Danish Television Drama Global Lessons from a Small Nation

“This comprehensive anthology contributes to the fascinating debate around the often unpredictable cultural impact of small television nations. Television that travels well succeeds in securing benefits for the industry, translated into access to audiences, revenues, and cultural capital … . This anthology constitutes a brilliant example of confident television scholarship focusing on non-Anglophone contexts and able not only to interpret a phenomenon but to crystallize concrete lessons for both the industry and academia. A win-win situation.” (Georgia Aitaki, Critical Studies in Television, Vol. 17 (1), 2022)

Anne Marit Waade is Professor in Global Media Industries at University of Aarhus, Denmark. She is the author of Locating Nordic Noir (2017) and Wallanderland (2013) and other publications on television drama and crime series, media tourism, creative industry and place branding. Her research has been supported by funding bodies such as The Danish Innovation Fund, H2020, AHRC and DDF.

Eva Novrup Redvall is Associate Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, where she heads the Section for Film Studies and Creative Media Industries. She is the author of Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing and many other publications on Nordic film and television, screenwriting and production.

Pia Majbritt Jensen is Associate Professor in Media Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark, and Co-Director of The Centre for Transnational Media Research. An audience, industry and production scholar,her current research interests and projects include crime narratives in television, film and literature and the production and reception of audiovisual fiction and cross-media storyworlds for children and young people.