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Borgen
Dec 13, 2013 11:13:07 GMT 10
Post by pim on Dec 13, 2013 11:13:07 GMT 10
Anyone been watching this series? It's a political drama on SBS 1 on Wed nights at 9:30. In Danish with English subtitles. Compulsory viewing for political junkies. Here's the fictional Danish PM named Birgitte Nyborg as she is portrayed in the series by Danish actress Sidse Babett Knudsen : Here's the real Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the one who took a selfie with Barack Obama and David Cameron snuggling up on either side of her: Whereas in real life the Danish PM is a Social Democrat - the continental equivalent of the Labor Party - in the TV series the fictional PM is a member of a party that calls itself the Moderates, with Labor as a junior member in a coalition of several parties. The Danes produce some of the best and most gripping TV drama whether they're cop shows like the Danish Wallander (the UK version with Kenneth Branagh was pretty good but an imitation is an imitation!), the crime/kidnapping/political thriller The Killing and now Borgen. See it. It's the Danish West Wing.
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