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Luke Tryl, UK director of More in Common, said: “While domestic concerns like the cost of living are dominating the campaign, it’s clear that with global tensions rising the public also want to hear what the political parties are going to do to keep Britain safe on the international stage.

“While both larger parties still have to do more to prove that they can meet the challenge posed by threats from overseas, Labour can at least be confident that under Keir Starmer they have dispelled many of the concerns the voters had about the Party under Jeremy Corbyn, who they didn’t trust to keep them safe.

“While you might not instinctively think the decision to watch Happy Valley or The Crown is a political decision, it is undoubtedly the case that the viewing habits of the different tribes of the electorate vary significantly,” says Luke Tryl, the UK executive director of More in Common, who oversaw the polling.

“Looking at how viewers of these different shows have switched in their voting intention provides a different way of showing quite how much the electoral landscape has been upended since the last election.”

Rishi Sunak's early departure from this month's D-Day commemorations is the worst gaffe of the general election campaign so far, according to a new poll.

A More In Common survey showed more than 80 per cent of voters were aware of the fierce row over the PM's skipping of a major international event in Normandy.

More than 70 per cent thought the incident reflected badly on the Conservative Party, the research found.