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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Barbara Ellen

The week in TV: This England; Make Me Prime Minister; Inside Man; Industry

Kenneth Branagh as  Boris Johnson, with Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds, in This England.
Kenneth Branagh as a ‘dufferish’ Boris Johnson, with Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds, in This England. Sky UK Ltd Photograph: Phil Fisk/Sky UK Ltd

This England Sky Atlantic
Make Me Prime Minister Channel 4 | All 4
Inside Man BBC One | iPlayer
Industry BBC One | iPlayer

Too soon? It’s arguable that Sky Atlantic’s new six-part pandemic drama This England, from Michael Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke, arrives before we’ve had a chance to process the real thing. Whereas Channel 4’s Help in 2021 focused on care homes, This England is a diligently researched one-stop shop of Covid-19 drama, from the events leading up to the catastrophically delayed first lockdown to England’s grim death toll (more than 112,260) by April 2021.

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