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BBC Buys Thomas Vinterberg’s Climate Change TV Drama ‘Families Like Ours’
Thomas Vinterberg's 'Families Like Ours' is set in a near-future Denmark where rising sea levels force the population to evacuate
Hansen (“Department Q: Journal 64,” “The Art of Crying”) and having first premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival, the 7-part “Families Like Ours” is set in a near-future Denmark where rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. Therefore, it is with eager anticipation that I now await how a new audience will receive ‘Families Like Ours,’ and I am very thankful to the BBC for delivering this story to a nation I feel such a close kinship with.” Added Sue Deeks, head of BBC programme acquisition: “’Families Like Ours’ is a beautifully constructed, thought-provoking drama about what happens when people are confronted by the inconceivable, and forced to make seemingly impossible choices…”
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