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© Dan Wooller Veteran stage performer and director Kenneth Branagh will take on the role of Boris Johnson in a new five-part series, This Sceptred Isle. The series will explore Johnson's first six months in office as the pandemic erupts on British shores – a period when legions of doctors, nurses and front-line workers sacrificed their time, health and often lives to help treat those affected by Covid with their efforts often widely underreported in the media. This Sceptred Isle is said to be based on first-hand testimonials of those working in Downing Street, in SAGE, in the Department o...
Sir Kenneth Branagh to star in drama about Boris Johnson’s handling of pandemic PA Sir Kenneth Branagh given the Freedom of Belfast Sir Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson in a TV drama about the Prime Minister's handling of the coronavirus. This Sceptred Isle, which was first announced last year and has now been commissioned by Sky, will be directed by Michael Winterbottom, who will also co-write, while Tim Shipman, the political editor of The Sunday Times, will act as a consultant. Starting with his appointment as Prime Minister, the five-part drama will recount the first Covid-19 cas...
Kenneth Branagh to Play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom Drama for Sky Manori Ravindran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Kenneth Branagh will play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a new Sky TV series detailing Britain’s muddled response to the COVID-19 crisis. The five-part drama will be directed and written by “The Trip” helmer Michael Winterbottom. Entitled “This Sceptred Isle,” the show will be produced by Fremantle, Richard Brown’s Passenger and Winterbottom’s Revolution Films. The project — which was announced in June but had yet to secure a...
Kenneth Branagh is to play Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom's COVID drama series for Sky