![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/20\/590x\/secondary\/4922674.jpg?r=1692740731049\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Channel 4\u2019s dramatisation of the No10 lockdown-busting parties will star impressionist Jon Culshaw as Boris Johnson alongside Quadrophenia\u2019s Phil Daniels.<\/p>\n
Movie-length Partygate The True Story promises to splice reenactments of the Christmas 2020 booze-ups with archive news footage and interviews with the public done mid-pandemic.<\/p>\n
Channel 4 said it relied on \u201cmeticulous research\u201d. And boss Ian Katz revealed it will be \u201cheavily based\u201d on Sue Gray\u2019s report into the scandal.<\/p>\n
He called it an \u201castonishing document\u201d, adding: \u201cPossibly people know about it as a headline but when you read it it\u2019s a profoundly shocking catalogue of extraordinary bacchanalian activity.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt one point someone goes home to get a karaoke machine to bring in. It\u2019s really about using that as the base material and then juxtaposing what\u2019s laid out in the Sue Gray report with what was going on in the country at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story to be aired on Disney+ later this year<\/strong><\/p>\n He denied the feature-length film was inspired by the Tories\u2019 long campaign to privatise Channel 4, a plan which has now been abandoned.<\/p>\n Ian said: \u201cI don\u2019t think this is related to the privatisation thing in any way. We are always about holding power to account in the most entertaining way and this is a classic bit of public service telly.\u201d He added that screening it as the Tories gather for their conference in October \u201cseemed like a relevant and useful moment to air it\u201d.<\/p>\n W1A star Ophelia Lovibond and The Chronicles Of Narnia actress Georgie Henley will play fictional special advisers. Spitting Image star Jon will voice the PM.<\/p>\n Other cast members Ghosts actress Charlotte Ritchie, Hugh Skinner, who played Prince William in Channel 4 spoof The Windsors, and Fresh Meat\u2019s Kimberley Nixon.<\/p>\n Channel 4 promised it \u201cwill tell the real, untold story of Partygate, juxtaposing the revelry inside the nation\u2019s seat of power with the hardship and sacrifice experienced across the rest of the country\u201d.<\/p>\n We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/20\/590x\/secondary\/4922655.jpg?r=1692740731112\")
<\/p>\n