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The BBC has picked up Families Like Ours<\/em>, the debut drama series from director Thomas Vinterberg, for BBC iPlayer and BBC Four.<\/p>\n

The 7×60-minute series is written by Vinterberg (Another Round<\/em>, The Hunt<\/em>) and Bo Hr. Hansen (Department Q: Journal 64<\/em>, The Art of Crying<\/em>). It is set in Denmark in a not-too-distant future where rising water levels can no longer be ignored, and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know and who they are.<\/p>\n

Families Like Ours stars Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, Thomas Bo Larsen, David Dencik, Asta Kamma August and Max Kaysen H\u00f8yrup. It was filmed on location in Denmark, Sweden, France, Romania and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

The series was produced by Zentropa Entertainments for TV 2 Denmark, STUDIOCANAL and Canal+, co-funded by The Danish Film Institute\u2014Public Service Fund, The European Union and Nordisk Film & TV Fond in co-production with NRK, TV4, Ard Degeto, co-produced by Film I V\u00e4st, Sirena Film, Zentropa Sweden, Saga Film and Ginger Pictures, co-produced with the support from Czech Film Fund and BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance in collaboration with Canal+ Poland and M7.<\/p>\n

Vinterberg said: “I have a deepfelt connection with the U.K., and as you will see, it also plays a part in this series. Therefore, it is with eager anticipation that I now await how a new audience will receive Families Like Ours<\/em>, and I am very thankful to the BBC for delivering this story to a nation I feel such a close kinship with.”<\/p>\n

Sue Deeks, head of BBC program acquisition, said: \u201cFamilies Like Ours<\/em> is a beautifully constructed, thought-provoking drama about what happens when people are confronted by the inconceivable and forced to make seemingly impossible choices\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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