Birgitte Nyborg and Borgen

Canada TVOntario: Borgen only recently hit the air in Canada – TVOntario is currently showing the first season – but it already has a devoted Canadian following, according to CBC. The show revolves around an accidental prime minister, Birgitte Nyborg. Come on, a television drama about well-meaning politicians trying to do the right thing in a Danish coalition government But the series Borgen, named for Denmark parliamentary buildings, has aired in 80 countries and has become an obsession in Britain. She leads a smallish centre-left party, but after scandals and political mishaps befall the leaders of the main left and right parties on the eve of an election, she given the opportunity to fashion a national coalition. Borgen is full of political intrigue, ambition and betrayals, of course, and also explores the tangled relationship between government and the media. Adam Price, left, Sidse Babett Knudsen, second left, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, second right, and Jeppe Gjervig Gram after winning the International Award for Borgen at the British Academy Television Awards in London, May 27, 2012. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.