DICTE III is a crime and drama series based on the universe of bestselling Danish author Elsebeth Egholm’s novels, and follows up on the success of the first two seasons of the DICTE series. The series combines thrilling crime plots with character driven stories, making for both fascinating and compelling stories. It is told in an episodic structure so each double episode makes for a completed story. The third season of the series consists of 10x45 min. episodes, with the possibility to broadcast as 5x90 min. films.The series is set in Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus, and revolves around the courageous and often stubborn crime journalist Dicte Svendsen and her close professional and private relations. Throughout the series, Dicte throws herself into the investigation of various cases, often jeopardizing the lives of herself and those around her. In the first season Dicte was new in town. We followed her journey to her hometown, and her struggle to find the son she gave up for adoption. In season II Dicte was laying down roots in Aarhus. We followed her reunion with her parents, her search for her father’s secret, while at work her character again led her to be involved in criminal cases bringing her both into conflict with, and closer to, police investigator Wagner. In season three we will draw Dicte even closer to us and the themes of the season will be about intimacy and the less fortunate. We will explore the psychiatric treatment of young people, the stalker-phenomena, post-traumatic stress in a marriage, and children who lose their parents. At the end of season two we left Dicte with an envelope she received from her mother, containing the identity of her biological father. This season’s more personal theme will therefore be considerations around heritage and environment. Who are we? Are we always a sum of our experience, or more existentially, of the choices we make?