Series synopsis
Unit One, also known as Rejseholdet is a drama crime television series that premiered on DR1 on October 1, 2000. It ended on January 1, 2004. It was created by Peter Thorsboe. It stars Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen, Lars Brygmann and Waage Sandø.
Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and ...
Premise
Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio, the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004. Each episode revolved around an elite mobile police task force called "Unit One" that travels around Denmark helping local police solve crimes. Cases portrayed in the show were loosely based upon actual incidents of sensational crimes such as murders, kidnappings, cross-border sex traffic and child pornography. Rejseholdet won the 2002 International Emmy Award for best drama series.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Charlotte Fich as Ingrid Dahl
- Mads Mikkelsen as Allan Fischer
- Lars Brygmann as Thomas La Cour
- Waage Sandø as Jens Peter 'IP' Sørensen
- Erik Wedersøe as Ulf Thomsen
- Trine Pallesen as Gaby Levin
- Lars Bom as Johnny Olsen
- Michael Falch as Jan Boysen
Supporting cast
- Lisbet Lundquist as Kirsten Jørgensen
- Lykke Sand Michelsen as Gry
- Sebastian Ottenstein as Tobias
- Susse Wold as Rigspolitichefen
Guest cast
- Bendt Hildebrandt as Drabschefen
- Torben Zeller as Politimesteren
- Niels Olsen as Søren
- Frank Thiel as Jonas
- Philippe L. Christiansen as Dennis
- Claus Gerving as Jesper Olsen
- Tao Hildebrand as Victor
- Joakim Malling as Claus, betjent
- Birgit Zinn as Nabokonen
- Flemming Platz as TV-journalisten
- Claus Bue as Andersen
- Peter Rygaard as Lundgaard
Episodes
This series spans 4 seasons with 32 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 9 | October 1, 2000 | November 26, 2000 |
| Season 2 | 7 | March 11, 2001 | April 22, 2001 |
| Season 3 | 14 | December 30, 2001 | April 1, 2002 |
| Season 4 | 2 | December 25, 2003 | January 1, 2004 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assistance Report A-15/99 Unit Ones five criminal investigators are unexpectedly sent out to investigate a tragic crime of one of their own. When the national police headquarters are forced to make some changes among the small and firmly established team, the temper of several members reach a boiling point. It becomes a case with big consequences also for some of the investigators personal life. |
October 1, 2000 |
| 2 |
Assistance Report A-21/99, part 1 A man has been liquidated while Ingrid, IP, Fischer, la Cour and Gaby must get moving an early Saturday morning. The killed person is known by the police force and had trouble with a local biker gang. But Ingrid believes that the reason for his death is of a private matter. The big mobile office trailer has been taken into action, while the driver is a surprise. |
October 8, 2000 |
| 3 |
Assistance Report A-21/99, part 2 Fischer and la Cour manage to grab the leder of the biker gang Grue, who is driving around with a sawn-off shotgun. Ingrid returns with a plan, which doesn't suit Ulf or the local superintendent of police. Fischer gets unexpected help, when he gets into a violent struggle with a few of the suspects. IP is suffering jealousy, while something is brewing between Gaby and the driver Johnny Olsen. |
October 15, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assistancemelding A-24/00 A young boy is kidnapped on his 9th birthday. The team discovers him alive and well, but getting him back to his mother is not simple. Ulf and Kirsten take a trip to London. |
March 11, 2001 |
| 2 |
Assistancemelding A-25/00 A lawyer with a history of getting defendants to retract confessions uses the technique to exonerate the perpetrator of a crime that the team previously investigated. Then the lawyer and his family are threatened by an unknown attacker and the team is called in to protect him. |
March 18, 2001 |
| 3 |
Assistancemelding A-26/00 The owner of a chocolate factory is found murdered. Did his murder have something to do with his appetite for young women and kinky sex, or is there something else at play? |
March 25, 2001 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assistancemelding A-2/01 A psychology student meets up with one of her regular chat friends. After she disappears it takes six months before Unit One is on the case. |
December 30, 2001 |
| 2 |
Assistancemelding A-3/01 Christian and Andreas Dahl are shot when they confront two famous criminals in burying stolen money in Kalundborg. Tina Lauritsen, the wife of Christian, is later found with her throat slit. The criminals are quickly identified, as a burned out white Mercedes is found containing rabbit dung (as Eik Nielsen, the male criminal, favours white Mercedes and Anja Jespersen, the female criminal, always carry around a rabbit). Unit One puts the area where the money was buried under surveillance. When the couple shows up, the Special Police Corps surround them, but they manage to escape into the church where a small group of people were arranging baptising schedules. Eik lets the grown ups escape and the priest, the wife of a local police officer, manages to text message Unit One and ask them to open the Northern Door to let Anja escape with the infant. The Special Police Corps manages to successfully rescue the priest and take Eik into custody. |
January 6, 2002 |
| 3 |
Assistancemelding A-4/01 Unit One is called to Aabenrå when parts of a woman body is found in Knapsø. As Unit One checks the German Missing List, a witness tells of a silver Audi from where a man tossed a trashbag into the harbour, and of a burning container filled with personal files on a Doris Fröse. The owner of the silver Audi, Manfred Schlosser, lacks any information. A summerhouse owner contacts them and tells that the sheets and beddings have been replaced and the floor scrubbed very thoroughly. Blood samples confirms the victim to be Doris Fröse, but the name of the man who borrowed the summerhouse is fake. A friend of Doris Fröse confirms that the man whom Doris Fröse was visiting in Denmark was Manfred Schlosser. In the mean time, Pernille, the wife of Manfred Schlosser, finds knives and photoalbums of many murdered women in the attic. Manfred finds out and drowns her in their bathtub. Manfred is taken into custody, but denies everything. |
January 13, 2002 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Assistancemelding A-05/03 (1) When a black prostitute is found murdered and things indicate the Danish minister of justice, the unit is once again called together, although they are all busy with other work; soon we learn that things are not what they seem and we venture into the Danish biker scene. |
December 25, 2003 |
| 2 |
Assistancemelding A-05/03 (2) Things are taking a turn for the worse when both Johnny and Fischer find themselves in grave danger; their cover has been blown and the bikers want them dead. This episode marks the end of the series. |
January 1, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | DR1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 1, 2000 |
| Last aired | January 1, 2004 |
| Runtime | 58 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 20:00:00 |