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This England (TV Miniseries)

This England

2022

Julian Jarrold, Michael Winterbottom ...

Kenneth Branagh, Simon Kunz, Ophelia Lovibond, Andrew Buchan ...

5.8

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TV Series. Drama The story of some of the most devastating events in the United Kingdom, led by a prime minister -Boris Johnson- who operated in unprecedented times. The impact generated by the pandemic and the response of scientists, nurses and doctors who worked tirelessly and heroically to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first -hand testimony of people from all areas of life, of No. 10 of Downing Street, of the scientific advisory ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"Leaden, artless and a disservice to all those who died (...) The factual films that emerged during and after the height of the pandemic have been without exception more informative and moving than this. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Olly Richards Empire	"Kenneth Branagh leads a very strong cast in a drama that is assembled with great skill, yet feels made far too soon."
		Neil Armstrong BBC	"Kenneth Branagh is utterly convincing as the former UK PM Boris Johnson in 'This England' – but the fiction based on real events contains extremely distressing scenes and fails as a drama (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Nick Curtis London Evening Standard	"Splendid television, history distilled on screen (...) Kenneth Branagh perfectly captures the voice and the body language of the then-PM (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mike McCahill Variety	"Winterbottom and co-writer Kieron Quirke’s failure to communicate anything we didn’t already know (...) comes over as highly Johnsonian: much-trumpeted, clearly ambitious, but sketchy on the important detail"
		Anita Singh Telegraph	"Branagh fails to get under Boris's skin – and this drama is a dud (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Ed Power Irish Times	If you can stomach the material, this show is hugely watchable (...) As a critique of the UK government’s response to Covid, 'This England' is unflinching"
		Joel Keller Decider	"Despite Kenneth Branagh’s brilliant transformation into Boris Johnson, 'This England' takes too much time rehashing the beginnings of the response to COVID-19 as if they were 20 years ago"

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