'Tenet' actor Kenneth Branagh to play British prime minister Boris Johnson in pandemic TV drama


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A combination photo of actor Kenneth Branagh (left) and British prime minister, Boris Johnson. Photo: AP/Reuters

Britain's Sky television has announced plans to make a drama series about Britain's battle with the coronavirus starring Kenneth Branagh in the role of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The series called This Sceptred Isle will show the "Prime Minister, the government and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic," Sky said Saturday (Jan 23).

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