This spring, Stevnsfort was occupied by Danmarks Radio, who recorded the new family show 'Dobbeltspil' at the fort. The content of the program has been top secret, and the museum director is excited to see Stevnsfort's hallways in action in prime time.
It will be a local backdrop for many citizens in Stevns and Faxe when DR's new family entertainment 'Dobbeltspil' rolls across the screens on Friday evening at 20:00 from October 25. The program is recorded in the underground Cold War museum Stevnsfort, which during the Cold War was an important part of Denmark and NATO's defense if war broke out between East and West.
- "Stevns Fort is a unique location, and I'm delighted that the fort can be the setting for a program that reaches all of Denmark. We have an ambition to communicate the fort's special significance to families with children, and I'm excited to see how the fort comes into play in the family program," says Kasper Renström Østervig, director of Østsjællands Museum, which runs Stevnsfortet.
In the new program 'Double Game', the participants are secretly divided into two teams, as either agents or double agents. They only know their own identity and therefore cannot trust anyone but themselves. If the participants don't find their alliance, they risk being eliminated from the game and lose the opportunity to win the DKK 100,000 prize.
Throughout the competition, participants will be challenged in both field missions and interrogations that test their teamwork skills and the many skills that are essential as an agent. Actress Ellen Hillingsø is the program's gamemaster, and she will guide viewers through the five episodes of the competition and control the game together with the supercomputer O.
Top secret recordings at Stevnsfort
This is the first time Stevnsfort has been used for a major TV production, and filming for Dobbeltspil took place back in April. But the content of the program has - in the spirit of the fort - been top secret, also for the employees at Stevnsfort.
- It was a fun process where the TV crew took over the fort for a period of time and we learned very little about the concept of the program. I'm looking forward to watching it with my family, and of course I hope that the program will encourage even more families with children to visit the fort on our new family tours, which convey Cold War history at children's level," says Kasper Renström Østervig.
The family tour "Friend or Foe" at Stevnsfort runs during the fall holidays and then on weekends through November. Read more about the family tours on Østsjællands Museum's website oesm.dk
Press contact:
Director of Østsjællands Museum, Kasper Renström Østervig, phone: 2051 7720