The Partygate documentary centres on two fictional Particular Advisors performed by Ophelia Lovibond and Georgie Henley.
With investigations into Downing Road social occasions through the pandemic nonetheless going robust, Channel 4 are airing a factual drama.
Based mostly on meticulous analysis, Partygate tells the story via dramatic re-enactments, interweaved with archive information footage and documentary interviews. The purpose is to “juxtapose the revelry contained in the nation’s seat of energy with the hardship and sacrifice being skilled throughout the remainder of the nation.”
Georgie Henley (The Diplomat) and Ophelia Lovibond (Minx) lead the solid as fictional particular advisors Grace Greenwood and Annabel D’acre. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson additionally makes a visitor look, performed by impressionist Jon Culshaw.
The broader solid contains Phil Daniels, Rebecca Humphries, Hugh Skinner (The Windsors), Charlotte Ritchie (Ghosts), Craig Parkinson, Tom Durant-Pritchard, Anthony Calf, Alice Lowe, Kimberly Nixon, Alice Orr-Ewing, Naomi Battrick and Edwin Flay.
The documentary comes from the crew behind the BAFTA-winning dramas Killed by my Debt and Murdered by my Father.
Partygate involves Channel 4 on Tuesday third October at 9.30pm