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, created by Rune Tolsgaard and

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, Brian Lykke, Hjalte Flagstad, Jesper Rofeldt,

, Rune Tolsgaard, and also

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makes a short guest appearance. The series is set as a documentary following the classical musical trio, ''Trio Van Gogh'' (a play on the name of the

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, Theo Van Gogh, who was murdered.) The trio struggles to break through, and they are faced with one disaster after another, due to all three members of the group being either incompetent, having troubles controlling their anger, or just plain stupid. The series was broadcast in 11 episodes on

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, the network that also broadcast several other Danish comedy successes like

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etc.

Casts

* Anette Lauritsen -

* Erik Trier - Hjalte Flagstad * Miklos Raboszki - Brian Lykke

References

External links

*http://www.dr.dk/DR2/Trio/Persongalleri/ Danish comedy television series Danish-language television shows {{Denmark-tv-prog-stub