Thursday, January 31, 2019

Matador - a Danish series


I may have written about this hugely successful Danish series (which originally aired between 1978 and 1982) before but Mom and I are watching it again and thoroughly enjoying it. It’s a melodrama that starts in 1929 and essentially shows the rise of the middle class and demise of the upper class. It’s a more realistic look at class difference than either Upstairs, Downstairs or Downton Abbey and I feel so sorry that it isn’t available in English as it would be a terrific program for PBS or Knowledge channel to run.
I get a real kick of the down to earth characters such as Oluf Larsen and his dog Kwik. I’ve put a link below so you can check out this series. The last link is the actual program but unfortunately it no longer has English subtitles so it is all in Danish – but for my Danish family take a look and improve your dansk. I really love this show. It has been available with subtitles in 2017 and I am not sure why that went away as you’d think once the expense was made it would not be costly?  Anyway I hope some folks may like this and at least my Canadian friends should look at the summary of what it is about and if I hear of a new subtitled series I will let you know.




 

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