Halv åtta hos mig is a TV4 television programme shown in Sweden, first broadcast in October 2008. The show is based on the ITV Studios television format Come Dine With Me broadcast on Channel 4 UK. The show has four amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a 15,000 SEK cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Helge Skoog, who provides a sarcastic narration.
Mio and Anders are both in their 20s and live in the same city, but they live completely different lives. On a warm summer evening, they go home together. Both believe they will never see each other again, but fate wants something different.
The young and idealistic priest Albin returns to Sweden from Kenya to work in a church in the small village Östra Nöbberup. Albin want to renew the work of the parish and tries to attract visitors to church with controversial methods. This is not appreciated by the other members of the parish, especially not by the curate Jan Samuelsson who wants Albins job as a priest.
Martin Holst is the dynamic CEO of the pharmaceutical manufacturer Holst Medicals. When his son Jonas is kidnapped and turned into an innocent pawn in a much greater game, Martin loses control not only over his family and the company, but over his whole life. Before long he is forced to reevaluate everything he used to take for granted.
Sweden, 1849. A poverty-stricken family decides to move to America in the hope of finding a better and more prosperous life. Although they know the journey will be dangerous and the pressure of facing a new life in a strange and wild land is great, they are determined to succeed. Based on Vilhelm Moberg's classic novel.