This England

This England (originally titled This Sceptred Isle) is a 2022 British television docudrama miniseries written by Michael Winterbottom and Kieron Quirke. It depicts the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom based on testimonies of people in the Boris Johnson administration, on the various intergovernmental advisory groups (including the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies), and in other affected British institutions such as care homes and hospitals. It premiered on Sky Atlantic and Now on 28 September 2022. Kenneth Branagh stars as Boris Johnson, and Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds. Background Boris Johnson wins a landslide victory in the December 2019 general election under the Get Brexit Done slogan, but within a few months faces the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, for which he is ultimately hospitalised, and the birth of his first child with his then partner Carrie Symonds. Cast Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson Simon Paisley Day as Dominic Cummings Ophelia Lovibond as Carrie Symonds Andrew Buchan as Matt Hancock Derek Barr as Lee Cain James Corrigan as Isaac Levido Jimmy Livingstone as Prof. Chris Whitty Simon Treves as Prof. Sir Stephen Powis, Medical Director NHS England Julia Farino as Amanda Pritchard, Chief Operating Officer, NHS England Simon Lowe as James Slack Philip Buck as Martin Reynolds Neil Stuke as Senior Civil Servant, Department of Health Shri Patel as Rishi Sunak Aimée Kelly as Alison and Elise Larkin Joe Bannister as Jack Doyle Greta Bellamacina as Cleo Watson Rina Mahoney as Julie Olivier Huband as Jamie Njoku-Goodwin Adrian Harris as Duncan Selbie Alec Nicholls as Sir Patrick Vallance Ben Lloyd-Hughes as Ben Gascoigne Michael Colgan as Gabriel Milland Salima Saxton as Teena Wasim Zakir as Dr. Amir Hamdi Tom Andrews as Dr. Tom Armstrong Justin Edwards as Mark Sedwill Lee Comley as Ben Ravin J. Ganatra as Roshan Helen Monks as Jodie Albin Calderon as Manny Heather Peace as Mary Wakefield Ruth Redman as Yvonne Doyle Isabella Javor as Lara Roisin Rae as Sally Joan Walker as Sharon Peacock Adam Oakley as Government Press Advisor (uncredited) Rachel Sophia-Anthony as Lola Aldenjana (uncredited) Julie Williamson as Downing Street Staff (uncredited) Michael Barron as Baron Eddie Lister (uncredited) Jarek Ciepichal as Police Protection Officer (uncredited) Richard Tree as Downing Street Staff (uncredited) Tony Hood as Security Guard No. 10 (uncredited)