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- 2022
- Sky Atlantic
- 2022
- Sky Atlantic
Summary Newly appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Kenneth Branagh) and the British government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is at the center of this six-part limited series written by Michael Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke. [Premiered originally in the UK on Sky Atlantic on 28 Sep 2022 and in the US on BritBox on 1 Nov 2023]
- 2022
- Sky Atlantic
- 2022
- Sky Atlantic
This England
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 28, 2022
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Summary Newly appointed Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Kenneth Branagh) and the British government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is at the center of this six-part limited series written by Michael Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke. [Premiered originally in the UK on Sky Atlantic on 28 Sep 2022 and in the US on BritBox on 1 Nov 2023]
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This England is more like a drama-documentary and, by sticking to what felt like the facts, has the makings of a persuasive critique of what went right and (more to the point) wrong when Johnsonian Britain collided with a global health crisis.
Kenneth Branagh leads a very strong cast in a drama that is assembled with great skill, yet feels made far too soon.
There’s no meaningful arc for anyone in the hundred or so speaking parts to play, just a series of fatally unfortunate events that may still feel too close to home for many to willingly revisit.
The show tries to build a sense of urgency through a score (by David Holmes) that thrums under the dialogue, use of real-life news reports, and figures on screen showing the rising numbers of Covid cases. Yet it doesn’t work when it’s paired with this living, breathing version of Spitting Image.
Even if unintentional, the show is all about Boris Johnson, and the great problem with Branagh's performance is that it’s simultaneously a fairly poor impression and an enormously distracting one.
It is hampered from the off by feeling both too soon and wildly out of date.
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Production Company:
- Fremantle
- Fremantle
- Passenger
- Revolution Films
- Sky
Initial Release Date: Sep 28, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
