This England: what to expect from Boris Johnson Sky drama

New TV series starring Kenneth Branagh will take viewers inside Whitehall as the pandemic unfolds

Kenneth Branagh and Ophelia Lovibond as Boris and Carrie Johnson
Kenneth Branagh and Ophelia Lovibond as Boris and Carrie Johnson
(Image credit: Sky)

Shakespeare virtuoso Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in a new series that recounts the beginning of the prime minister’s tumultuous premiership as he battled with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This England, a new series from screenwriter Michael Winterbottom, will chronicle the events of 2020 “when the prime minister had just won an election, grappled with the spread of Covid-19 and almost died of the virus himself”, said The Times.

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