Viewers of BBC Two’s political docu-drama Theresa vs Boris: How May became PM shared their reactions to the show on social media, saying the programme made the Tory party seem ‘self-entitled’, ‘shifty’ and ‘narcissistic’.

The show dramatised the Conservative leadership contest that took place after David Cameron resigned in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit vote.

With Michael Gove, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Andrea Leadsom all attempting to seize power, the drama featured several showdowns between the different players and lots of political plotting.

Twitter users joked that the actress playing Theresa May, who has received much criticism in recent weeks for her failure to command a majority in the recent general election, and for her response to last week’s Grenfell tower disaster, had too much ‘personality’ to play the politician.

#TheresaVsBoris Truth is that May was the best Tory candidate and still is. And she's been hopeless. The Tories have nothing atm — FrankThomas (@FrankThomas27) June 18, 2017

Others hoped there would be a follow up programme on how May ‘was forced to resign’.

Watching a programme on how Theresa May became PM. Looking forward to next week's episode on how she was forced to resign. #TheresaVsBoris — Joe Brennan (@JoeeBrennan) June 18, 2017

The devotion of so many Tory MPs to Boris, one of the nastiest, most unprincipled people to infect public life, is baffling.#TheresaVsBoris — Briefcase Michael (@BriefcaseMike) June 18, 2017

Now secretary of state for foreign affairs, Boris Johnson wasn’t spared a slating on social media either and was described as ‘nasty’ and unprincipled.

World, can we all stop trying to make Boris Johnson happen? #TheresavsBoris — Matthew Rimmer (@MatthewRimmer) June 18, 2017

The devotion of so many Tory MPs to Boris, one of the nastiest, most unprincipled people to infect public life, is baffling.#TheresaVsBoris — Briefcase Michael (@BriefcaseMike) June 18, 2017

Simply on the basis of #TheresaVsBoris, ignoring all the other stupid things he's done, if Johnson ever becomes PM then we really are doomed — Liam Morgan (@L_Morgan98) June 18, 2017

But there were some viewers who felt the programme was an example of BBC bias against the conservative party with Ms Laurie B remarking: “Never let anybody try to suggest that the BBC are impartial in any way. #TheresavsBoris was nothing more than a socialist hatchet job.”

Aside from the politicians, viewers weren’t impressed with some of costumes seen in the drama, with many commenting the actors playing May and Johnson were upstaged by their own wigs.

James Brown tweeted “The poison of the people featured toward each other outdone only by truly awful wigs.”