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Politics Unpacked

Making a drama out of Brexit

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Matt Chorley is joined by award-winning playwright James Graham, who explains how and why he created Channel 4’s Brexit: The Uncivil War, and why he hopes drama can be a catharsis.


Kieran Hodgson is a comedian and actor but also a self-confessed political history nerd and his latest show, '75 indulges his fascination for the lively world of 1970s politics, in particular the dramatic story of how the UK joined Europe in the first place.


And Nikki da Costa, who until November was Theresa May’s director of legislative affairs in No 10, explains how the Brexit plot will play out over the next few months.




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corporate messages done let's get on to this week and making a drama out of a Brexit crisis.

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This week has seen the airing of Channel 4's Brexit on Civil War, a drama going behind the scenes of the EU referendum campaign in 2016.

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We're joined by the writer James Graham, who is also responsible for West End hits like this House,

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