{"id":18586,"date":"2023-04-26T09:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T09:40:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T13:40:02","slug":"bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Picks Up Norwegian Comedy Drama Afterglow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has acquired the seven-part NRK comedy drama <em>Afterglow<\/em> for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>The series tells the story of a woman who finds out she has cervical cancer on her 40th birthday. After the initial shock wears off, she comforts the people in her life and stresses that she has no intention of leaving the world just yet.<\/p>\n<p><em>Afterglow<\/em> stars Nina Ellen Odegaard (<em>Possession<\/em>), Torbjorn Harr (<em>Vikings<\/em>), Sara Khorami (<em>Witch Hunt<\/em>) and Hermann Sabado (<em>Home for Christmas<\/em>). The series was created by Kjetil Indregard and Atle Knudsen, who also directs. It was produced by Monster Scripted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunny, sad, honest and touching, Afterglow is that rare thing\u2014an uplifting drama about serious illness,\u201d said Sue Deeks, head of BBC program acquisition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC has acquired the seven-part NRK comedy drama Afterglow for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":18587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6568,237,396,769,5287,1548],"class_list":["post-18586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-afterglow","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-four","tag-bbc-iplayer","tag-monster-scripted","tag-nrk","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Picks Up Norwegian Comedy Drama Afterglow - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC Picks Up Norwegian Comedy Drama Afterglow - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC has acquired the seven-part NRK comedy drama Afterglow for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-26T13:40:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/BBC-Afterglow-0423.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/\",\"name\":\"BBC Picks Up Norwegian Comedy Drama Afterglow - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-26T13:40:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-26T13:40:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/bbc-picks-up-norwegian-comedy-drama-afterglow\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC Picks Up Norwegian Comedy Drama Afterglow\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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