Borgen is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 one-hour political drama

Political drama

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 television series. It tells the story of a charismatic populist named Birgitte Nyborg who is catapulted into office by an unexpected landslide victory to become the first Danish woman prime minister.

The series stars Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Sidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who has worked in theater, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.Following the critical success of her debut, Knudsen...

 as Birgitte Nyborg. The other main characters are Pilou Asbæk as troubled spin doctor Kasper Juhl and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as ambitious news anchor Katrine Fønsmark.

The show is created and written by producer Adam Price and co-writers Jeppe Gjervig Gram and Tobias Lindholm. It is produced by DR, the Danish network and production house behind another Danish hit series The Killing, which was remade in the United States under the same title.

Airing

The show premiered in USA on LinkTV on October 29, 2011, and is set to be shown on BBC4 in early 2012.

It premiered on Danish network DR1 in October 2010.

Awards

Awards for the show includes the FIPA d'OR at the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels

Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels

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and the Prix Italia

Prix Italia

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 for best drama series, as well as Knudsen's win for best female lead in a drama series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

NBC remake

United States television network NBC

NBC

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 will produce a remake of Borgen with a pilot being developed by David Hudgins

David Hudgins

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 and Jason Katims

Jason Katims

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 of Friday Night Lights (TV series)

Friday Night Lights (TV series)

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fame.