8.077 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestBoris returns to Downing Street as Carrie gives birth and the Cummings Durham story breaks.
Inside the halls of power, Boris Johnson grapples with Covid-19, Brexit, and a controversial personal and political life during his tumultuous first months as Prime Minister.
Acting
Branagh's physical transformation is genuinely unsettling.
Production
Recreated Downing Street feels like a haunted house.
Writing
Actual leaked texts and speeches woven into script.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Branagh spent three hours daily in makeup and wore a fatsuit; he called it 'playing a monster in a fairytale gone wrong.'
Released mere months after Johnson's actual resignation, making it less historical drama than live autopsy—audiences weren't ready to laugh or mourn.
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