BBC is set to produce feature-length, state-of-the-nation documentary, telling the “definitive story of the coronavirus pandemic in Britain”.
“Interweaving archive and compelling master interviews with many of the key decision-makers in the crisis, the film will be a forensic retelling of the events of a seismic year in UK history when the coronavirus pandemic struck,” BBC said in a press release posted on its website“.
According to the studio, the documentary will explore the impact of the crisis on the NHS, social care, economy, and society as a whole.
Britain has till now recorded 289,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Its death toll is 44,600, the world’s third-highest, behind only the US and Brazil.
Published 10 July 2020, 07:23 IST