The Shift (TV series)

The Shift
Also known asDag & nat, Dag og natt
GenreMedical drama
Created byLone Scherfig
Written byLone Scherfig
Directed byLone Scherfig, Søren Balle, Ole Christian Madsen
Starring
Country of originDenmark
Original languageDanish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerMalene Blenkov
Running time40–44 min
Production companyCreative Alliance
Original release
NetworkTV 2
Release29 May (2022-05-29) 
17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)

The Shift or Dag & nat (literally Day & night) is a Danish television drama series, which was broadcast on TV 2 from 29 May 2022. It was created by Lone Scherfig, who also directed two episodes, while Søren Balle and Ole Christian Madsen directed three episodes, each. The first season of eight episodes is set in a short-staffed maternity ward of a hospital facing cutbacks. It stars Sofie Gråbøl as head midwife Ella, who is supported by obstetrician Jerry (Pål Sverre Hagen), midwife Louise (Marijana Jankovic), intern Tine (Sara Hjort Ditlevsen) and gynaecologist Milad (Afshin Firouzi). A second season, without Gråbøl, but with two new lead actors Anders W. Berthelsen as Lasse and Ann Eleonora Jørgensen as Linda, was filmed from November 2023. The action is set two years later in the same hospital's children's ward with broadcast due in 2024 or 2025.