Channel 4 has released the first trailer for Chimerica, an inspired-by-a-true-story drama about fake news, starring Alessandro Nivola as real-life photographer Lee Berger. You can watch the trailer right here…

Based on a play of the same name by Lucy Kirkwood, with Michael Keillor directing, Chimerica is a four-part drama that will air on Channel 4 in the spring.

Without further ado, here’s that trailer…

And, if you’re still wondering what it’s all about, here’s a lengthy summary from an official Channel 4 press bumf…

“When accusations of fake news are levelled against an American photojournalist, he tries to discover the truth behind the iconic image that launched his career nearly 30 years ago.

“Based on Lucy Kirkwood’s critically-acclaimed and Olivier Award-winning stage play, Chimerica is a powerful and thrilling 4 X 60’ series that explores not just the relationship between East and West, but also some of the most urgent issues affecting society today. Set against the run-up to the 2016 US Presidential election, the original play has been updated to reflect the giddying political changes of the last two years, the series will bring into even sharper focus vital issues such as fake news, the undermining of political protest, the battle between present and future superpowers, the future of democracy itself, and our growing ease with the manipulation of fact and image. Chimerica will be a resonant exploration of our slide into a post-truth world, scrutinising the way we live now, as we wade through unprecedented amounts of information, ill-equipped to know which parts of it are true, or lock ourselves in echo chambers full of people who already agree with us.”

The Chimerica release date hasn’t been announced yet, but we’ll let you know when it is…