MONDAY JULY 1
THE RISE AND FALL OF BORIS JOHNSON
The making of the man
Screening: TVNZ 1, 8.30pm
Streaming: TVNZ+
Handily timed as a refresher for this week’s UK general election – although three of its four parts will screen after the voting is done – this documentary about the eventually disgraced British prime minister has many striking moments. The first episode focuses oncolleague, former mistress Petronella Wyatt, who declares that “Boris was an actor. The ‘Boris’ was just an act.” It is, observed the review, “a remarkably indiscreet watch.”
