BBC boss has been 'receiving pitches' for a TV drama involving the bizarre lockdown scandal involving Dominic Cummings. The Prime Minister's chief advisor was alleged to have flouted his boss's rules and drove 260 miles to Durham with his family, including his wife who had symptoms of the coronavirus.
The Corporation are interested in adapting this story for a compelling TV series, which also included Cummings, 48, making a second 60-mile round trip to Barnard Castle on Easter Sunday, to check if he was well enough to drive after suffering problems with his eyesight relayed to covid-19.