Sir Craig Oliver, who masterminded the Remain campaign, says that Brexit: The Uncivil War captures his fears about whether the country will be able to heal

Craig Oliver admits that he watched Channel 4’s drama Brexit: the Uncivil War through “splayed fingers”, with Rory Kinnear playing him as he fought unsuccessfully to win the referendum and keep Britain in the European Union.

David Cameron’s former director of communications says at first he felt “awkward and uncomfortable” when he saw this “slightly bumptious No 10 person” taking over the Remain campaign. Kinnear had taken him out to supper and studied his subject; “he caught my way of gesticulating with my hands”. The film captured not only his walk and mannerisms, Sir Craig says, but his dawning realisation that the government had “unleashed demons” by asking the people to vote. “The scene where I felt I was actually speaking was when he [Kinnear]