13 minutes of exquisite political cringe that'll make your skin crawl—in a good way.
Following a breach of the nation’s lockdown rules, one of the government’s most senior scientific advisers is forced to practice for his groveling public apology in a fictitious new short sharp drama. As he struggles to justify his actions, he slowly comes to terms with what he has done, and the horrifying scale of his mistake becomes clear.
Acting
Mark Bonnar's sweat-drenched spiral is masterclass micro-acting.
Writing
Every weasel word of his fake apology is painfully authentic.
Director
Jack Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during UK lockdown, this captures the specific rage of 2020's 'one rule for them' scandals—Dominic Cummings' Barnard Castle trip looms large.
Director Jack Nurse and Bonnar developed this remotely, with Bonnar filming his own close-ups in isolation—those sweat beads are real, not makeup.
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