Kenneth Branagh will play Boris Johnson (right) in the This Sceptred Isle series.
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If, in recent months, the American series have integrated the Covid-19 into their intrigues, it is the United Kingdom which will deliver the first series on the coronavirus pandemic.
This Sceptred Isle
, in preparation for the Sky channel, will have five episodes.
It will be directed by filmmaker Michael Winterbottom, who will write the screenplay with Tim Shipman, political journalist for the
Sunday Times
.
This fiction will focus on the first months of the pandemic.
On air in 2022
“This is a time when the country came together to defeat an invisible enemy.
A time when people were more aware than ever of the importance of community, says the director, quoted by Variety.
Our series will interweave many true stories, from that of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to those of frontline workers across the country, and chronicle the actions of scientists, doctors, home helpers and decision makers to protect us. virus.
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As of yet, the majority of the cast has not been revealed.
However, it is known that Kenneth Branagh will slip into the costume of Boris Johnson, who himself had been hospitalized after being infected with the coronavirus.
The series is not expected to air before the fall of 2022.
With 95,981 deaths recorded on Saturday morning, the United Kingdom is, after the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico, the country with the most deaths from Covid-19.
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