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Boris Johnson might be stepping down as Prime Minister next month, but we\u2019ll still be seeing lots of him on our screens in September thanks to the upcoming Sky Atlantic drama This England<\/a>.<\/p>\n The five-parter, penned by Michael Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke, has just been given a confirmed start date of\u00a0 Wednesday 21st September \u2013 and viewers have also been offered another look at Kenneth Branagh playing the outgoing PM.<\/p>\n A one-minute clip posted on Sky\u2019s social media channels teases lots of what\u2019s to come, including a dramatic reading of John of Gaunt\u2019s \u2018This sceptered isle\u2019 speech from Shakespeare\u2019s Richard II.<\/p> \u201cThis blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,\u201d Branagh\u2019s Johnson recites at the end of the clip.<\/p>\n The trailer also previews several moments from the show as Johnson struggles to deal with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic \u2013 including his stint in intensive care after he tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n And we also get a glimpse of several other cast members, including Ophelia Lovibond (W1A) as Carrie Symonds, Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) as Matt Hancock, Shri Patel (Pennyworth) as Rishi Sunak, and Simon Paisley Day (Brexit: The Uncivil War) as Dominic Cummings.<\/p>\n You can watch the trailer in full below:<\/p>\n #ThisEngland<\/a>, starring BAFTA and Academy Award-winner Kenneth Branagh.