{"id":21541,"date":"2022-09-06T16:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1703115"},"modified":"2022-09-06T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T15:06:08","slug":"boris-johnson-faces-covid-crisis-in-dramatic-this-england-trailer","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/boris-johnson-faces-covid-crisis-in-dramatic-this-england-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson faces COVID crisis in dramatic This England trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 06 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Boris Johnson\u2019s time as Prime Minister may have only just come to an official end, but it has already been dramatised for Sky\u2019s limited series This England<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And a trailer released exclusively by\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0gives viewers a glimpse of the upcoming drama, which is set to land on Sky Atlantic and NOW later in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight, we are leaving the European Union, a moment they thought would never come,\u201d Kenneth Branagh\u2019s Johnson says in the opening. The Death on the Nile star appears to have undergone quite the drastic transformation to play Johnson, complete with some uncanny prosthetics.<\/p>\n

As well as delving into Johnson\u2019s tumultuous first months as Prime Minister, the series also portrays the impact the first wave of Coronavirus had on the country, and features storylines involving scientists and health professionals on the front line.<\/p>\n

The exclusive trailer also shows Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds (later Johnson) and Andrew Buchan as Matt Hancock, who confidently tells reporters enquiring about COVID-19, \u201cthe risk to the UK public remains low\u201d.<\/p>\n