Taxa (TV series)

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Taxa
Genre	Drama
Starring	Pernille Højmark; Zlatko Burić; Pia Vieth; Jesper Lohmann; Leif Sylvester; Peter Gantzler; John Hahn-Petersen
Country of origin	Denmark
Original language	Danish
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	56
Production
Producer	Rumle Hammerich Sven Clausen
Original release
Network	DR1
Release	14 September 1997 –; 12 December 1999

Taxa is a Danish television drama in 56 episodes, written by Stig Thorsboe and produced by Rumle Hammerich for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

The series started on 14 September 1997 on DR1. It was broadcast during the period 1997-1999 for a total of five seasons. Taxa was also screened in Sweden on SVT1.^[2]

Plot

The series revolves around a small taxi central, CrownTaxi, in Copenhagen. CrownTaxi has its ups and downs and in the course of the series, following the various drivers, radio operator Lizzie and boss Verner Boye-Larsen. They all have their problems both with clients and family life and constantly threaten the show's villain Hermann from the competing taxi firm, City Car, who wants to take over CrownTaxi.^[3]

Cast

Actor	Character
Pernille Højmark	Lotte Nielsen
Zlatko Burić	Meho Selimoviz
Pia Vieth	Birgit Boye-Larsen
Jesper Lohmann	Finn Johansen
Leif Sylvester	Tom Lund
Peter Gantzler	Mike Engholm
John Hahn-Petersen	Verner Boye-Larsen
Margrethe Koytu	Lizzie Boye-Larsen
Anders W. Berthelsen	René Boye-Larsen
Peter Mygind	Andreas Lund-Andersen
Helene Egelund	Gitte
Trine Dyrholm	Stine Jensen
Laura Christensen	Fie Nielsen
Torben Jensen	Herman
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen	Nina Boye-Larsen
Jens Jørn Spottag	Peter
Caroline Drasbæk	Mai
Lars Knutzon	Bentzon
Claus Bue	Kurt
Tammi Øst	Dr. Mette Sandbæk
Vibeke Ankjær	Louise Hald
Søren Spanning	Claus Skovgaard
Solbjørg Højfeldt	Eva Henningsen
Sidse Babett Knudsen	Milla

References

^ Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.
^ Henrik Hvilshøj; Lars Vesterløkke (20 March 2012). Professionelle ildsjæle: - uden glød intet velfærdssamfund (in Danish). Gyldendal. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-87-02-11908-4.
^ Eva Novrup Redvall (27 November 2013). Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-1-137-28841-7.

External links

Taxa at IMDb
Taxa in the Danish Film Database

[Piil2008-1] Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide. Gyldendal A/S. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-87-02-06669-2.

[HvilshøjVesterløkke2012-2] Henrik Hvilshøj; Lars Vesterløkke (20 March 2012). Professionelle ildsjæle: - uden glød intet velfærdssamfund (in Danish). Gyldendal. pp. 78–. ISBN 978-87-02-11908-4.

[Redvall2013-3] Eva Novrup Redvall (27 November 2013). Writing and Producing Television Drama in Denmark: From The Kingdom to The Killing. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-1-137-28841-7.

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