Do you remember the coronavirus pandemic? Chances are you do, firstly because it happened very recently and secondly because it was very, very horrible. The collective trauma of the event was unprecedented since the Second World War. With that in mind, here comes the show that precisely nobody was asking for: This England. Dominic Cummings yelling about Brexit! Dramatisations of people dying in the ICU!! Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson!!!
For all that This England (Sky Atlantic) sets out to be a panoptic view of the early months of the crisis, there’s a blonde tousled elephant in the room. Even if unintentional, the show is all about Boris Johnson, and the great problem with Branagh’s performance is that it’s simultaneously a fairly poor impression and an enormously distracting one. He paces and preens and the audience is constantly reminded that this is supposed to be Boris Johnson.
For all that This England (Sky Atlantic) sets out to be a panoptic view of the early months of the crisis, there’s a blonde tousled elephant in the room. Even if unintentional, the show is all about Boris Johnson, and the great problem with Branagh’s performance is that it’s simultaneously a fairly poor impression and an enormously distracting one. He paces and preens and the audience is constantly reminded that this is supposed to be Boris Johnson.
- 9/28/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
London, Jan 4 (Ians) While Omicron infections have plateaued in London and could reduce in the next week, upto 15 per cent cases are reinfections, according to top scientist Prof Neil Ferguson. Ferguson, a mathematical epidemiologist from Imperial College London, said the official headline case numbers did not include reinfections, but scientists see the reinfection […]...
- 1/4/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Michael Palin, co-founder of Monty Python and host of classic travelogue Around The World In 80 Days, tells Deadline how he ended up making a film in North Korea despite thinking “for a long time it would never happen.”
The comedian fronted Michael Palin in North Korea, produced by Drug Lords producer ITN Productions for Channel 5, a documentary series about the relatively unexplored country.
Palin told Deadline that when he was approached by the two companies he had “no hesitation” but questioned when the time would be right to make the doc.
“Until the beginning of this year, the time wasn’t right, things were getting belligerent and people calling each other names and it’s hard to underestimate how bad things were. Then there was this new year’s speech where Kim Jong-Un held out an olive branch to South Korea and things changed with the Olympics and then it suddenly became possible,...
The comedian fronted Michael Palin in North Korea, produced by Drug Lords producer ITN Productions for Channel 5, a documentary series about the relatively unexplored country.
Palin told Deadline that when he was approached by the two companies he had “no hesitation” but questioned when the time would be right to make the doc.
“Until the beginning of this year, the time wasn’t right, things were getting belligerent and people calling each other names and it’s hard to underestimate how bad things were. Then there was this new year’s speech where Kim Jong-Un held out an olive branch to South Korea and things changed with the Olympics and then it suddenly became possible,...
- 9/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As uncertainty dogs an unprecedented upcoming summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, Michael Palin travels the length and breadth of the hermetic Asian nation in a new travel series for Viacom’s U.K. network Channel 5.
The former Monty Python star, seen recently in “The Death of Stalin,” was on the ground in North Korea when Kim met his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-In. The series captured the reactions of ordinary people as news of the meeting filtered through the country. Channel 5 said Palin also visits “sites and locations rarely, if ever, explored” in North Korea, and takes in the country’s May Day celebrations. The series, “Michael Palin in North Korea,” took two years to plan.
The trip to the secretive country comes as it continues to make headlines globally, largely because of concerns about its nuclear program and military capabilities. The North Koreans and U.
The former Monty Python star, seen recently in “The Death of Stalin,” was on the ground in North Korea when Kim met his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-In. The series captured the reactions of ordinary people as news of the meeting filtered through the country. Channel 5 said Palin also visits “sites and locations rarely, if ever, explored” in North Korea, and takes in the country’s May Day celebrations. The series, “Michael Palin in North Korea,” took two years to plan.
The trip to the secretive country comes as it continues to make headlines globally, largely because of concerns about its nuclear program and military capabilities. The North Koreans and U.
- 5/21/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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