This week the subtitled Danish drama Borgen (16 November) started a new run. At the same time, the British television writer Paula Milne announced that she was in negotiations to write an English-language adaptation. Only a minority of viewers are prepared to watch foreign-language material. Milne will be reaching out to the majority; but aside from the language and the setting, what else will she have to change? The central question is what will happen to Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen), who is ambitious, somewhat ruthless, somewhat scheming, but at heart always an idealist. Will British viewers accept that in a portrait of a British politician? No matter; in the Danish Borgen, two and a half years have passed since Birgitte was bundled out of office, and there have been othe
21 November 2013, The Tablet
Borgen
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