Borgen

[David Johnson]

Those forumites who are having withdrawal symptoms after the Killing finished before Xmas for apparently the last time, may want to give the political drama, Borgen a watch.

High quality, well acted Danish drama, series 2 started last night with two one hour episodes on Beeb 4. It is on the iplayer.

Must be a shortage of good actors in Denmark because disoncertingly, actors in the Killing make an appearance here. The bloke who played the Prime Minister in the Killing 3 appears as a car salesman in Borgen.

Now if reality in the UK could only imitate fiction......

[Arginald Valleywater]

Got it on Sky+. Sad that we have to look to a small nation like Denmark to give us well acted entertainment. The might of ITV gives us "celeb" diving programme featuring someone who didn't even win gold at London 2012.

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Arginald Valleywater wrote:

> Got it on Sky+. Sad that we have to look to a small nation like
> Denmark to give us well acted entertainment.

Having to broadcast European programmes to UK audiences is a result of the
the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive. Article 13 states " Member States must ensure that not only television broadcasters but also on-demand audiovisual media services promote European works."

ATVOD are always banging on about it when they are not closing down porn sites!

[Robches]

Denmark owes us big time for sending Sandi Toksvig over here.

[Arginald Valleywater]

Good call Robches!!