Brexit: The Uncivil War - fiction or fact?

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Vote Leave mastermind Dominic Cummings in new Channel 4 film

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Benedict Cumberbatch in Brexit: The Uncivil War
(Image credit: Channel 4)

A one-off drama about the events on both sides of the Brexit campaign in the run-up to the 2016 EU referendum will air on Channel 4 tonight - and commentators are poised to assess the accuracy of the portrayals.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in Brexit: The Uncivil War as Vote Leave campaign director Dominic Cummings, while Richard Goulding (The Windsors) plays Boris Johnson and Oliver Maltman (The Crown) plays Michael Gove.

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