Both were largely pointless exercises in actorly showing-off, and made for audiences who’ve already made up their minds about the real-life figures involved.
Branagh is the latest in a run of thespians turning our collective present-day trauma into a kind of awards-baiting cosplay.
This Sceptred Isle won’t be broadcast until 2022, with filming having only just started.
Kenneth Branagh is encased in prosthetic make-up and wearing a strawberry-blond wig.