A new six-part TV series about the start of Boris Johnson’s premiership and the Covid crisis landed on Sky Atlantic last night amid mixed reviews. Starring Kenneth Branagh as the then prime minister, This England is TV “at its most triggering”, said Hollie Richardson in The Guardian. But while Branagh’s performance was widely praise, some critics argued that Michael Winterbottom’s new drama was made and broadcast too soon after the pandemic. But “on these terms”, said the BBC’s Neil Armstrong, “This England is a failure”. “It’s like trying to write a diary entry a week later – you can’t remember the specifics,” she told Digital Spy.

Source: The Times September 29, 2022 23:17 UTC