Veteran actor Kenneth Branagh's next role has been confirmed, and he's set to portray UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a limited series chronicling the leader's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The show is called This Sceptred Isle, and it's in production at the British studio Sky; there will be five episodes in total. The series will look into the early days of the COVID-19 virus and touch on how Johnson and his administration took on the pandemic.

Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) is directing the series from a script he co-wrote with Kieron Quirke (Defending the Guilty), according to EW.