Dicte (TV series)

*Dicte*
Dicte
Genre	Detective fiction
Starring	Iben Hjejle; Lars Brygmann;
Opening theme	Dragonborn feat. Jacob Bellens - "The Words"
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language	Danish
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Miso Film
Original release
Network	TV 2
Release	January 7, 2013 –; October 24, 2016

Dicte (broadcast in the UK as Dicte – Crime Reporter) is a Danish series starring Iben Hjejle as crime reporter Dicte Svendsen, who has returned to her hometown of Aarhus following a divorce. The series is based on Danish author Elsebeth Egholm's series of novels about the title character. It is broadcast in Denmark on TV2 Danmark.^[1]

Season 1 was broadcast in Denmark in 2013, season 2 in 2014, and season 3 in 2016. In the UK the first season was broadcast on More4 in mid-2016 as five feature-length episodes under the title Dicte - Crime Reporter,^[2] followed by the second season in mid-2017, and the third starting July 2018. All three seasons are available on Netflix (US) since November 2016.^[3]

Cast and characters

Actor	Character
Iben Hjejle	Dicte Svendsen
Lars Brygmann	John Wagner
Lærke Winther Andersen	Anne Skov Larsen
Lene Maria Christensen	Ida Marie
Ditte Ylva Olsen	Bendtsen
Emilie Kruse	Rose Svendsen
Dar Salim	Bo Skytte
Lars Ranthe	Torsten
Tanya Moodie	Grace Tolou Aboka
Thue Ersted Rasmussen	Peter Boutrup
Brinette Odgaard Sorensen	Cecilie Høgh
Peter Schrøder	Kaiser
Sven Ole Schmidt	Kurt Hassing
Ulrik Jeppesen	Christian Willadsen
Jesper Riefensthal	Per Simonsen
Rolf Hansen	Jeppe Vrå
Simon Krogh Stenspil	Darko
Miro Labovic	Mirza
Jelena Bundalovic	Remza
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard	Cato Vinding
Neel Rønholt	My
Søren Malling	Tonni
Stine Stengade	Nina Storm

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	10	January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)	March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)
2	10	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)	November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)
3	10	August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22)	October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)

Season 1

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Personal - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07)
Dicte Svendsen moves back to her hometown, Aarhus, only to find rejection from her parents. She discovers a young woman's body when she is on journalistic assignment for something else. The detective in charge, John Wagner, and she discover a baby trafficking ring.
2	"Personal - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	January 14, 2013 (2013-01-14)
Not unexpected, but Dicte and Wagner are hot on the trail of the traffickers, only to find them closer to home.
3	"Deductible - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	January 21, 2013 (2013-01-21)
4	"Deductible - Part 3"	Unknown	Unknown	January 28, 2013 (2013-01-28)
5	"Hidden Defects - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	February 4, 2013 (2013-02-04)
6	"Hidden Defects - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	February 11, 2013 (2013-02-11)
7	"Life and Body - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	February 18, 2013 (2013-02-18)
8	"Life and Body - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	February 25, 2013 (2013-02-25)
9	"Violence and Power - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	March 4, 2013 (2013-03-04)
10	"Violence and Power - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	March 11, 2013 (2013-03-11)

Season 2

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Dreams and Diamonds - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)
2	"Dreams and Diamonds - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 1, 2014 (2014-10-01)
3	"Passion and Handcuffs - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	October 8, 2014 (2014-10-08)
4	"Passion and Handcuffs - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 15, 2014 (2014-10-15)
5	"Closeness and Distance - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22)
6	"Closeness and Distance - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)
7	"Means and Ends - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05)
8	"Means and Ends - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 12, 2014 (2014-11-12)
9	"Right and Responsibility - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	November 19, 2014 (2014-11-19)
10	"Right and Responsibility - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	November 26, 2014 (2014-11-26)

Season 3

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"After the Wedding - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22)
2	"After the Wedding - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	August 29, 2016 (2016-08-29)
3	"In Wagner's Footsteps - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)
4	"In Wagner's Footsteps - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	September 12, 2016 (2016-09-12)
5	"When the Mind is Ill - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)
6	"When the Mind is Ill - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)
7	"The Price of Addiction - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)
8	"The Price of Addiction - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10)
9	"Every Man Is an Island - Part 1"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 2016 (2016-10-17)
10	"Every Man Is an Island - Part 2"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24)

Early reception

1.32 million viewers tuned into the first season's premiere in Denmark. While reviews were mixed, Hjejle received good reviews for her performance. Some critics complained that most of the actors' Copenhagen accents were not authentic for a show set in Aarhus, while other actors' accents were so overblown they seemed caricatures.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Dicte (2012-)". IMDb.
^ Jodelka, Filipa (14 June 2016). "What I learned about Europe from watching Dicte - Crime Reporter". The Guardian.
^ "'Dicte/Season 3 (2016) NR [Season]' - Netflix Instant". DTV USA Forum. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
^ Jørgensen, Lasse Martin (8 January 2013). ""Dicte" får en blandet modtagelse" ["Dicte" gets mixed reception]. timefortv.tv (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
^ Nielsen, Susanne (8 January 2013). "Seer-kritik: 'Dicte' er ikke aarhusiansk nok" [Viewer criticism: 'Dicte' not Aarhusian enough]. TV2 TVTID (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ Navne, Helene (8 January 2013). "Anmeldere: Hjejle er dejlig, men "Dicte" er provinsiel og lunken" [Critics: Hjejle is great, but "Dicte" is provincial and tepid]. Politiken (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2013.
^ Schwartz, Claudia (15 November 2014). "Dänische Krimiserie "Dicte" - Die Unbestechliche" [Danish crime series "Dicte" - The Untouchable]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.

External links

Dicte at IMDb
"Dicte's Aarhus - New tv series to thrill international viewers". Denmark.dk. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

[imdb-1] "Dicte (2012-)". IMDb.

[2] Jodelka, Filipa (14 June 2016). "What I learned about Europe from watching Dicte - Crime Reporter". The Guardian.

[3] "'Dicte/Season 3 (2016) NR [Season]' - Netflix Instant". DTV USA Forum. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

[reception-4] Jørgensen, Lasse Martin (8 January 2013). ""Dicte" får en blandet modtagelse" ["Dicte" gets mixed reception]. timefortv.tv (in Danish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[kritik-5] Nielsen, Susanne (8 January 2013). "Seer-kritik: 'Dicte' er ikke aarhusiansk nok" [Viewer criticism: 'Dicte' not Aarhusian enough]. TV2 TVTID (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

[6] Navne, Helene (8 January 2013). "Anmeldere: Hjejle er dejlig, men "Dicte" er provinsiel og lunken" [Critics: Hjejle is great, but "Dicte" is provincial and tepid]. Politiken (in Danish). Archived from the original on 5 June 2013.

[7] Schwartz, Claudia (15 November 2014). "Dänische Krimiserie "Dicte" - Die Unbestechliche" [Danish crime series "Dicte" - The Untouchable]. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 20 April 2015.

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