Servant of the People: ‘Zelensky’s comedy made me admire him more
A man with no political experience becoming the president of a country with a population of millions.
If the political rise of Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky sounds like the plot of a TV show – that’s because it is.
Before taking Ukraine’s top political job, President Zelensky was the star of Servant of the People – a comedy series which started in 2015, following a teacher who becomes president after a video of him ranting about politics goes viral.
It was broadcast in the UK for the first time on Sunday night on Channel 4, with 100,000 people tuning in to get the (fictional) backstory of the Mr Zelensky, according to official viewing figures.
One viewer told Radio 1 Newsbeat that watching the show made her “admire him more,” than she already did.
As president of Ukraine, President Zelensky has faced the invasion of Russian forces since his country was invaded in late February.
