CRISIS command

Sir Kenneth Branagh portrays Boris Johnson in a gripping pandemic drama

- RICHARD MCCLURE

NEW DRAMA This England Wednesday, 9pm, Sky Atlantic (box set, Sky Box Sets/NOW)

He may have been ousted by his own party, but there'll be no getting away from Boris Johnson this autumn.

This week, a new Sky Atlantic series, This England, shines a spotlight on the tumultuous early months of Johnson's Premiership, and the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The six-part drama stars Sir Kenneth Branagh as the former Prime Minister, with the award-winning actor undergoing a physical transformation to look uncannily like the deposed leader (see panel, right).