Jon Culshaw is Boris Johnson, among a raft of familiar comedy names

Jon Culshaw will provide the voice of  Boris Johnson in Channel 4’s new factual drama  Partygate.

He joins a cast of familiar comedy actors in the show, which contrasts the goings-on in Downing Street during the Covid pandemic with the hardship and sacrifice being experienced across the rest of the country.

It will revolve around two fictional special advisors: Grace Greenwood – to be played by Georgie Henley from The Chronicles of Narnia – and Annabel D’acre, portrayed by W1A’s Ophelia Lovibond 

Also in the cast are Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia), Rebecca Humphries (Ten Percent), Hugh Skinner (The Windsors), Charlotte Richie (Ghosts), Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty), Tom Durant-Pritchard (The Windsors), Anthony Calf (New Tricks), Alice Lowe (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch), Kimberly Nixon (Fresh Meat), Alice Orr-Ewing (This Is Going to Hurt), Naomi Battrick (Jamestown) and Edwin Flay.

 Channel 4 says the show is ‘based on meticulous research of real events inside Downing Street’ and gives as the official logline: ‘Karaoke, suitcases of wine, ambushing cake... this factual drama tells the story of Covid from inside 10 Downing Street as staff kicked back at lockdown-breaching parties.’  

UPDATE: Channel 4 has now released a trailer for the show:

Published: 21 Sep 2023