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TV tonight: Konnie Huq infiltrates radical children’s telly

Were the Clangers whistling subversive slogans all along? Plus: Yinka Bokinni and Zeze Millz investigate ‘colour-blind casting’. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive: Kenneth Branagh and Michael Winterbottom discuss the making of Boris Johnson drama This England

“The story reminds us of the whirlwind into which we were placed,” the actor says

Evening Standard

Why does This England let Boris Johnson off so lightly?

No Partygate, no dodgy party donors and no sex pests. If only the Covid wards had been as well sanitised as Michael Winterbottom’s dramatisation of Boris Johnson’s pandemic government, writes Sean O’Grady

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This England review – so sympathetic to Boris Johnson it is absolutely bananas

Kenneth Branagh’s impression of the former coward-in-chief is spot on, but Michael Winterbottom’s Covid drama is leaden, artless and a disservice to all those who died

The Guardian - UK

This England review: Sky’s Covid drama should be avoided like the plague

Kenneth Branagh gives a distracting, prosthesis-heavy portrayal of Boris Johnson in this fatally misjudged true life drama

The Independent UK

From Boris to Borgen: MPs and TV writers on what shows about politics get right... and very wrong

With Boris Johnson drama This England about to air, MPs including Jess Phillips and Andrew Mitchell on why they can’t get enough of political shows

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson may not be flattered by portrayal in This England, says director

The series will follow the former prime minister during the first weeks of the pandemic response

Evening Standard

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From Ticket to Paradise to This England: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you’re jonesing for some Hollywood escapism or Kenneth Branagh’s best Boris Johnson impression, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Sky viewers slam new Boris Johnson Covid drama This England as 'tone-deaf' and 'too soon'

The new drama show will depict how the prime minister dealt with Covid-19, Brexit as well as controversy within his personal and political life

Manchester Evening News

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