Vidkjær |
| Production company(s) | Danmarks Radio |
| Distributor | Danmarks Radio |
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| Original network | DR1 |
| Original release | January 1, 2009 – March 7, 2010 |
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| Website | www |
The Protectors (Danish: Livvagterne) is a Danish crime TV series from 2009 that follows the police bodyguard squad P.E.T. (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste), which is in charge of protecting VIPs, including Danish royalty and politicians.
The series follows three recruits, Jasmina El-Murad (Cecilie Stenspil), Jonas Goldschmidt (André Babikian), and Rasmus Poulsen (Søren Vejby), who go swiftly from training camp to full-fledged police bodyguards. Jasmina is the only woman, and an Egyptian Muslim, on the team.
A first season aired in 2009. A second and final season was released in 2010, each season had 10 episodes.
The Protectors was created and written by Peter Thorsboe and Mai Brostrøm. The show was the third in a trilogy of shows created by Thorsboe: Unit 1 (Danish: Rejseholdet) and The Eagle (Danish: Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé).
The series screened in Australia in 2011 and 2012 on SBS and is available on DVD and Hulu with English subtitles.
It won an International Emmy Award from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for best non-American television drama series in 2009. The series was filmed on location in Copenhagen (Denmark).
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