Allerud VGS

Allerud VGS (English: Allerud High School) is a Norwegian sitcom series that premiered in 2020 on NRK.

Allerud VGS
GenreSitcom
Created byØyvind Thoen
StarringChristian Skolmen
Selome Emnetu
Marte Mørland
Anette Hoff
Øystein Bache
Herman Flesvig
John Brungot
Lisa Tønne
Amalie Stuve
Helle Ryg Eia
Johannes Gjessing
Country of originNorway
Original languageNorwegian
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time27–37 minutes
Release
Original networkNRK
Original release11 January (2020-01-11) –
29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)

The setting is the fictional upper secondary school (VGS being an abbreviation of upper secondary school) Allerud in Oslo. Here the incompetent principal (Christian Skolmen) has to improve the faltering application numbers. He hires a competent inspector (Selome Emnetu) to improve the school, at the same time fearing that she might take over his job. The rest of the main cast include schoolteachers (Marte Mørland, Anette Hoff, Øystein Bache, Herman Flesvig), other school staff (John Brungot, Lisa Tønne) and pupils (Amalie Stuve, Helle Ryg Eia, Johannes Gjessing).[1]

The filming was mostly conducted at Fornebu.[2]

At the premiere, the series was given a "die throw" of 4 in Aftenposten [3] and in Stavanger Aftenblad;[4] 3 in Dagbladet[1] and 2 in VG.[5]

References
  1. "Ny NRK-satsing: Lite latter", Dagbladet 10 January 2020
  2. "Spiller inn serie på Fornebu", Budstikka 8 August 2019
  3. "Til tider vittig og smart", Aftenposten 15 January 2020
  4. "Herlig, pinlig lærerhumor", Stavanger Aftenblad 10 January 2020
  5. "TV-anmeldelse «Allerud VGS»: Dårlig skolefjernsyn", VG 11 January 2018


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