Branagh Is Unrecognisable As Boris Johnson In New TV Show Trailer
Sky TV has released the first trailer for its upcoming drama This England. Starring Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh (Belfast, Death on the Nile) as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the series focuses on his first months in office as he grapples with the outbreak of COVID-19, Brexit fallout, and the controversies stemming from his own personal life. Written and directed by Michael Winterbottom (The Trip), the drama was formerly entitled This Sceptred Isle in reference to Shakespeare’s famous description in Richard II.
Announced back in 2020, This England also stars Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds, Andrew Buchan as Health Secretary Matt Hancock, and Simon Paisley Day as Dominic Cummings. Production on the five-episode series was briefly interrupted in March 2021 when health issues forced Winterbottom to step aside as director in favor of Julian Jarrold (The Crown). The show was picked up by Sky in January and produced in conjunction with Passenger, Fremantle, and Revolution Films.
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Now in a new trailer released by Sky TV, Branagh looks almost unrecognizable as Johnson. Opening to the sound of his optimistic start to office, Johnson declares: “2020 will be a year of prosperity!” However, things quickly begin to spiral downwards as he flippantly remarks that they should “keep an eye” on the newly reported COVID virus. Focusing on 10 Downing Street and the press room as Johnson gives increasingly severe health warnings, a reporter ominously intones that “the United Kingdom has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll.” Check out the trailer below:
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