He starred as a president in this smart satire, only to launch a political party named after it – then win an election. Now on All 4, it may be the most important foreign TV drama ever
Britain is internationally notorious for the frosty reception it usually gives to subtitled foreign television. Although things have changed a little thanks to Netflix, we are historically a country that gives short shrift to anything we have to read as well as watch. At any other point in history, nobody would care that Channel 4 had just bought a subtitled seven-year-old political comedy.
But the subtitled seven-year-old political comedy Channel 4 has bought happens to be Servant of the People, the show that launched the political career of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. As such, it is suddenly appointment viewing.
