‘This England’: Boris Johnson’s chaotic early reign dramatized
By DW
29 September 2022 |
5:07 am
Kenneth Branagh plays UK leader Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom's six-part TV series. But despite all the backroom political drama, the result is 'oddly superficial' says Scott Roxborough.
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