JODIE Comer and Stephen Graham expertly re-enacted the helper and patient in a Liverpool care home in Help, a docudrama television programme depicting the 2020 pandemic.

The most compelling docudrama I have watched in years. And all thanks, ironically, to Johnson and Westminster. Not that I should actually say thanks. It’s the scriptwriter and director who have, between them, managed to capture what we had to read about but, more importantly, what care home staff had to experience.

I listened to the radio interview between the writer and director a couple of days ago, which made the watching of this story a must-do. So that is what I did.

It was moving, eye-watering in parts and I was unable to drag myself away from this very revealing story. And, actually based on real research. Congratulations Channel 4. Long may you reign in providing the nation with continuous high-calibre programmes.
Alan Magnus-Bennett
Fife