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A SKIPTON actor is starring in a highly-anticipated new Sky drama about Boris Johnsons response to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A new Sky Atlantic mini-series, “This England,” depicts the early days of Covid-19 in the country, with Kenneth Branagh playing Boris Johnson.

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

Critics have praised Kenneth Branagh’s portrayal of Boris Johnson but question whether new TV series is premature

Ophelia Lovibond stars as Carrie Symonds opposite Sir Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson in the Sky drama This England, which documents the chaos in Westminster as the first wave of the Covid pandemic swept the UK.

JAN MOIR: You are either in or you are out, the Queen once said. She was famously referring to Megxit and the flight of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Kenneth Branaghs performance as Boris Johnson in This England might be seen as a career flop as it is panned by critics. Some  said he apparently gave a botched performance.

Kenneth Branagh is "utterly convincing" as former UK PM in This England – but a "fiction based on real events" is flawed when those events are still unfolding, writes Neil Armstrong.

Political drama This England, starring Sir Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson, has split the critics. Some called it sickeningly accurate but others slammed it as boring and a dud.

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