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Power Play

TV·2023–2024·1 season, 12 episodes·NRK1·Drama, Comedy·Created by Johan Fasting, Kristin Grue, Silje Storstein

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The incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abortion, when she almost by accident, stumbles into politics. As the government implodes around her, Gro learns to play her own games of power, climbing the ranks until she is the last woman standing in the ruins of Labour’s celebrated social democracy, ending up as Norway’s first female Prime Minister in 1981.

Cast

Kathrine Thorborg JohansenKathrine Thorborg JohansenGro Harlem Brundtland

Episodes by season

Season0112Episodes2023–24Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Power Play S01E01Episode 1October 29, 2023—Power Play is the incredible story of Gro Harlem Brundtland, who in the late 70s works as a young doctor, fighting for self-determined abort
  2. S01E02Power Play S01E02Episode 2October 29, 2023—
  3. S01E03Power Play S01E03Episode 3November 5, 2023—
  4. S01E04Power Play S01E04Episode 4November 12, 2023—
  5. S01E05Power Play S01E05Episode 5November 19, 2023—
  6. S01E06Power Play S01E06Episode 6November 26, 2023—
  7. S01E07Power Play S01E07Episode 7January 7, 2024—
  8. S01E08Power Play S01E08Episode 8January 14, 2024—
  9. S01E09Power Play S01E09Episode 9January 21, 2024—
  10. S01E10Power Play S01E10Episode 10January 28, 2024—
  11. S01E11Power Play S01E11Episode 11February 4, 2024—
  12. S01E12Episode 12February 11, 2024—

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