"Rejseholdet" (2000) TV series 2000-2004

Writers:

Rumle Hammerich (concept)
Peter Thorsboe (key writer) (episodes)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

1 October 2000 (Denmark)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

To Unit One, the case at hand is all that matters.

Plot:

A danish mobile task force (one might say a Danish version of FBI) is dispatched all over Denmark to help local police solve cases (mostly murders).

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Denmark | Rape | Dead Husband

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Charlotte Fich	...	Ingrid Dahl (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Allan Fischer (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Lars Brygmann	...	Thomas La Cour (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Waage Sandø	...	Jens Peter 'IP' Sørensen (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Erik Wedersøe	...	Ulf Thomsen (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Trine Pallesen	...	Gabriella 'Gaby' Levin (32 episodes, 2000-2004)
Lars Bom	...	Johnny Olsen (31 episodes, 2000-2004)
Michael Falch	...	Jan Boysen (23 episodes, 2000-2004)
Sebastian Ottensten	...	Tobias (20 episodes, 2000-2004)
Lisbet Lundquist	...	Kirsten Jørgensen (17 episodes, 2000-2002)
Lykke Sand Michelsen	...	Gry (15 episodes, 2000-2004)

Also Known As:

Mordkommissionen (Sweden)
Unit 1 (International: English title)
Unit One (International: English title)

Runtime:

58 min (30 episodes) | 75 min (2 episodes)

Country:

Denmark | Sweden

Language:

Danish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA | Australia:M (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Aalborg, Jylland, Denmark

Company:

Danmarks Radio (DR)

Trivia:

One show in the second series (aired in the beginning of 2002) had more than 2.5 million Danish viewers (half the entire Danish population), meaning that 73% of Danes who had their TV turned on at the time were watching the show.

Fabulous crime series

I've seen selected episodes of Unit One on German television and am extremely impressed. I'm a fan of several Swedish crime series (Commissar Beck and the Henning Mankell mysteries), but Unit One is just as good, if not better. What is surprising is how much it packs into little over an hour. Not only does it cover the case in all its complications, but it also covers various back stories, the private conflicts that affect the members of Unit One. The writing, the cast, the photography, the direction are all superb, and I can only hope that ZDF in Germany will show all the episodes, and when they do, that they will put the series in primetime, and not in a late-night slot as they have up to now.