"P.I.S. - Politiets indsatsstyrke" (2001) TV series

Writers:

Simon Bonde (series creator)
Peter Gren Larsen (series creator)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Nogen skal jo rydde op i alt det lort! (From the 2002 DVD cover, English translation: "Somebody has to clean up all this shit")

Plot:

This spoofed docu-soap series follows the crew on a Police "SWAT" team in training, in missions and privately.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Mockumentary | Spoof | Interview

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Carsten Kressner	...	Bjarne Fromberg (14 episodes, 2000-2006)
Jonas Schmidt	...	John Schmidt (14 episodes, 2000-2006)
Lai Yde Holgaard	...	Niels-Christian 'NC' Bonnevie / ... (14 episodes, 2000-2006)
Rasmus Bjerg	...	Sebastian Dvorski (14 episodes, 2000-2006)
Torben Sekov	...	Speaker (14 episodes, 2000-2006)
Oksana Ivanova	...	Svetlana Pushkina (8 episodes, 2001-2006)

Also Known As:

P.I.S. II - Politiets indsatsstyrke (Denmark) (promotional title)

Runtime:

Denmark:25 min (7 episodes) (season 2) | Denmark:20 min (6 episodes) (season 1) | Denmark:41 min (episode 3.1) (2006)

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Denmark:15

Company:

Steen Herdel Filmproduktion

Trivia:

On the 2-disc R2 DVD released in 2002 by K.E. Media [dk], the episodes for Season 1 have been given the following titles in the DVD menu: - Episode 1.1: "Order To Go!" - Episode 1.2: "Stakeout Takeout" - Episode 1.3: "Bang!" - Episode 1.4: "Hassan" - Episode 1.5: "Bodyguards" - Episode 1.6: "Mediehalløj" (English translation: "Media Mess").

Movie Connections:

Referenced in TV2 - når sandheden skal frem (2003) (TV)

Brilliant danish satire

This is one of the best danish TV-shows ever made! It's a brilliant satire of the do cu-soap genre. When I saw the trailers, I thought it was for a real documentary, and didn't't watch it at first. But luckily, they kept repeating the series. Since the letters P.I.S means urine in danish, I guess I should have been aware it was a satire. What makes it especially brilliant, is that the guy who in a normal TV-show would be the hero, i.e. the handsome, clever and smart guy (think Tom Cruise), in this he is simply to self absorbed for us to really like him. In this series it is the "anti-hero" we follow and care for instead, even though he is kind of a jerk. The acting is superb (I believe a lot was improvised). 10 out of 10!