tue 06/10/2015  Borgen, Series 2 Finale, BBC Four | TV reviews,
news & interviews  Borgen, Series 2 Finale, BBC Four  In which
embattled Prime Minister Nyborg boldly takes back the political
initiative  Birgitte Nyborg (Sidse Babett Knudsen) flashes
trademark smile for the media  After last week's spectacularly
unconvincing foray into saving Africa (usually the last refuge
of a doomed statesperson), Birgitte Nyborg returned to the
centre of Denmark's political life for the concluding pair of
episodes in series two. Back amid themes of political
infighting, media skulduggery and personal relationships under
pressure, Borgen had, amid sighs of relief, come home to where
it belonged.  Immediately, crisis loomed. Birgitte (Sidse Babett
Knudsen) had to bite the bullet and accept that her anxiety-
stricken daughter Laura (Freja Riemann) needed more than phone
calls and a soothing pat on the head in between meetings if her
health wasn't to take a teminal nosedive, so she and estranged
husband Philip (Mikael Birkkjaer