DOCUMENTARY

AGENDA Johnson, centre, and his team Channel 4, 10pm

After the horror of recent news from America, with reports of distraught children separated from their parents at the border, this series is very timely.

Filmed over nine months, it gives unprecedented access to the American embassy in London, meeting top-level diplomats to discover more about the age of President Trump.

It begins with the hiring of America’s new ambassador to the UK, 71-year-old billionaire Woody Johnson – a close friend of Trump, who raised more than $18million for his election campaign.

Johnson’s agenda is to use Brexit to promote “America First” and nurture that Special Relationship.

As we follow him and the press team, dealing with the latest Trump Twitterstorm and plans for his imminent visit, it feels like this should be an episode of a political satire, such as The Thick of It.

Next week, the human impact of Trump’s border controls.

A fascinating glimpse of life behind the closed doors of power. TROUBLED Philippe was attacked