The series is about the "dips" in-training Jens Stråhle (Jesper Rönndahl) and Fanny Båtsman (Moa Lundqvist), who are interns at the Protocol Division at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and their mentor Mimmi Hamillton (Marie Agerhäll).
According to the creators Jesper Rönndahl and Marie Agerhäll, much in the series is based on reality and material they have got when they have both "gone undercover and interviewed people on both the floor and at the top secretly".
[2][3] A review by Hanna Persson at Nöjesguiden commented that "after some [previous] questionable purchases by SVT" , Dips is "smart-fun with political awareness and stupid-fun with misspelled SMS – at the same time".
She described the serie as being about "really annoying people who also happen to be totally incompetent but at the same time work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
[4] In 2019 Dips was SVT's nomination for Kristallen category Humor program of the year, but lost to TV4 AB's Enkelstöten.