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'Kenneth Branagh's portrayal of Boris Johnson in This England is scarily accurate'

Sara Wallis says Kenneth Branagh's portrayal of Boris Johnson in This England is very convincing. The hugely anticipated political drama landed on Sky Atlantic on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

How to watch This England: New Sky drama about Boris Johnson's time as Prime Minister

The new drama which has launched on Sky Atlantic deep dives into the former PM's struggles with Brexit and Covid-19, as well as his personal life wracked with controversy.

Chronicle Live

Mirror's starring role in TV drama featuring Dominic Cummings Covid lockdown breach

The final episode of Sky Atlantic's This England, a drama about the Covid pandemic, focuses on the turmoil caused by the Mirror's front page revelations relating to Dominic Cummings

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I will never forget the brutal realities of the pandemic - This England brushes them aside

I saw abject failure, arbitrary death and utter helplessness. This is quite a different story, says former ambulance driver and academic Rod Dacombe

The Guardian - UK

October streaming guide: Kenneth Branagh as PM, The White Lotus, witches and vampires galore

Kenneth Branagh plays former UK prime minister Boris Johnson in This England, there's a host of Halloween shows and The White Lotus goes to Italy

The New Daily

Why does This England let Boris Johnson off so lightly?

No Partygate, no dodgy party donors and no sex pests. If only the Covid wards had been as well sanitised as Michael Winterbottom’s dramatisation of Boris Johnson’s pandemic government, writes Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

This England review – so sympathetic to Boris Johnson it is absolutely bananas

Kenneth Branagh’s impression of the former coward-in-chief is spot on, but Michael Winterbottom’s Covid drama is leaden, artless and a disservice to all those who died

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This England review: Sky’s Covid drama should be avoided like the plague

Kenneth Branagh gives a distracting, prosthesis-heavy portrayal of Boris Johnson in this fatally misjudged true life drama

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson is television at its most triggering

Michael Winterbottom’s pandemic drama is sickeningly accurate. Plus: risky business for Catherine in the season finale of The Great. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

This England on Sky review: Michael Winterbottom’s drama is splendid television, history distilled on screen

A methodically damning drama about the government’s response to the Covid crisis

Evening Standard

Political events now so quickly turn into TV drama that we risk confusing fact and fiction

This England covers Boris Johnson’s time in office. But that was only yesterday...

The Guardian - UK

From Boris to Borgen: MPs and TV writers on what shows about politics get right... and very wrong

With Boris Johnson drama This England about to air, MPs including Jess Phillips and Andrew Mitchell on why they can’t get enough of political shows

Evening Standard

This England: how to watch the Boris Johnson drama series

Director Michael Winterbottom says he does not think the ex-prime minister will be ‘flattered’ but hopes he will still tune in

Evening Standard

This England: Director says Kenneth Brannagh did "great job" in portraying Boris Johnson

"I hope that he was flattered when he heard that Kenneth Branagh was going to be playing him...he's a great actor"

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Boris Johnson may not be flattered by portrayal in This England, says director

The series will follow the former prime minister during the first weeks of the pandemic response

The Independent UK

Johnson may not be flattered by his portrayal in This England, says director

The series will follow the former prime minister during the first weeks of the pandemic response.

The Guardian - UK

From Ticket to Paradise to This England: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re jonesing for some Hollywood escapism or Kenneth Branagh’s best Boris Johnson impression, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Independent UK

Kenneth Branagh hits back at complaints Boris Johnson Covid drama is ‘too soon’

Actor portrays the former prime minister in the new drama ‘This England’

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The Guardian - UK

‘I think the king is but a man’: why we, like King Charles, always reach for Shakespeare’s words

The new monarch is quick to quote the playwright, but given the bard’s genius with simple language, who wouldn’t?

The Guardian - AU

Heartbreak High, Rings of Power, Blonde: what’s new to streaming in Australia this September

Plus a starry drama about the Bali bombings, new Rick and Morty and Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson

The Guardian - UK

What links This England to Angelina Jolie, via Matt Hancock?

With the five-part drama coming to screens soon, we go down the pandemic rabbit hole with Michael Winterbottom, Daniel Pearl and Kenneth Branagh

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a cruise-ship murderer is unmasked in Agatha Christie’s Hjerson

Sven Hjerson is on the case in this quirky comedy-drama. Plus: Have I Got News for You bids farewell to Boris Johnson. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

The 10 best TV dramas coming this autumn

From the return of Happy Valley and The Crown to new shows starring Gemma Arterton, Kenneth Branagh and Guy Pearce, there’s a lot to stay in for

The Guardian - UK

Belfast to Samaritan: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Kenneth Branagh presents a nostalgic ode to his childhood with exceptional turns from Jamie Dornan and Caitríona Balfe, while Sylvester Stallone plays a retired superhero

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s almost like a soap’: Saoirse Ronan and David Oyelowo on how the whodunnit rose from the dead

See How They Run, Tom George’s tongue-in-cheek murder mystery, is riding high on the genre’s new wave. Its director and stars discuss the rich history of the format – and why it always returns in trying times

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