Review: "Brexit: A Very British Civil War" documentary treats a serious topic with irreverent entertainment

No documentary about Brexit should be this much of a hoot.

The dread many felt when the referendum result came in – a fear that reactionary populism was on the rise and Britain was entering an era of managed decline – has only bloomed like mould in the intervening decade.

Brexit was the source of much inadvertent comedy, of course, but to see it treated so irreverently en masse does leave a bit of a bad taste.

When you've got an endless stream of blockbuster names spouting irresistible gossip – plus Nigel Farage being a total panto dame – you can't help but have a ball