Director: Emma Bucht, Susanne Thorson
Cast: Carla Sehn, Moah Madsen, Dilan Apak, Malou Marnfeldt, Zahraa Aldoujaili
Diary of a Ditched Girl is a 2025 Swedish comedy-drama series directed by Emma Bucht and Susanne Thorson, following a 31-year-old woman's wryly honest attempts to find love through the chaos of modern dating — apps, awkward first encounters, and the friends who make it all survivable.
What is Diary of a Ditched Girl about?
Amanda is thirty-one and resolutely single in a city where romance has largely migrated to smartphone screens. Each episode drops her into a fresh encounter — a swipe-right date at a crowded bar, a coffee that goes sideways, a promising connection that fizzles before dessert arrives. Her circle of friends is equally adrift: smart, self-aware women who can diagnose everyone else's relationships with clinical precision but struggle to push their own past that uncertain second date. The series mines comedy from the gap between what modern dating promises and what it actually delivers, building a warm portrait of friendship, ambition, and the stubborn hope that the right person is just one more bad date away.
Cast & crew
Lead actress Carla Sehn carries Amanda's mix of self-deprecating humour and genuine vulnerability across each episode. The ensemble — Moah Madsen, Dilan Apak, Malou Marnfeldt, Zahraa Aldoujaili, Mads Korsgaard, and Amadeus Gustafsson — brings textured supporting roles that flesh out Amanda's social world with wit and specificity. Directors Emma Bucht and Susanne Thorson balance brisk 35-minute episodes with enough character depth to make every awkward moment land.
Context & significance
Swedish romantic comedy series have carved out a distinctive niche in the past decade — sharp social observation wrapped in Scandinavian understatement, a sensibility that travels well across cultures. For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers who grew up navigating two worlds, Amanda's predicament — modern expectations, traditional pressures from family, the comedy of romantic misfires — resonates across cultural borders. The series is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, meaning viewers can enjoy it in their language of choice without any compromise on accessibility. At just 35 minutes per episode, it is an easy watch to slot into an evening.
Where & how to watch
Diary of a Ditched Girl is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it through your browser, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Subscribe and cancel anytime.