Rita (TV series)

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Rita
	Season 2 poster
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Christian Torpe
Starring	Mille Dinesen; Lise Baastrup; Carsten Bjørnlund; Ellen Hillingsø; Nikolaj Groth; Morten Vang Simonsen; Sara Hjort Ditlevsen; Kristoffer Fabricius;
Opening theme	"Speak Out Now" by Oh Land
Composers	Kristian Leth; Fridolin Nordsø;
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language	Danish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	40 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Executive producers	Christian Torpe; Keld Reinicke; Karoline Leth; Lars Bjørn Hansen; Birdie Bjerregaard; Christian Rank; Jennifer Green;
Producers	Jesper Morthorst; Karoline Leth; Theis Nørgaard;
Production locations	Rødovre, Sjælland
Cinematography	Kim Høgh; Rasmus Heise; Rasmus Arrildt; Bo Tengberg; Adam Jandrup; Niels A. Hansen; Brian Curt Petersen;
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	40 minutes
Production companies	SF Studios; Netflix (season 3–5);
Original release
Network	TV 2
Release	February 9, 2012 –; July 20, 2020
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Rita is a Danish comedy-drama television series created by Christian Torpe for TV 2. It premiered in Denmark on 9 February 2012, and concluded on 20 July 2020, with 40 episodes broadcast over five seasons. Produced by SF Studios, the series was filmed in Rødovre, Zealand, and executive-produced by Keld Reinicke, Karoline Leth, Lars Bjørn Hansen, Birdie Bjerregaard, Christian Rank, Jennifer Green, and Torpe, who also served as head writer. All episodes are available internationally on streaming service Netflix^{[citation needed]} , who partnered with TV 2 to produce the later three seasons, becoming a Netflix Original.

Mille Dinesen portrays the lead role of Rita Madsen, a headstrong and unconventional teacher and single mother who protects and helps her students but struggles to manage her own personal life. One of Rita's closest friends is portrayed by Lise Baastrup, the only other actor who appeared in all the episodes besides Dinesen; a spin-off centered on the character, Hjørdis, was broadcast between 18 May and 8 June 2015, consisting of four episodes. In the story, Hjørdis tries to put together a school play about bullying, one of the many social themes discussed throughout Rita.

Upon airing, Rita received generally favorable response from critics.