Rita

 is a Danish comedy-drama TV series created by Christian Torpe for TV 2. This series originally premiered in February 2012, then, later on, seasons 3, 4, and 5 were co-produced by Netflix and became available for streaming on the platform. The fifth season is the final season of the series.

Summary
"Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, schoolteacher Rita fares less well with adults in this comedy-drama from Denmark."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Cast and Characters

 * Mille Dinesen as Rita Madsen
 * Tessa Hoder as Teen Rita
 * Nikolaj Groth as Jeppe Madsen
 * Vang Morten as Ricco Madsen
 * Sara Hjort Ditlevsen as Molly Madsen
 * Lise Baastrup as Hjørdis
 * Ellen Hillingsø as Helle
 * Carsten Bjørnlund as Rasmus
 * Kristoffer Fabricius as Uffe


 * Lykke Sand Michelsen as Bitten Dyrehave
 * Carsten Nørgaard as Tom Dyrehave
 * Lotte Andersen as Jette Dyrehave
 * Lea Maria Høyer Stensnaes
 * Ferdinand Glad Bach as David
 * Peter Gantzler as Niels Madse
 * Alexandre Willaume as Jonas Poulsen
 * Tommy Kenter as Erik
 * Zaki Youssef as Said
 * Belal Faiz as Karim
 * Frederik Winther Rasmussen as Niklas Verner
 * Charlotte Fich as Alice Verner
 * Ole Lemmeke as Bjarne
 * Charlotte Munck as Lea
 * Sofie Juul as Teen Lea
 * Christine Exner as Susanne
 * Kurt Ravn as Rostrup
 * William Friis Nelausen as Reinulf
 * Søs Egelind as Gerd
 * Ari Alexander as Ole


 * Lisbet Lundquist as Lillebeth Schmidt Kronborg
 * Line Kruse as Gitte Nielsen (Season 1)
 * Laura Bach as Gitte Nielsen (Season 2)
 * Kristian Halken as Flemming
 * Nikolaj Dencker Schmidt as Alex
 * Lisbeth Dahl as Gudrun

Episodes

 * Season One


 * The Idealist
 * The Teacher
 * The Anarchist
 * The Whore
 * The Protector
 * The Hypocrite
 * The Princess
 * The Mother


 * Season Two


 * The Grown Up
 * The Garden
 * And Baby Makes Three
 * Team Player
 * I Love You
 * First Love
 * The Role Model
 * Weeds


 * Season Three


 * The Candidate
 * The Basement
 * The Sponsor Kid
 * Evening Classes
 * Lice
 * Free Fall
 * The Leader
 * The Test


 * Season Four


 * Past/Present
 * You Are What You Eat
 * Sudden Thaw
 * True Friends
 * You and I
 * Childhood Street
 * Family
 * Home


 * Season Five


 * Fake News
 * Hullabaloo House
 * The Outing
 * Do You Speak English?
 * Hot Flash
 * Boundaries
 * The Lake
 * Chaos

Filming locations

 * Islev, Rødovre, "Statens Pædagogiske Forsøgscenter" (near Copenhagen). The school building meanwhile was removed. The name "Islevgård Skole" was just made up for the show . This building was used in the Season 1 - Season 3.
 * In Season 4 Rita is teacher at "Bavnegårdsskolen" in Lundsager - also a fictitious name made up for the show.

Awards
This series has received 2 wins and 25 nominations.

Soundtrack
The intro song of Rita is called "Speak out Now" by Oh Land.
 * Spotify, Rita Soundtrack, various artists