TV series

Power Play

2023–2024 · 1 season

A wry, intelligent political drama that balances backroom tension with human warmth, making history feel immediate and personal.

Created by: Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Thorbjørn Martin Davidsen, Svein Sturla Hungnes

Tagline: Based on truth, lies and bad memory.
Overview: The incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abortion, when she almost by accident, stumbles into politics. As the government implodes around her, Gro learns to play her own games of power, climbing the ranks until she is the last woman standing in the ruins of Labour’s celebrated social democracy, ending up as Norway’s first female Prime Minister in 1981.
How it feels: Satirical, earnest, tense and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Politics, power, gender, ambition
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Created by: Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Thorbjørn Martin Davidsen, Svein Sturla Hungnes

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
power
gender
ambition
class
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild